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  # NAME
  
  IRC::Client - Extendable Internet Relay Chat client
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use IRC::Client;
  use Pastebin;
  
  .run with IRC::Client.new:
      :host<irc.libera.chat>
      :channels<#rakubot #zofbot>
      :debug
      :plugins(
          class { method irc-to-me ($ where /hello/) { 'Hello to you too!'} }
      )
      :filters(
          -> $text where .chars > 200 {
              'The output is too large to show here. See: '
              ~ Pastebin.new.paste: $text;
          }
      );
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  The module provides the means to create clients to communicate with IRC (Internet Relay Chat) servers. Has support for non-blocking responses and output post-processing.
  
  # DOCUMENTATION MAP
  
  * [Blog Post](https://github.com/Raku/CCR/blob/main/Remaster/Zoffix%20Znet/IRC-Client-Raku-Multi-Server-IRC-or-Awesome-Async-Interfaces-with-Raku.md) \* [Basics Tutorial](https://github.com/lizmat/IRC-Client/blob/main/docs/01-basics.md) \* [Event Reference](https://github.com/lizmat/IRC-Client/blob/main/docs/02-event-reference.md) \* [Method Reference](https://github.com/lizmat/IRC-Client/blob/main/docs/03-method-reference.md) \* [Big-Picture Behaviour](https://github.com/lizmat/IRC-Client/blob/main/docs/04-big-picture-behaviour.md) \* [Examples](https://github.com/lizmat/IRC-Client/blob/main/examples/)
  
  # AUTHORS
  
  * Zoffix Znet
  * Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/IRC-Client> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  # CONTRIBUTORS
  
  * Daniel Green
  * Patrick Spek
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2015-2021 Zoffix Znet
  
  Copyright 2021-2025 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  
  The `META6.json` file of this distribution may be distributed and modified without restrictions or attribution.
  