v0.1.0 — Initial Release
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HexBot v0.1.0 is the first public release. The core bot framework is production-ready with a full plugin API, permission system, and Docker deployment.
Included
- 8 bundled plugins — chanmod, flood, greeter, seen, topic, help, ctcp, 8ball
- Bind system — 16 event types, pattern-matched handlers
- Flag-based permissions — owner, master, op, voice; per-channel and global
- Hot-reload — edit and reload plugins without restarting
- SASL authentication — PLAIN and EXTERNAL (CertFP)
- IRCv3 caps — extended-join, account-notify, chghost
- SOCKS5 proxy — Tor and SSH tunnel support
- DCC CHAT party line — remote admin sessions
- SQLite persistence — namespaced per-plugin key/value store
- Docker deployment — compose file with host-mounted config and plugins
See the deploy guide to get started, or browse the plugin list to see what's included.
Upcoming
Roadmap- AI chat module — Google Gemini integration with cost controls and prompt filtering
- Bot linking — coordinate multiple HexBot instances across servers
- XDCC — file serving over DCC
- IdleRPG — idle-based RPG plugin