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Join IRCNow
Community running its own services. Here's the IRCNow server address, the busiest channels, and exactly how to connect from any IRC client.
Server
irc.ircnow.org
Port
6697 TLS
Users
≈300
Channels
296
Location
🇺🇸 Miami, United States
IP address
198.251.82.194
Website
How to connect to IRCNow
Point your IRC client at the address below. The connection is encrypted with TLS. Use the secure port.
ircs://irc.ircnow.org:6697
- Open your IRC client (HexChat, WeeChat, irssi, mIRC, Textual…).
- Add a new network with the command
/server irc.ircnow.org +6697. - Choose a nickname and connect (make sure TLS/SSL is enabled).
- Type
/listto browse channels, or/join #channelto jump straight in.
Channels on IRCNow
All 296 public channels on IRCNow, indexed automatically by our directory bot. Users is the count from the latest scan; 24h peak is the highest member count seen in the last day. Type /join <channel> after connecting.
| Channel | Users | 24h peak | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| #freeirc | 89 | 89 | All of the services provided by FreeIRC, including ZNC, GOT repository hosting, Shell, and more, are checked once a day at 18:00 UTC https://freeirc.org/ |
| #ShellTalk | 64 | 64 | Welcome to Shelltalk.net's support channel ! | !help for assistance | ask questions and a staff member will get to it when they can. | please stay connected if you do not recieve an answer right away. |
| #rpblc | 44 | 44 | Welcome to RPBLC.net! SSH Accounts, Web/DNS/Email/SQL Hosting, IRC Bouncer, Webmail and data Backups! |
| #planetofnix | 43 | 43 | Welcome to Planetofnix! Use !help to request accounts. This is the support channel for https://www.planetofnix.com. You can also send email to support@planetofnix.com. Please stay conneted if you have questions to give admins time to respond or send email so we have a way to contact you. |
| #exile-v4 | 21 | 22 | This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is joined to the in game chat for the Exile development game servers. See https://exile.planetofnix.com/wiki/ for details. |
| #openclaw | 19 | 19 | … |
| #exile-dev | 18 | 19 | This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for developers of the Minetest Game, Exile. Please report problems in #planetofnix. Mantar is the Lead Developer for the project. locbot is a bot designed to answer questions relating to the game. |
| #pnc | 17 | 17 | Welcome To DemonZone... 04Domain is irc.partnaz-n-crime.com or demonzone.partnaz-n-crime.com to connect to server instead of ip! please join us on our new server!! |
| #exile | 16 | 17 | This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is joined to the in game chat for the Exile game server, 'Land of Catastrophe'. See https://exile.planetofnix.com/wiki/ for details. |
| #darkworld | 8 | 8 | #DarkWorld is official channel of DarkWorld Network over ircnow network. || DarkWorld Network is multi purpose IRC Network. For more info https://darkworld.network || For DWCasino join #DWGames |
| #banana | 7 | 7 | … |
| #ngircd | 6 | 6 | t.ly/5xZFO for code submission rules - Now we discussing how to track issues I think? |
| #exile-lob | 5 | 6 | … |
| #Grape | 5 | 5 | … |
| #DWSHells | 5 | 5 | 4,1:: 9,1Request Shell 4,1:: 9,1 Signup & Rules :: https://wiki.darkworld.network/index.php?title=DWShells:Signup_and_Rules 4,1:: 9,1 WEB 4,1:: 9,1https://shells.darkworld.network 4,1:: |
| #DWBots | 4 | 4 | … |
| #Tutorials | 4 | 4 | … |
| #DWGames | 4 | 4 | … |
| #DWBouncers | 4 | 4 | https://bouncers.darkworld.network |
| #exile-offtopic | 4 | 4 | … |
| #perl | 4 | 4 | This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for discussing the perl programming Language. |
| #lua | 4 | 4 | This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for discussing the lua programming language. |
| #cloud9p | 4 | 4 | … |
| #bandung | 3 | 3 | … |
| #perl103 | 3 | 3 | … |
| #PHP | 3 | 3 | Stable PHP versions: 8.0.12, 7.4.25, 7.3.32 · Be respectful at all times & keep your language clean · Use a paste site for code · http://hashphp.org has some useful links. |
| #PHILIPPINES | 3 | 3 | 🏝️ мαвυнαу! ❣️ 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 🇵🇭 |
| #cmpunk | 3 | 3 | … |
| #botworld | 3 | 3 | bots are welcome, for testing or whatever (non intrusive). Please announce your bot's name and you as it's owner and what it does upon entry of bot to room, tnx ~cmdr_chunk |
| #oddprotocol-team | 2 | 2 | … |
| #prive | 2 | 2 | … |
| #nur | 2 | 2 | … |
| #surabaya | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Super-VPS | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Palestine | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Lahore | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Bar | 2 | 2 | … |
| #mey | 2 | 2 | … |
| #izzychat | 2 | 2 | … |
| #justatest | 2 | 2 | … |
| #cherry | 2 | 2 | … |
| #lobby | 2 | 2 | … |
| #root | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Rider | 2 | 2 | ¡|[Welcome to #Rider unlimited friendship for everyone, tranks you visit]|! |
| #freeshells | 2 | 2 | … |
| #usa | 2 | 2 | … |
| #marway | 2 | 2 | … |
| #perl102 | 2 | 2 | … |
| #council | 2 | 2 | … |
| #freeirc-team | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Italy | 2 | 2 | BENVENUTI TO #Italy |
| #bohol | 2 | 2 | 12Welcome to 4IRC channel: 3Bohol! |
| #bnc | 2 | 2 | … |
| #PhiKappaSigma | 2 | 2 | … |
| #zamboanga | 2 | 2 | Welcome to #Zamboanga @ ircNOW!!! |
| #werewolf | 2 | 2 | … |
| #UST | 2 | 2 | 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 |
| #GOODREADS | 2 | 2 | … |
| #DEBATES | 2 | 2 | … |
| #GLOBALCHAT | 2 | 2 | … |
| #AHOF | 2 | 2 | 🪐 🅰𝚕𝚕-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 🅷𝚊𝚕𝚕 🅾𝚏 🅵𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛 • 𝗔𝗛✦𝙁✦𝗛𝗔 🪐 |
| #NEUROSCIENCE | 2 | 2 | … |
| #SIARGAO | 2 | 2 | ⛱️𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙤🏝️ 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜🌊 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨🗾 |
| #music | 2 | 2 | … |
| #bogani | 2 | 2 | … |
| #waltuhNet | 2 | 2 | https://waltuh.cyou |
| # | 2 | 2 | … |
| #ChatSansar | 2 | 2 | Welcome to ChatSansar - Official Site: https://chatsansar.com |
| #cagayan | 2 | 2 | … |
| #ozamiz | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Malaysia | 2 | 2 | … |
| #english | 2 | 2 | Learn the English language. A place to discuss grammar, pronunciation, accents, slang and much more! |
| #Christ | 2 | 2 | … |
| #lisp | 2 | 2 | … |
| #subline | 2 | 2 | … |
| #toronto | 2 | 2 | … |
| #hamradio | 2 | 2 | … |
| #duels | 2 | 2 | … |
| #server-status | 2 | 2 | … |
| #nextcloud | 2 | 2 | … |
| #bookclub | 2 | 2 | … |
| #counterculture | 2 | 2 | … |
| #lecturify-ecourses | 2 | 2 | … |
| #wm | 2 | 2 | … |
| #minetest-dev | 2 | 2 | … |
| #france | 2 | 2 | ⚜ #00,02Fr01,00an00,05ce https://pastebin.com/raw/j0r9PDXu ⚜ |
| #jakarta | 2 | 2 | ¨¨°º©o.,.o©º°¨¨°º©[☬♔ 𝓢𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓽 𝓓𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓲 #𝓙𝓪𝓴𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓪 , 𝓓aerah 𝓚husus 𝓙akarta – 𝓡𝓮𝓹𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓴 𝓘𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓪 ♔☬]©º°¨¨°º©o.,.o©º°¨¨' |
| #armada | 2 | 2 | the infamous topic has managed to befriend an alien race and is now cruising a quantum network laser across the milky way, aha, the feds will never catch him now! |
| #Europa | 2 | 2 | 0,9 welcome |
| #chaos | 2 | 2 | +k :+k :+k :+k :+k :+k e2!*@* 0 : |
| 2 | 2 | … | |
| #sciencenews | 2 | 2 | … |
| #netbsd | 2 | 2 | … |
| #Jujube | 2 | 2 | … |
| #4774 | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Clanul | 1 | 1 | … |
| #qc | 1 | 1 | … |
| #hotspotteam | 1 | 1 | … |
| #hotspot | 1 | 1 | … |
| #meetingroom | 1 | 1 | … |
| #islamabad | 1 | 1 | … |
| #ergean | 1 | 1 | … |
| #freedoms4 | 1 | 1 | … |
| #OpenIndiana | 1 | 1 | … |
| #particularist | 1 | 1 | … |
| #aLbania | 1 | 1 | … |
| #PremiumBNC | 1 | 1 | 0,4 PREMIUM ZNC BNC ON IPv6 WITH NICE VHOSTS → MORE INFO ON 0,3 HTTPS://ZNC.ST |
| #gensan | 1 | 1 | … |
| #moocows_lua_testing | 1 | 1 | … |
| #makassar | 1 | 1 | … |
| #opera | 1 | 1 | … |
| #i2p | 1 | 1 | … |
| #openwrt | 1 | 1 | … |
| #tor | 1 | 1 | … |
| #wireguard | 1 | 1 | … |
| #nastycode-hopm | 1 | 1 | … |
| #math | 1 | 1 | … |
| #teams | 1 | 1 | … |
| #LA | 1 | 1 | … |
| #hacker | 1 | 1 | Welcome all... |
| #kampung | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Ubuntu | 1 | 1 | The latest major release is Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed "Resolute Raccoon." It was officially released on April 23, 2026, and is a long-term support (LTS) version, which means it will receive standard security and maintenance updates for five years, until April 2031 |
| #kali | 1 | 1 | Welcome friends to #kali.32 What is your favourite tools in Kali Linux? |
| 1 | 1 | 0,12 F 12,15 A 0,12 C 12,15 E 0,12 B 12,15 O 0,12 O 12,15 K | |
| #Brad | 1 | 1 | … |
| #miniontoby | 1 | 1 | … |
| #counting | 1 | 1 | … |
| #devhosting | 1 | 1 | … |
| #NuttySP | 1 | 1 | … |
| #temp1 | 1 | 1 | … |
| #planetofnix-hopm | 1 | 1 | … |
| #coordinarsi | 1 | 1 | … |
| #lesbgirl | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Poesia_Senza_Veli | 1 | 1 | … |
| #poeti_svelati | 1 | 1 | … |
| #CrazyChat | 1 | 1 | … |
| #alien | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Spain | 1 | 1 | … |
| #TRChat | 1 | 1 | 4https://wWw.TRChat.Com/ :: Welcome to #TRChat |
| #ircforever-hopm | 1 | 1 | … |
| #printing | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Roeselare | 1 | 1 | www.roslar.eu |
| #belga | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Canonical | 1 | 1 | … |
| #LETRAN | 1 | 1 | … |
| #WORDPRESS | 1 | 1 | … |
| #tgr | 1 | 1 | … |
| #+Doggie | 1 | 1 | … |
| #fi | 1 | 1 | … |
| #BSD | 1 | 1 | … |
| #eqiq | 1 | 1 | … |
| #hey | 1 | 1 | … |
| #linuxhelp | 1 | 1 | … |
| #IRcap | 1 | 1 | … |
| #training-test | 1 | 1 | … |
| #master | 1 | 1 | … |
| #België | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Peruanos | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Juliaca | 1 | 1 | … |
| #whynot | 1 | 1 | … |
| #rawalpindi | 1 | 1 | … |
| #peshawar | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Algerie | 1 | 1 | … |
| #accueil | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Kabyle | 1 | 1 | … |
| #algeriens | 1 | 1 | … |
| #suceava | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Scrabble | 1 | 1 | … |
| #bugzbunny | 1 | 1 | … |
| ##bugzbunny | 1 | 1 | … |
| ##subline | 1 | 1 | … |
| #ontario | 1 | 1 | … |
| #cow123-irc-testing | 1 | 1 | … |
| #freeirc-monitor | 1 | 1 | … |
| #TWD | 1 | 1 | … |
| #gentoo-security | 1 | 1 | … |
| #libreboot | 1 | 1 | … |
| #centeriasurvivalchat | 1 | 1 | … |
| #freeirc-test | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Forum | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Zizu | 1 | 1 | … |
| #petrajaya | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Brasil | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Brazil | 1 | 1 | … |
| #mircitaliacrew | 1 | 1 | … |
| #virtualfantasy | 1 | 1 | … |
| #technews | 1 | 1 | … |
| #uno | 1 | 1 | … |
| #minecraft | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Napoli | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Torino | 1 | 1 | … |
| #sacramento | 1 | 1 | … |
| #italia | 1 | 1 | … |
| #amici&amore | 1 | 1 | … |
| #frantech | 1 | 1 | … |
| #china | 1 | 1 | … |
| #thelounge | 1 | 1 | … |
| #yiming | 1 | 1 | … |
| #os-knowledge | 1 | 1 | … |
| #lecturify-test | 1 | 1 | … |
| #chanserv | 1 | 1 | … |
| #quarantine | 1 | 1 | … |
| #pentesting | 1 | 1 | … |
| #host | 1 | 1 | … |
| 1 | 1 | … | |
| #ChatLand | 1 | 1 | … |
| #xsoenn | 1 | 1 | … |
| #yogyakarta | 1 | 1 | … |
| #totabuan | 1 | 1 | … |
| #kotamobagu | 1 | 1 | … |
| #tilos | 1 | 1 | … |
| #anime | 1 | 1 | … |
| #batON | 1 | 1 | … |
| #kelate | 1 | 1 | … |
| #THEWORLD | 1 | 1 | … |
| #imphnen | 1 | 1 | … |
| #batam | 1 | 1 | … |
| #SweetCry | 1 | 1 | … |
| #YonleCoder | 1 | 1 | … |
| #india | 1 | 1 | … |
| #dragonrealm | 1 | 1 | … |
| #kasdfkd | 1 | 1 | … |
| #9pfs | 1 | 1 | … |
| #asdf | 1 | 1 | … |
| #su | 1 | 1 | … |
| #services/replirc | 1 | 1 | … |
| #bitfox | 1 | 1 | … |
| #codeforce | 1 | 1 | … |
| #libera-newyears | 1 | 1 | … |
| #D | 1 | 1 | … |
| #duckhunt | 1 | 1 | … |
| #AlphaCraft9658!*@* | 1 | 1 | … |
| #cybernow | 1 | 1 | … |
| #default | 1 | 1 | … |
| #novanet | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Wwe | 1 | 1 | … |
| #radio-logs | 1 | 1 | … |
| #radio | 1 | 1 | … |
| #darkznc | 1 | 1 | … |
| #metal | 1 | 1 | … |
| #turkey | 1 | 1 | … |
| #rock | 1 | 1 | … |
| #satan | 1 | 1 | … |
| #newbie | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Portugal | 1 | 1 | … |
| #radiofebbre-staff | 1 | 1 | … |
| #freeman | 1 | 1 | … |
| #hideout | 1 | 1 | … |
| #minglanilla | 1 | 1 | … |
| #davao | 1 | 1 | … |
| ## | 1 | 1 | … |
| #exile-experiment | 1 | 1 | … |
| #telecomm | 1 | 1 | … |
| #lunasrelay | 1 | 1 | … |
| #bots | 1 | 1 | … |
| #centos | 1 | 1 | … |
| #shadowdogs | 1 | 1 | … |
| #3¸14 | 1 | 1 | … |
| #dronebl | 1 | 1 | … |
| #fullchat | 1 | 1 | … |
| #ircnow-offtopic; | 1 | 1 | … |
| #Paraguay | 1 | 1 | … |
| #channel | 1 | 1 | … |
| #offtopic_test | 1 | 1 | A adjacent but not related channel for the community's chatter's tests |
| #paris | 1 | 1 | ⚜ Ici c'est #paris ⚜ |
| #ViaTransilvanica | 1 | 1 | Visit www.viatransilvanica.com/en to plan your trip |
| #localhost | 1 | 1 | 0,4 PREMIUM ZNC BNC ON IPv6 WITH NICE VHOSTS → MORE INFO ON 0,3 HTTPS://ZNC.ST |
| #ninja | 1 | 1 | 0,1 the first priority of a Ninja is to win without fighting > https://error.rs 1,54 eggdrop tcl scripts > https://eggdrop.in |
| #Debian | 1 | 1 | Debian 13 "trixie" released! Please be patient and polite with everybody, thanks! |
| #Amor | 1 | 1 | … |
| #hyacinth | 1 | 1 | Welcome to the personal channel of Yiming! No porn, no piracy and no racism here, thank you. |
| #amc | 1 | 1 | … |
| #main/replirc | 1 | 1 | Only seven months away from ReplIRC's 3rd birthday! 🎉 |
| #sfdghfds | 1 | 1 | . |
| #kiwiirc-default | 1 | 1 | … |
| #amiga | 1 | 1 | … |
| #uucp | 1 | 1 | … |
| #belgique | 0 | 0 | Bienvenue |
| #X | 0 | 0 | xyz |
| #Euro | 0 | 0 | Welcome/Welkom/Bienvenue/Bine ati venit !!! |
| #AfNet | 0 | 0 | Welcome to AFNet's BSDForAll/IRCNow Server.: In case ANYONE would be interested in some computing power https://www.ebay.com/itm/195968667367 the price IS definately NEGOCIABLE | For those Interested/able, Please consider donating to the following fundraise, has been updated ---> https://donations.a |
| #lgbt | 0 | 0 | For LGBT+ people, allies welcome |
| #counting/replirc | 0 | 0 | … |
| #random | 0 | 0 | Be a random person! |
| #9pfs-join-logs | 0 | 0 | … |
| #dice | 0 | 0 | Roll Dice! |
| #main | 0 | 0 | This webchat is broken, try https://9pfs.repl.co/thelounge instead |
| #lol | 0 | 0 | #lol-botserv #lol-chanserv #lol-global #lol-hostserv #lol-memoserv #lol-nickserv They all can be assigned to channels. |
| #firebot | 0 | 0 | … |
| #AFWIlearning | 0 | 0 | … |
| #roulette | 0 | 0 | … |
| #❄ | 0 | 0 | … |
| #fix_your_connection | 0 | 0 | if you were sent here, that means your connection was spotty and you should fix it |
| #testi | 0 | 0 | … |
| #transylvania | 0 | 0 | visit the carpathian garden http://www.romania.travel/en/ |
| #Transilvania | 0 | 0 | visit the carpathian garden https://www.viatransilvanica.com/en/ if you like hiking than this should be your trip |
About IRCNow
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Official website: ircnow.org
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the server address of IRCNow?
- IRCNow is reachable at
ircs://irc.ircnow.org:6697. Hostnameirc.ircnow.org, port6697over TLS/SSL. - Is IRCNow free?
- Yes, it's a free, public IRC network. No account is required to start chatting.
- How do I join a channel?
- After connecting, type
/join #channelnamein your client.