Eggdrop is an
IRC bot -- that is, an automated presence that helps an individual administrate / maintain control of
(and occasionally
take over)
IRC channels.
Designed by Robey Pointer in 1993 from the source code of Unrest (another IRC bot), eggdrop was originally
created to curb continuous bickering in #gayteen. Eggdrop is written in C and runs under Unix and
Linux -- a cygwin win32 port named Windrop was created by Martin Matuska (aka rebum).
Eggdrop has a few noteworthy features:
Robey Pointer has passed control of
eggdrop development onto
EggHeads, the
eggdrop development team.
Eggdrop has been released under the
GPL.
For more information visit the EggHeads site: http://www.eggheads.org