How to Install Glowing Bear on macOS

Glowing Bear is a web-based front-end for the WeeChat IRC client. It offers a modern, clean interface and can be easily installed on macOS using the following steps:

Prerequisites

Before installing Glowing Bear, you'll need to have the following software installed on your macOS:

• node.js (version 10.16.0 or later)
• npm (version 6.9.0 or later)

You can install these using Homebrew, a popular package manager for macOS. If you don't have Homebrew installed, you can install it by opening the Terminal and running:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

After installing Homebrew, you can install node.js and npm by running:

brew install node

Installing Glowing Bear

Once you have the prerequisites installed, you can proceed with installing Glowing Bear. Here are the steps:

1. First, clone Glowing Bear's GitHub repository to your local machine using:

git clone https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear.git

2. Next, navigate to the cloned repository using the Terminal:

cd glowing-bear

3. Install the required dependencies using npm:

npm install

4. Start the Glowing Bear server:

npm start

After running this command, you should see the following output:

> glowing-bear@1.4.0 start /path/to/glowing-bear
> electron .

Starting Glowing Bear server on http://localhost:3000

5. Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access Glowing Bear.

That's it! If everything worked correctly, you should now be able to use Glowing Bear as your IRC client front-end.

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