About
What is freenode
An IRC network built for the FOSS community. Open standards, volunteer-run, no strings attached.
Free & Open Source
Built for software freedom. Open standards (RFC 1459), community governance, no vendor lock-in.
Reliable Infrastructure
TLS encryption, IPv6 support, multiple servers. Works with every IRC client out there.
Since 1995
Three decades serving the open source community. Home to thousands of FOSS projects past and present.
Connect
Get on IRC
Use any IRC client. Plain text or TLS.
Channels
Find your community
FOSS projects, programming languages, open source tech.
#opensource
FOSS community
Use /list to browse all channels
Staff
Network Staff
Volunteers keeping the network running and supporting the community.
Staff
andrew
DickCheney
End3r
hack
Neo
Neo`Nemesis
prerogative
y2k
Need help?
For network issues or general IRC support:
/join #help /join #freenode