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TechIRCd Enhancement Roadmap

🚀 Phase 1: Core Improvements (High Priority)

1.1 Missing IRC Commands (2-3 weeks)

  • USERHOST command
  • ISON command
  • STATS command with detailed server statistics
  • TIME command
  • VERSION command
  • ADMIN command
  • INFO command
  • LUSERS command
  • Enhanced LIST with pattern matching
  • SILENCE command for user-level blocking

1.2 Channel Mode Enhancements (1-2 weeks)

  • Ban exceptions (+e mode)
  • Invite exceptions (+I mode)
  • Permanent channels (+P mode)
  • Registered-only channels (+r mode)
  • SSL-only channels (+z mode)
  • Channel forwarding (+f mode)
  • Founder protection mode (~q)
  • Admin protection mode (&a)

1.3 Security & Authentication (2-3 weeks)

  • SASL authentication support
  • Certificate-based authentication
  • Rate limiting per IP/user
  • GeoIP blocking capabilities
  • DDoS protection mechanisms
  • Enhanced flood protection
  • Connection throttling

🌐 Phase 2: Network & Scaling (Medium Priority)

2.1 Enhanced Server Linking (3-4 weeks)

  • Burst optimization for large networks
  • Network topology visualization
  • Automatic failover and recovery
  • Load balancing across servers
  • Network-wide channel/user sync
  • Cluster management interface
  • Health monitoring between servers

2.2 Database Integration (2-3 weeks)

  • SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL support
  • User account persistence
  • Channel registration system
  • Network-wide ban storage
  • Statistics logging
  • Audit trail logging
  • Data migration tools

2.3 Services Framework (4-5 weeks)

  • NickServ implementation
  • ChanServ implementation
  • OperServ implementation
  • MemoServ implementation
  • BotServ implementation
  • Services API framework
  • Plugin system for custom services

📊 Phase 3: Advanced Features (Lower Priority)

3.1 Monitoring & Analytics (3-4 weeks)

  • Prometheus metrics integration
  • Grafana dashboard templates
  • Real-time performance monitoring
  • User activity analytics
  • Channel analytics
  • Alert system with notifications
  • Performance profiling tools
  • Capacity planning metrics

3.2 Web Interface (4-5 weeks)

  • Administrative web panel
  • REST API endpoints
  • GraphQL query interface
  • Real-time dashboard with WebSockets
  • Mobile-responsive design
  • User management interface
  • Channel management interface
  • Network topology viewer
  • Log viewer and search

3.3 Modern Protocol Support (3-4 weeks)

  • IRCv3 capabilities
  • Message tags support
  • Account tracking
  • MONITOR command
  • Extended JOIN
  • CHGHOST support
  • Batch processing
  • Server-time capability

🎨 Phase 4: Quality of Life (Ongoing)

4.1 Developer Experience

  • Comprehensive test suite (>80% coverage)
  • CI/CD pipeline setup
  • Automated security scanning
  • Performance benchmarking
  • Documentation improvements
  • Code quality tools integration
  • Dependency management

4.2 Deployment & Operations

  • Docker containerization
  • Kubernetes manifests
  • Helm charts
  • Configuration management
  • Backup and restore tools
  • Migration utilities
  • Health check endpoints

4.3 Community Features

  • Plugin architecture
  • Extension API
  • Custom command framework
  • Event system
  • Webhook integrations
  • Third-party service connectors

🔧 Technical Debt & Improvements

Code Structure

  • Proper package structure (remove package main everywhere)
  • Interface definitions for better testing
  • Dependency injection framework
  • Configuration validation improvements
  • Error handling standardization
  • Logging framework upgrade

Performance Optimizations

  • Connection pooling
  • Message batching
  • Memory optimization
  • CPU profiling and optimization
  • Network I/O improvements
  • Concurrent processing enhancements

Security Hardening

  • Input validation improvements
  • Buffer overflow protection
  • Memory safety audits
  • Cryptographic improvements
  • Secure defaults
  • Vulnerability scanning

📈 Implementation Timeline

Total Estimated Time: 6-8 months

  • Month 1-2: Phase 1 (Core Improvements)
  • Month 3-4: Phase 2 (Network & Scaling)
  • Month 5-6: Phase 3 (Advanced Features)
  • Month 7-8: Phase 4 (Quality of Life) + Polish

🎯 Quick Wins (Can implement immediately)

  1. USERHOST command (1 day)
  2. ISON command (1 day)
  3. TIME command (1 day)
  4. VERSION command (1 day)
  5. Enhanced LIST filtering (2-3 days)
  6. Ban exceptions (+e mode) (2-3 days)
  7. Invite exceptions (+I mode) (2-3 days)
  8. Basic SASL PLAIN (3-4 days)
  9. Prometheus metrics (3-4 days)
  10. Basic web stats API (2-3 days)

These improvements would make TechIRCd one of the most feature-complete and modern IRC servers available!