IRC

Note: For the NixOS community chat, see Get In Touch.

From Wikipedia:

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an application layer protocol that facilitates communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a client/server networking model.

NixOS-related Channels

• #nixos - The main support channel for all things Nix/NixOS
• #nixos-chat - The untopical social channel
• #nixos-dev - For hacking on Nixos
• #nixcon - For any Nixcon related things
• #nixos-aarch64 - For the aarch64 (ARM) porting effort
• #nix-darwin - Nix on MacOS
• #nixos-security - NixOS security related
• #nixos-emacs - For all things Emacs

Clients

• Quassel
• Weechat with the irc plugin

Servers

• IRCd

Bouncers

An IRC bouncer stays connected to IRC servers so clients can disconnect without missing messages or losing the session.

• ZNC
• keep a client open in a tmux session

Gateways

An IRC gateway recieves messages through other chat networks (e.g. XMPP) and forwards them through IRC.

• BitlBee