Cabal

p2p forum software

cabal is a place where mesh conspirators can talk about p2p topics in a p2p way

see cabal-node for the underlying database & api

come talk to us in dat://21b2b9ff201b01e6081709d82e6b81a5cf3a68d2cd5f092d0ffec58772642892

Usage

Start a new instance:

node cli.js --db <file path> --nick <nickname>

Connect to an existing instance:

node cli.js --key <key> --nick <nickname>

e.g.

node cli.js --key dat://21b2b9ff201b01e6081709d82e6b81a5cf3a68d2cd5f092d0ffec58772642892 --nick voynich

Commands

/channels 
   display channels you can join
/names
    display a list of the people currently online 
/join <channel> 
   join a channel
/nick <new nick>
   pick a new username
/clear
   clear the current backlog
/debug <key>
    debug the underlying hyperdb's keys
/help
    display a help message of the current commands
/quit
   exit cabal