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+# dIRCord
+
+A very simple Discord-IRC bridge written in Rust. Still very much work-in-progress.
+
+TODO:
+- [] use the tracing crate
+- [] `irc` crate config toml
+- [] handle attachments properly
+- [] don't ping IRC users (and color IRC usernames)
+- [] handle discord pings