Botnet implements nearly all core functionality in a form of modules which can be loaded and unloaded at will and communicate with one another using signals. Thanks to that design, a module which encounters serious issues does not affect the execution of other modules. Furthermore all features of the bot can be enabled and disabled at will and the modules can be updated without restarting the entire bot and reconnecting to the IRC network simply by reloading a module. It is possible to use built-in modules or create easy to load and integrate user-maintained external modules distributed in a form of Python packages.

The bot can interface with multiple networks such as IRC and Mumble to provide extended functionality and comes with a few useful modules out of the box. It is actively used on several IRC networks.

The IRC and Mumble protocols were implemented by myself using the RFCs and other design specifications.