Introduction

FreeBSD users and developers mainly use Libera.Chat and EFnet.

Libera.Chat

Connecting to 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

de.png German language

#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

fr.png French language

#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

bhyve

#bsd-sharp

Mono on FreeBSD support

#bsdaustria

at.png Austrian BSD user group

#BSDchat

tw.png Taiwan BSD (Traditional Chinese)

#bsdgroup.de

de.png German BSD

#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

pl.png Polish BSD

#nycbug

New York City BSD Users Group

#pkg

pkg development and support

#poudriere

poudriere development and support

#sbug

pl.png Subcarpathian BSD User Group

#unixfreunde

de.png German BSD

##bsdforen.de

de.png German BSD

##freebsd-br

br.png Brazilian BSD

##freebsd-pl

pl.png Polish BSD

EFnet

Eris Free – another popular network for FreeBSD users and developers. Some channels are very active. EFnet has a long history.

EFnet Servers

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

dk.png Danish BSD

#bsd-pl

pl.png Polish BSD User Group

#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

PkgBase

#bsdports

Ports general talk, a lot of committers but public

#bsdtinderbox

Marcuscom Tinderbox support

#bsdusb

USB-related development (technical)

#devsummit

Devsummit-related

#freebsd

#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

se.png Swedish BSD

#freebsdhelp

Help and general FreeBSD discussion

#gitcvt

FreeBSD Git migration and usage

#rubyports

Ruby and rubygem ports

IRCNet

http://www.ircnet.org/

#bsd.cz

cz.png Czech BSD

#bsd.ee

ee.png Estonian BSD

#bsdfr

fr.png French BSD

#bsdgermany

de.pngGerman BSD

#freebsd

#freebsd.de

de.png German FreeBSD

#unix.ru

ru.png Russian *NIX with FreeBSD specifics (koi8-r)

Other Networks

GeekShed

#freebsd

FreeBSD Office Hours and FreeBSD Fridays

RusNet

#bsd-unix

ru.png Russian FreeBSD development (koi8-r)

#freebsd

ru.png Russian FreeBSD general discussion (koi8-r)

OzOrg

#bugs

au.png BSD Users Group, Sydney

MagNET

#bsdperl

Perl on FreeBSD

OFTCnet

#freebsd-clang

LLVM/Clang porting


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IRC/Channels (last edited 2023-05-29T16:28:18+0000 by GrahamPerrin)