extern crate irc; use std::default::Default; use std::sync::Arc; use std::thread::spawn; use irc::client::prelude::*; fn main() { let config = Config { nickname: Some(format!("pickles")), server: Some(format!("irc.fyrechat.net")), channels: Some(vec![format!("#vana")]), .. Default::default() }; let server = Arc::new(IrcServer::from_config(config).unwrap()); server.identify().unwrap(); let server = server.clone(); let _ = spawn(move || { for msg in server.iter() { print!("{}", msg.unwrap().into_string()); } }).join(); // You might not want to join here for actual multi-threading. }