RuneScript is an IRC bot made for the MMORPG game RuneScape. It is a compilation of scripts that retrieve statistics on players via the hi-scores, and analyze the data it finds to give helpful information to people who request it. It has a whole host of other features too: goal levels, default names, player ranks on hi-scores, price lookups, statistic tracking, and much more.

RuneScript has been in development since early April 2005 as a small project for some bored RuneScape players. Since then it has become a large tool for many RuneScape users on IRC networks. RuneScript is regularly used by thousands of channels, and on over 30 IRC networks. We serve up to 500 commands a minute at peak times.

RuneScript is actively developed by six people: Cruiser is a root administrator and works on the main bot code. Kyle works solely on the bot code. micksam7 is our server administrator and does all the back-end PHP coding that the bot uses as well as the PHP for rscript.org. Sara is a root administrator and works directly on the bot code. spling is the project leader and works directly on the bot and the website. Vulcan works directly on the bot code.

RuneScript was created by spling in April 2005, and Cruiser joined the team in that same month. Looce and Micksam7 then joined later that year. Looce to work on the bot directly, and Micksam7 to work server-side. Due to internal drama, Looce no longer works on the project. Urza joined us in November 2005, however he no longer works on the project. Matt joined the project in December of 2006 as a bot hoster and became a coder in 2008. Matt is no longer involved in the project due to a lack of interest. Vulcan, the founder of SwiftIRC's Genie bot, joined the project as a coder in April 2009. In May 2009, two of SwiftIRC's popular bots known as iKick and Genie, joined together as one with RuneScript. Both bots brought over its finest staff members, two of which being Sara, who is now a root administrator, and Kyle, who became a bot administrator.

We are very open to suggestions for the bot and we are always looking for more features to add. If you have a suggestion for RuneScript, feel free to post on our forum and tell us. We always consider every suggestion, and we will do our best to add appropriate requests. RuneScript is free for anyone to use. If you want to use it in your room, check out this page.