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<h1 id="getting-started">Getting Started</h1>
<h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2>
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<li><a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download">.NET 10 SDK</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Or grab a self-contained binary from <a href="https://github.com/HueByte/EchoHub/releases">Releases</a> -- no runtime needed.</p>
<h2 id="run-the-server">Run the Server</h2>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">dotnet run --project src/EchoHub.Server
</code></pre>
<p>On first run, the server automatically:</p>
<ol>
<li>Creates <code>appsettings.json</code> from the example config</li>
<li>Generates a secure JWT secret</li>
<li>Creates the SQLite database with a <code>#general</code> channel</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="run-the-client">Run the Client</h2>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">dotnet run --project src/EchoHub.Client
</code></pre>
<p>Connect to a server, register an account, and start chatting.</p>
<h2 id="connect-via-irc">Connect via IRC</h2>
<p>Enable the IRC gateway in the server's <code>appsettings.json</code>:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-json">{
&quot;Irc&quot;: {
&quot;Enabled&quot;: true,
&quot;Port&quot;: 6667
}
}
</code></pre>
<p>Then connect with any standard IRC client:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">irssi -c localhost -p 6667 -w &lt;password&gt; -n &lt;username&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>IRC users must have an existing EchoHub account. Authentication works via <code>PASS</code>/<code>NICK</code>/<code>USER</code> or SASL PLAIN. Messages flow bidirectionally between IRC and TUI clients.</p>
<p>For TLS, set <code>TlsEnabled: true</code>, <code>TlsPort: 6697</code>, and provide a PKCS#12 certificate path.</p>
<p>See the <a href="architecture.html">Architecture</a> page for details on how the IRC gateway integrates with the chat service.</p>
<h2 id="configuration">Configuration</h2>
<p>Server configuration is in <code>appsettings.json</code> (auto-generated on first run). See the <a href="https://github.com/HueByte/EchoHub/blob/master/src/EchoHub.Server/appsettings.example.json">example config</a> for all available options.</p>
<p>To list your server on the <a href="https://echohub.voidcube.cloud/servers">public directory</a>, set <code>Server:PublicServer</code> to <code>true</code> and <code>Server:PublicHost</code> to your server's public address.</p>
<h2 id="build-from-source">Build from Source</h2>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">dotnet build src/EchoHub.slnx
</code></pre>
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