Open Source Ruby Chat Software for Linux

NOTICE: We're not on SourceForge anymore. See http://autoproj.org for our new domain. Auto is modern, simple, and smart automated bot software, designed per a philosophy of minimalism, simplicity, usability, cleanliness, and easy extensibility. It has support for IRC (v3.1) with planned support for XMPP. It can be easily extended by means of its plugin API, and offers a host of features. It is known to function on any OS on which Ruby 1.9 functions (such as Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, Microsoft Windows, etc.).

A simple Krovatka chatbot.

Hollaka Hollala is a chatbot engine and IRC bot. The chatbot engine uses a knowledge base organized in an XML file and WordNet for dictionary lookup. The IRC Bot has some WordNet- and Web-based functionality and is hot-extensible through Ruby programs.

Learner lets you teach a computer in plain English. You can teach both simple statements and ways of reasoning. Learner will ask you follow-up and new questions. See http://teach-computers.org (not yet active).

Lita is a chat bot written in Ruby that brings more fun and efficiency to your favorite chat service. Through its plugin system, Lita can be connected to different chat services and display new behavior preferred by those who use it. It's ideal for businesses that want a chat service that is not only efficient, but friendly and personalized as well. Lita can become your very own robot companion, tailor-made for your business. Lita can be customized according to your company's culture and needs. It can be used to automate various time-consuming and error-prone tasks, while also letting your company members have fun and create a sense of community.