steel

what?

steel is a text chat client tailored to osu!, which provides the following features below the bare minimum ("send and receive messages"):

• custom, trackable chat highlights
• favourite channel list
• a Google Translate shortcut on chat messages
• a slightly customizable UI palette

where?

download the latest version and extract it into a separate folder. enable automatic updates for better experience.

FAQ

so uhh what does it look like?

see for yourself.

is it cross-platform?

yes, with Windows/Linux/MacOS support. only Windows is thoroughly tested, so watch out!

is it malware? my antivirus says so

one of the heuristics is probably overly cautious, since it can't verify who built the executable. whitelist the application, and both of you should be fine (see example for Windows Defender -- also note the !ml suffix, which means "machine learning").

I found an issue!

https://github.com/TicClick/steel/issues is the place.

what's the chat transport?

right now, it's the IRC gateway, but hopefully the app can be migrated to the websocket API once https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/issues/10118 is resolved.

will you know my password?

no: it's stored locally, and only sent to the chat server -- see the source code, or listen to the app's network activity. one to make a note of, though:

• since the IRC server doesn't support SSL, the password is sent in CLEAR TEXT -- if someone is spying on the network, they will be able to eavesdrop and take it.
  • on the other hand, if someone is spying on you, an exposed osu! chat password is one of the least concerns..