IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat.

If you're looking for an existing server to join, connect to irc.devdungeon.com on port 6667.

irc.devdungeon.com

Recommended clients:

• XChat (GUI) - For Windows, download and install from the website. For Debian, install with apt install xchat.
• Pidgin (GUI) - For Windows, download and install from the website. For Debian, install with apt install pidgin.
• irssi (Terminal) - For Windows, use Debian WSL. In Debian, install with apt install irssi. In Mac, brew install irssi. Use the normal IRC slash commands like /list and /join #general. Use alt keys plus window number to switch between chat windows. E.g. ALT-1 and ALT-2.

Commands start with a / and you can run some of the commands below to get started. They will allow you to find and join channels to chat.

* /list - List chat rooms and participant count * /who #general - See who is in the channel named #general * /join #general - Join channel named #general * /part #general - Leave channel named #general * /msg nanodano hey - Send private message to NanoDano * /quit - Disconnect from server

Tag someone by starting the message with their username and a colon. This will usually ping their client and is similar to tagging someone.

nanodano: hey!

• /away Be back in a few - Set an away message
• /back - Turn off away status
• /me is not surprised - Emote something; e.g. “NanoDano is not surprised”
• /motd - See the server's message of the day

Inspircd is software for running your own IRC server.

• Source (C++) https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd
• Installation instructions https://docs.inspircd.org/3/installation/

Quick setup notes:

setup_inspircd.sh

# Get latest .deb from https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases
cd ~
wget https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/download/v3.10.0/inspircd_3.10.0.deb10u1_amd64.deb
apt install ./inspircd_3.10.0.deb10u1_amd64.deb
cp /usr/share/doc/inspircd/inspircd.conf.example.gz ~
gunzip inspircd.conf.example.gz
mv inspircd.conf.example /etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf
echo "Welcome!" > /etc/inspircd/motd.txt
vim /etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf
  # Edit bind ip
  # Edit server name
  # Edit motd text file path to ''motd.txt''
systemctl start inspircd
# Then connect on port 6667

Anope is the partner service that should be installed for NickServ and ChanServ for people to register nicknames and channels.