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Secure connection error A secure connection with the Irssi relay could not be initiated. This is most likely because your browser does not trust your relay's certificate. Please read the encryption instructions below!
Secure connection error Unable to connect to unencrypted relay when you are connecting to Glowing Bear over HTTPS. Please use an encrypted relay or load the page without using HTTPS.

Configuring the relay

To start using glowing bear, please enable the relay plugin in your Irssi client:
/run teddy-gb
/set ipw_port {{ settings.port || 9001 }}
The communication goes directly between your browser and your Irssi relay in plain text. Check the instructions below for help on setting up encrypted communication. Connection settings, including your password, are saved locally in your own browser between sessions.

Shortcuts

Glowing Bear has a few shortcuts:
  • ALT-n: Toggle nicklist
  • ALT-l: Focus on input bar
  • ALT-[0-9]: Switch to buffer number N
  • ALT-↑/↓: Switch to buffer above/below
  • ALT-a: Focus on next buffer with activity
  • ALT-<: Switch to previous active buffer
  • ALT-g: Focus on buffer list filter
  • Esc-Esc: Disconnect (double-tap)
  • Arrow keys: Navigate history
  • Tab: Complete nick
  • The following readline/emacs style keybindings can be enabled with a setting: Ctrl-a, Ctrl-e, Ctrl-u, Ctrl-k, Ctrl-w, Ctrl-x

If you check the encryption box, the communication between browser and Irssi will be encrypted with TLS.

Note: If you are using a self-signed certificate, you have to visit https://{{ settings.host || 'irssihost' }}:{{ settings.port || 'relayport' }}/ in your browser first to add a security exception. You can close that tab once you confirmed the certificate, no content will appear. The necessity of this process is a bug in Firefox and other browsers.

Setup: If you want to use an encrypted session you first have to set up the relay to use TLS. You can do that with:

/toggle ipw_ssl
It might fail if you don't have the necessary Perl modules installed (check the (status) window). You can try using cpan or your distribution package manager to install missing Perl modules.

You don't need to install anything to use this app, it should work with any modern browser. Start using it right now! However, there are a few ways to improve integration with your operating system.

Mobile Applications

If you're running Android 4.4 or later, you can install our app from the Google Play Store! We also provide an optimized application for Firefox OS devices. If you're using the Firefox browser, keep on reading below -- the Firefox OS app won't work for you

Android app on Google Play Firefox OS app in the Firefox Marketplace

Firefox Browser

If you have a recent version of Firefox you can install Glowing Bear as a Firefox app. Click the button to install.

Note for self-signed certificates: Firefox does not share a certificate storage with Firefox apps, so accepting self-signed certificates is a bit tricky.

Chrome

To install Glowing Bear as an app in Chrome for Android, select Menu - Add to home screen. In the desktop version of Chrome, click Menu - More tools - Create application shortcuts.

Glowing bear is built by a small group of developers in their free time. As we're always trying to improve it, we would love getting your feedback and help. If that sounds like something you might enjoy, check out our project page on GitHub!

If you're interested in contributing or simply want to say hello, head over to #glowing-bear on freenode! We won't bite, promise (-ish).

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