FreeBSD and related IRC Channels
Introduction
FreeBSD users and developers mainly use Libera.Chat and EFnet.
Libera.Chat
If you have an IRC client that supports the irc:// protocol, either of these links should open the client and connect you:
FreeBSD IRC Channel Support
#freebsd-irc |
IRC Channel Assistance, Cloak Requests, Community Engagement |
Official Channels
Registered and managed by the FreeBSD IRC Admin team, with consistent channel management and moderation guidelines.
#freebsd |
General user/technical support. Registered nickname required. |
#freebsd-bugs |
Issue/bug tracking, triage and Bugmeister |
#freebsd-de |
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#freebsd-desktop |
Cinnamon, GhostBSD, GNOME, KDE, MATE, NomadBSD, Xfce and more |
#freebsd-dev |
FreeBSD development, hacking and contribution |
#freebsd-emacs |
FreeBSD emacs ports: editors/emacs, editors/emacs-devel, and their dependencies. |
#freebsd-embedded |
ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, Freescale and SoCs |
#freebsd-fr |
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#freebsd-games |
Games and gaming on FreeBSD |
#freebsd-gecko |
Gecko on FreeBSD |
#freebsd-ports |
Porting and packaging. Contributors, maintainers and committers. |
#freebsd-pulse |
Keep your finger on the pulse of FreeBSD. Real-time project updates and notifications. |
#freebsd-python |
Python on FreeBSD |
#freebsd-riscv |
FreeBSD on RISC-V |
#freebsd-security |
Security and vulnerabilities |
#freebsd-soc |
Google Summer of Code |
#freebsd-social |
Off-topic / socializing |
#freebsd-stack |
Webfoo: Apache, NGINX, PHP, ownCloud .... |
#freebsd-vbox |
VirtualBox on FreeBSD |
#freebsd-wiki |
Wiki management, content creation and editing |
Unofficial Channels
Not managed by the FreeBSD Project.
#ambug |
🇦🇲 Armenian BSD Users Group |
#BastilleBSD |
BastilleBSD (container (jail) management system) |
#bhyve |
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#bsd-sharp |
Mono on FreeBSD support |
#bsdaustria |
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#BSDchat |
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#bsdgroup.de |
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#bsdin |
Indian language |
#charmbug |
Baltimore Area BSD User Group |
#freebsd-jails |
FreeBSD jails and related technologies |
#ggi |
GGI development |
#haskell-freebsd |
Haskell on FreeBSD support |
#kde-freebsd |
KDE on FreeBSD |
#metabug |
Global BSD Users Group Federation: member groups (have) include(d) Sydney, Colorado, Chicago, Dominican Republic, London, Manchester, Munic, New Delhi, NYC, Ottawa-Carleton, Orlando, and San Diego |
#netbsd-pl |
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#nycbug |
New York City BSD Users Group |
#pkg |
pkg development and support |
#poudriere |
poudriere development and support |
#sbug |
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#unixfreunde |
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##bsdforen.de |
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##freebsd-br |
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##freebsd-pl |
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##bsd.se |
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EFnet
Eris Free – another popular network for FreeBSD users and developers. Some channels are very active. EFnet has a long history.
If your IRC client presents an offensive message of the day (MOTD), from a non-preferred network: sorry, this is beyond our control.
Channels
#bsd-dk |
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#bsd-pl |
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#bsdbelfast |
BSD in Belfast user group |
#bsdcode |
Src people |
#bsddev |
Committers and contributors |
#bsddocs |
FreeBSD Documentation related topics |
#bsdmips |
General embedded FreeBSD discussion, and a good place to catch embedded platform maintainers (sometimes off-topic) |
#bsdpkgbase |
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#bsdports |
Ports general talk, a lot of committers but public |
#bsdtinderbox |
Marcuscom Tinderbox support |
#bsdusb |
USB-related development (technical) |
#devsummit |
Devsummit-related |
#freebsd |
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#freebsd-bugbusters |
Bug hunters and PR killers |
#freebsd-ci |
Continuous Integration |
#freebsd-mobile |
FreeBSD on laptops and other mobile devices |
#freebsd-office |
For porting all office related programs |
#freebsd-soc |
Summer of Code |
#freebsd-tcltk |
Tcl/Tk porting |
#freebsd-wifi |
Wi-Fi in FreeBSD |
#freebsd-xfce |
Porting Xfce to FreeBSD |
#freebsd-xorg |
Desktop, DRM, graphics and X11 (X.Org) (linked with https://gitter.im/FreeBSDDesktop/Lobby (logged) and https://matrix.to/#/#FreeBSDDesktop_Lobby:gitter.im) |
#freebsd.se |
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#freebsdhelp |
Help and general FreeBSD discussion |
#gitcvt |
FreeBSD Git migration and usage |
#rubyports |
Ruby and rubygem ports |
IRCNet
#bsd.cz |
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#bsd.ee |
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#bsdfr |
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#bsdgermany |
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#freebsd |
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#freebsd.de |
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#unix.ru |
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Other Networks
#freebsd |
FreeBSD Office Hours and FreeBSD Fridays |
#bsd-unix |
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#freebsd |
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#bugs |
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#bsdperl |
Perl on FreeBSD |
#freebsd-clang |
LLVM/Clang porting |