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IRCNow

IRCNow provides internet services for the free and open source community. IRCNow is a federation of servers that govern themselves, each one with its own team of sysadmins who provide different services.

Our goal is to create a network that ensures user freedom. Learn about our goals. To chat with us, you can connect to one of the following servers:

Location	Name	Hostname	Governor	Minutemin	Services	Type
Las Vegas, USA	Lecturify	irc.lecturify.net	gry	Baytuch ?, Siva, Yonle ?	ZNC	Stable
Las Vegas, USA	InspireNET	irc.inspirenet.org	Tcache	zen , Almajd	VPN, XMPP & ZNC	Stable
Las Vegas, USA	ShellTalk	irc.shelltalk.net	Hydragyrum	Quo-fan, jan6, akoizumi	shells	Testing
Miami, USA	rpblc	irc.rpblc.net	Naglfar	Noisytoot	ZNC	Stable
New York, USA	IRCForever	irc.ircforever.org	Thor_Of_Angels	Miniontoby, libredev	ZNC	Stable
New York, USA	BSDForAll	irc.bsdforall.org	PyritePyro	AncientWisdom, mkf ?	ZNC, shells	Testing
New York, USA	NaStYcOdE	irc.nastycode.com	SplinTer	dennis, jlj, suzerain, mohnish	ZNC	Stable
New York, USA	PlanetOfNix	irc.planetofnix.com	izzyb	bountyht	ZNC	Stable
Roost, Luxembourg	OddProtocol	irc.oddprotocol.org	Error ?	Hawk, skar, monaco	shells, ZNC	Stable Testing
Roost, Luxembourg	ThunderIRC	irc.thunderirc.net	g1n	shokara, r1k, gandalf	ZNC	Stable
Roost, Luxembourg	FreeIRC	irc.freeirc.org	MisterE	xfnw, Kilroy, debiankaios	shells	Testing
Miami, USA	Cloud9p	cloud9p.org	mkf ?	pra		Stable
Miami, USA	IRCNow	irc.ircnow.org	jrmu	gry, Error ?, izzyb, xfnw, mkf		Stable

Location	Name	Hostname	Governor	Minutemin	Services	Type	Hardware
Texas, USA	Lecturify		gry		VPS	VPSes	hardware
Texas, USA	OddProtocol		Error ?		VPS	VPSes	hardware
Texas, USA	BSDForAll		pyritepyro		VPS	VPSes	hardware
Texas, USA	ThunderIRC		g1n ?		VPS	VPSes	hardware
Texas, USA	IRCNow		jrmu		VPS	VPSes	hardware
UK/Europe	FreeIRC	minigamesgalore.freeirc.org	MisterE ?		Minetest	Minetest	hardware ?
UK/Europe	NastyCode	nastycode.com	jlj ?	suzerain	Matrix?	Matrix?	hardware ?
?	IRCForever	minetest.ircforever.org	Thor_Of_Angels ?		Minetest	Minetest	hardware ?

(IRC server network map ?)

(Full list of servers)

IRC Bouncers

With an IRC bouncer, you will now be able to receive messages while you're offline. A bouncer helps save messages for you while you're disconnected so your IRC client can download them once you log in later on. Our bouncer also lets you chat with users on any IRC network and even other chat protocols such as Telegram or Discord. It also cloaks your IP from others for anonymity and security.

IRC Bots

Request a free bot to use for your channel. We provide channel relays to connect multiple IRC networks and bridges to connect IRC with other protocols. We also provide chat bots and Bible bots.

VPN

Get a free VPN account. This can be useful for security reasons (such as when you connect to a wifi hotspot), for anonymity reasons (since it hides your IP), and access to news sites and more.

Email

Get a free email account! We give all users a combined total of 1GB of storage with each file storage account. We support all open protocols: POP, IMAP, and SMTP, and you can export your account whenever you want. We do not sell user data to third parties.

File Storage

Get free file storage! We give all users a combined total of 1GB of storage with each file storage and email account. We currently support sftp/scp and plan to add support for rsync.

Code Hosting

Get free code hosting! We provide hosting for git and cvs.

OpenBSD Guides

You can learn OpenBSD by reading our how to guides and join our community at #openbsd. We aim to provide working examples and topics not covered by the excellent OpenBSD man pages.

IRCNow Goals

We're interested in improving the open IRC ecosystem. Read more about our goals here.