logo glowing bear WeeChat web frontend

Connection error The client was unable to connect to the WeeChat relay

Connection settings

Usage instructions

Configuring the relay

To start using glowing bear, please enable the relay plugin in your WeeChat client: 
/set relay.network.password yourpassword
/relay add weechat 9001
WeeChat version 0.4.2 or higher is required.
The communication goes directly between your browser and your WeeChat 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]: Focus on buffer
  • ALT-a: Focus on next buffer with activity
  • ALT-<: Switch to previous buffer
  • ALT-g: Focus on buffer list filter
  • escape: disconnect
  • arrow keys: history navigation

Encryption instructions

If you check the encryption box, the communication between browser and WeeChat will be encrypted.
Note: Due to a bug encryption will not work in Firefox. Unless you are using a certificate trusted by your browser, you must also first visit the URL https://weechathost:relayport/ to mark the certificate as trusted.

If you want to use an encrypted session you first have to set up the relay to use SSL. It is easiest to use a self-signed certificate, which you can create like this: 
$ mkdir -p ~/.weechat/ssl
$ cd ~/.weechat/ssl
$ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out relay.pem
If WeeChat is already running, you can reload the certificate and private key and set up an encrypted relay on port 8000 with these commands: 
/relay sslcertkey
/relay add ssl.weechat 8000

Install app

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.

Firefox

If you have a recent version of Firefox you can install glowing bear as an app. Click the button to install.

Chrome

To install glowing bear as an app in Chrome, select Menu - Add to home screen (Android) or Menu - Tools - Create Application Shortcuts (desktop version).

Get involved

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).

brand
Fetch more lines Fetching more lines...
: