# Welcome to Vines

Vines is an XMPP chat server that supports thousands of simultaneous connections,
using EventMachine for asynchronous IO. User data is stored in a SQL database, the file system, or a custom storage implementation
that you provide. SSL encryption is mandatory on all client and server connections.

The Vines XMPP server includes a web chat client. The web application is available
after starting the chat server at http://localhost:5280/chat/.

Additional documentation can be found at www.getvines.org.

## Usage

```
$ gem install vines
$ vines init wonderland.lit
$ cd wonderland.lit && vines start
$ open http://localhost:5280/chat/
```

Login with your favorite chat program (iChat, Adium, Pidgin, etc.) to start chatting!

## Dependencies

Vines requires Ruby 1.9.3 or better. Instructions for installing the
needed OS packages, as well as Ruby itself, are available at
http://www.getvines.org/ruby.

## Development

```
$ script/bootstrap
$ script/tests
```

## Contact

* David Graham <david@negativecode.com>
* Damian Lesiuk <ja@lesiuk.net>

## License

Vines is released under the MIT license. Check the LICENSE file for details.