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:
- SSL (ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697)
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 |  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 |  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 |  Austrian BSD user group |
| #BSDchat |  Taiwan BSD (Traditional Chinese) |
| #bsdgroup.de | 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 |  Polish BSD |
| #nycbug | New York City BSD Users Group |
| #pkg | pkg development and support |
| #poudriere | poudriere development and support |
| #sbug | Subcarpathian BSD User Group |
| #unixfreunde | German BSD |
| ##bsdforen.de | German BSD |
| ##freebsd-br |  Brazilian BSD |
| ##freebsd-pl | Polish BSD |
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 |  Danish BSD |
| #bsd-pl | 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 |  Swedish BSD |
| #freebsdhelp | Help and general FreeBSD discussion |
| #gitcvt | FreeBSD Git migration and usage |
| #rubyports | Ruby and rubygem ports |
IRCNet
| #bsd.cz |  Czech BSD |
| #bsd.ee |  Estonian BSD |
| #bsdfr | French BSD |
| #bsdgermany | German BSD |
| #freebsd | |
| #freebsd.de | German FreeBSD |
| #unix.ru |  Russian *NIX with FreeBSD specifics (koi8-r) |
