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FreeBSD 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 and on-topic discussion. Requires registered nickname/account to join. |
| #freebsd-bugs | Issue/bug Tracking, Triage and Bugmeister |
| #freebsd-de | German Language |
| #freebsd-desktop | Force-Desktop! Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, Mate, NomadBSD, GhostBSD & 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 + SoCs |
| #freebsd-fr | French Language |
| #freebsd-games | Games and gaming on FreeBSD |
| #freebsd-gecko | Gecko on FreeBSD |
| #freebsd-ports | Porting & Packaging. Contributors, Maintainers & Committers. |
| #freebsd-pulse | Keep your finger on the pulse of FreeBSD. Real-time project updates & notifications |
| #freebsd-python | Python on FreeBSD |
| #freebsd-riscv | FreeBSD on RISC-V |
| #freebsd-security | Security / vulnerability related discussion |
| #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 | Discussion & support channel for BastilleBSD container (jail) management system |
| #bhyve | bhyve channel |
| #bsd-sharp | Mono on FreeBSD support channel |
#bsdaustria  | Austrian BSD user group |
#BSDchat  | Taiwan BSD channel (Traditional Chinese) |
#bsdgroup.de  | German BSD channel |
| #bsdin | Indian language channel |
| #charmbug | Baltimore Area BSD User Group |
| #freebsd-jails | Discussions of FreeBSD jails and related technologies |
| #ggi | GGI development channels |
| #haskell-freebsd | Haskell on FreeBSD support channel |
| #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 channel |
| #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 Channel |
| ##bsdforen.de | German BSD channel |
##freebsd-br  | Brazilian BSD Channel |
| ##freebsd-pl | Polish BSD channel |
EFnet
Eris Free – another popular network for FreeBSD users and developers. Some channels are very active. EFnet has a long history.
Channels
#bsd-dk  | Danish BSD channel (danish) |
| #bsd-pl | Polish BSD User Group channel |
| #bsdbelfast | BSD in Belfast user group |
| #bsdcode | Src people |
| #bsddev | Public channel for committers and contributors to work |
| #bsddocs | Discussions about 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 channel |
| #bsdusb | USB related development (technical channel) |
| #devsummit | Devsummit related discussions |
| #freebsd | |
| #freebsd-bugbusters | Bug hunters and PR killers |
| #freebsd-ci | Continuous Integration |
| #freebsd-mobile | Discussion about FreeBSD on laptops and other mobile devices. |
| #freebsd-office | For porting all office related programs |
| #freebsd-soc | Summer of Code discussion channel |
| #freebsd-tcltk | TCL/TK porting discussion |
| #freebsd-wifi | WiFi 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 channel |
| #freebsdhelp | Help and general FreeBSD discussion channel. |
| #gitcvt | FreeBSD Git migration and usage |
| #rubyports | Ruby and rubygem ports |
IRCNet
#bsd.cz  | Czech BSD channel |
#bsd.ee  | Estonian BSD channel |
#bsdfr  | French BSD channel |
| #bsdgermany | German BSD channel |
| #freebsd | discussion channel |
| #freebsd.de | German FreeBSD channel |
#unix.ru  | Russian *NIX channel with FreeBSD specifics (koi8-r) |
Other Networks
| GeekShed IRC | |
|---|---|
| #freebsd | FreeBSD Office Hours and FreeBSD Fridays |
| RusNet | |
| #bsd-unix | Russian FreeBSD development channel (koi8-r) |
| #freebsd | Russian FreeBSD general discussion channel (koi8-r) |
| OzOrg | |
#bugs  | BSD Users Group, Sydney |
| MagNET | |
| #bsdperl | Perl on FreeBSD Talk Channel |
| OFTCnet | |
| #freebsd-clang | LLVM/Clang porting channel |