The modular .NET IRC bot. Cowbell is an IRC Bot. Cowbell is an IRC Bot. This means it can connect to IRC and provide services to other users of IRC. Amongst the services Cowbell comes with by default are:

1. Worldwide weather forecast capability
2. Web search (provides the first result for given keywords)
3. Alarm clock (timed reminders)
4. Ping and nslookup services
5. Dictionary and definition services.
6. Channel service (account management, op/deop, kick/ban, etc)

All functionality in Cowbell is implemented with plugins, so there's no limit to the amount of features and services Cowbell can have.

Cowbell - Reply Targets
Here's a question for you: How do you know where to target your replys from a Cowbell plugin?

Running Cowbell under Mono
It is possible to run Cowbell using the Mono project. This allows you to run Cowbell on Linux and Unix systems successfully. The following article details how to go about doing it.

Cowbell - easy to extend.
Cowbell has been designed specifically with extensibility in mind. Cowbell's core deals with connecting to IRC and staying connected to IRC, parsing messages from IRC and sending messages to IRC. Everything else is dealt with by plugins. This article will explain how to go about creating a simple plugin from start to finish.

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this irc client software.