Suggestions for a command line IRC client that supports downloads

The CalDAV wiki has a list of clients, only one of which seems to be a command line tool: cadaver.

More recently, a CalDav capable command line client called khal has appeared to fill this gap. I have been using it and integrating it with Mutt and it is working nicely. With some simple scripts, I can view calendar information in Mutt and then import it to khal where it is then synched to my CalDav server and propagated to my other machines or devices.

It is still described as in "the early stages of development", but I have found it to be stable and simple to use.

The next step, according to the developer, is to use vdirsyncer as the backend for synching: it is set up much like OfflineIMAP, with Remote and Local data stores: synching between the two. Currently there is a vdir branch to test this functionality.

I've moved through a few ircd's and settled on NgIRCd - a free open source server for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), which is being developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It has been written from scratch and is consequently, unlike most other IRC daemons, not based on the originator, the daemon of the IRCNet

• well arranged (lean) configuration file
• simple to build/install, configure and maintain
• supports IPv6 and SSL
• no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
• freely available, modern, portable and tidy C-source

IRC bots / Hubot will connect to the IRCd as clients - they shouldn't be dependent on a particular IRCd

You can use anope to add a nickserv service through ngircd services - this is what you'll need to reserve nicknames.