Docker Image for Pork

A Docker image for running the legacy AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and IRC client 'pork' by Ryan McCabe⁠.

This currently uses the pork binary found in the Debian Stretch archives, which was the last Debian release to include it.

File requests and issues on GitHub⁠.

Running Pork

You can run pork by issuing the following

docker run -v /Users/me/porkfiles:/root \
    -e AIM_SERVER='aim.chivanet.org' \
    -it jgknight/pork:latest

Once it's running, you can issue /help to see the available commands.

/connect myusername
/away I'm not here!
/buddy add_group Bots
/buddy add smartersmarterchild Bots
/profile Welcome to my Profile, <b>%n!</b>
/msg smartersmarterchild Hello!

Pork supports specifying the following env variables (-e):

• AIM_SERVER - address of the OSCAR host to connect to
• AIM_PORT - port number of the OSCAR host to connect to

While the original servers are long gone, you can connect to modern AIM servers such as

• Retro AIM Server⁠ - Free open source server for running your own AIM/ICQ service
• ChivaNet Internet Services⁠ - Free public AIM service
• NINA⁠ - Another popular public AIM service