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.

Clients

• irssi
• 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