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OFTC (Open Free Support Network) stands as a foundational corner of the internet dedicated strictly to providing stable communication infrastructure for the global open-source community. Established in 2001, it is explicitly structured as a non-profit organisation governance model to ensure the network remains permanently free from corporate interference or ownership disputes. It serves as the official, trusted home for major global software foundations, technical projects, and Linux distributions.

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Users online
15,996
▲ 0.3% vs yesterday
Channels
4,002
▲ 0.0% vs yesterday
Servers
17
All-time peak
16,151
reached 27 Oct 2026
People on OFTC
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Last 12 months · data begins 25 Jul 2026
Peak 16,151
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Capabilities

What the server advertises on connect (ISUPPORT / 005) - the network's technical spec.

Software hybrid-7.2.2+oftc1.7.3
Network name
OFTC
Channel types
#
Prefixes
(ov)@+
Channel modes
eIqb,k,l,cimnpstzMRS
Nick length
30
Channel length
50
Topic length
391
Case mapping
rfc1459
Modes / line
4
Max targets
1
Channel limit
#:250
Away length
160
Kick length
160
Max list
beI:100
KNOCKSAFELISTCALLERIDEXCEPTSINVEXELIST

Servers

17 servers on the network, mapped from its server links.

singleton.oftc.net root Singapore hybrid-7.2.2+oftc1.7.3 seen MOTD 
-   O
-    \   The Open and Free
-     O  Technology Community
-    /|  https://www.oftc.net
- O-O O
-
- Welcome to the OFTC IRC Network.
-
- The Open and Free Technology Community was founded at the
- end of 2001 by a group of experienced members of the Open
- Source and Free Software communities; it is aimed at
- providing these communities with better communication,
- development, and support infrastructure. Our goal is to
- provide stable services to members of the community in any
- part of the world, while listening closely to their needs
- and desires.
-
- We are not a general purpose chat platform, but a topical
- network intent on providing the open source and free
- software communities a means to cooperate and communicate.
- As such, illegal and off-topic activity, such as warez
- trading, will result in being barred from access.
-
- OFTC honors your privacy. To operate the network, we store
- and process information about IRC connections, nicknames,
- and channels. Our Privacy Policy explains what we do with
- that data, and what your rights are. By connecting, you
- accept these terms: https://www.oftc.net/Privacy_Policy/
-
- If you require assistance with using the OFTC IRC network,
- stop by in channel #oftc, or email [email protected] with
- details. For help with non-IRC questions please refer to
- the respective channels and project homepages.
-
- Thanks and enjoy your stay! The OFTC team.
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nucleus.oftc.net 1 hop Brisbane, Australia hybrid-7.2.2+oftc1.7.3 seen MOTD

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-   O
-    \   The Open and Free
-     O  Technology Community
-    /|  https://www.oftc.net
- O-O O
-
- Welcome to the OFTC IRC Network.
-
- The Open and Free Technology Community was founded at the
- end of 2001 by a group of experienced members of the Open
- Source and Free Software communities; it is aimed at
- providing these communities with better communication,
- development, and support infrastructure. Our goal is to
- provide stable services to members of the community in any
- part of the world, while listening closely to their needs
- and desires.
-
- We are not a general purpose chat platform, but a topical
- network intent on providing the open source and free
- software communities a means to cooperate and communicate.
- As such, illegal and off-topic activity, such as warez
- trading, will result in being barred from access.
-
- OFTC honors your privacy. To operate the network, we store
- and process information about IRC connections, nicknames,
- and channels. Our Privacy Policy explains what we do with
- that data, and what your rights are. By connecting, you
- accept these terms: https://www.oftc.net/Privacy_Policy/
-
- If you require assistance with using the OFTC IRC network,
- stop by in channel #oftc, or email [email protected] with
- details. For help with non-IRC questions please refer to
- the respective channels and project homepages.
-
- Thanks and enjoy your stay! The OFTC team.
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Channels

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#alpine-linux 682 4.3% +4.3% Alpine Linux, the secure lightweight distro | release 3.24.2 is out! | slow channel, ask your question and wait for a response. :) This channel is logged: https
#asahi 659 4.1% +7.9% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | "Does XXX work yet?": https://alx.sh/fs | GitHub: https://alx.sh/g | Wiki: https://alx.sh/w | Topics: #asahi-
#fdroid 543 3.4% +15.3% F-Droid, the free and open source app repository (official channel bridged with #fdroid:f-droid.org on Matrix) | Public logs at https://matrix.f-droid.org/alias
#oftc 488 3.1% +1.0% https://www.oftc.net | OFTC's public support channel. Our social channel is #moocows | Do NOT paste spam when reporting it | Want a cloak/vhost? See https://www
#dri-devel 449 2.8% +0.2% <ajax> nothing involved with X should ever be unable to find a bar
#asahi-dev 443 2.8% +8.8% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | Non-development talk: #asahi | General development | GitHub: https://alx.sh/g | Wiki: https://alx.sh/w | Logs
#debian-next 420 2.6% -0.5% testing → forky | you may need to debug sometimes | faq: https://deb.li/sidfaq | ongoing transitions: https://deb.li/xns | multiarch fun: /msg dpkg multiarch f
#chimera-linux 413 2.6% +18.3% https://chimera-linux.org | matrix: #chimera-linux:matrix.org | read first + links: https://chimera-linux.org/community
#alpine-devel 350 2.2% +7.0% Alpine Linux distribution development | release 3.24.3 is out! | gitlab instance is down for maintance
#tor 343 2.1% +16.7% Welcome to #tor, which is for asking questions about using Tor | FAQ: https://support.torproject.org/ | Forum: https://forum.torproject.org | Developer discussi
#debian-mentors 335 2.1% +0.9% Get help contributing (inc packaging, infra) | Join #packaging for other packaging | Join #debian for user support | Thanks for being friendly and helpful | Lin
#why2025 311 1.9% -1.3% WHY2025, Aug 8-12 2025 % ​Compliments and feedback: [email protected] & https://wiki.why2025.org/Feedback ​
#debian-offtopic 283 1.8% +3.3% #debian social and offtopic chatter | try to keep it mildly family-friendly | not a support channel → #debian | rants → /dev/null | a minute of silence, please:
#virt 281 1.8% -0.7% libvirt, virt-manager, gtk-vnc, virt-top and virt-p2v | For oVirt, goto #ovirt | Please STAY and wait for an answer.. | https://libvirt.org
#freedesktop 272 1.7% -1.1% https://www.freedesktop.org infrastructure and online services || for questions about freedesktop.org projects, please see each project's contact || for discuss
#linux 263 1.6% +9.6% Get Linux help | Please be patient when asking | You'll need to authenticate to talk.
#aarch64-laptops 261 1.6% +8.3% Linux support for AArch64 Laptops (Various Snapdragon laptops) - WIP kernel: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/arm64-laptops/linux/-/commits/qcom-laptops - Chat archive
#tor-project 255 1.6% +0.8% Welcome to #tor-project, a channel for non-technical discussions by the Tor project community --- feel free to watch, or become a Tor person and participate. |
#asahi-gpu 251 1.6% +7.3% Asahi Linux GPU development (no user support, NO binary reversing) | Keep things on topic | GitHub: https://alx.sh/g | Wiki: https://alx.sh/w | Logs: https://al
#asahi-re 240 1.5% +6.7% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | Hardware / boot process / firmware interface reverse engineering | WARNING: this channel (only) may contain b
#pipewire 237 1.5% +0.9% PipeWire multimedia daemon. See https://pipewire.org. Latest version: 1.6.8. You must be registered with NickServ to speak (due to bot spam). Bridged to #pipewi
#ceph 237 1.5% -2.9% http://ceph.com/get || dev channel #ceph-devel || test lab channel #sepia || dashboard channel: #ceph-dashboard
#asahi-alt 230 1.4% +9.5% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | User-contributed/unofficial distribution ports | Logs: https://alx.sh/l/asahi-alt
#llvm 228 1.4% +0.9% The official LLVM community real-time chat is now at https://discord.com/invite/xS7Z362
#moocows 219 1.4% -3.1% This is #moocows, OFTC's social channel. Moooooo! | Get Network/IRC/Services related help in #oftc | Please dont antagonise the cows. | Polite conversation only
#tor-dev 218 1.4% +2.3% This is the channel for developing Tor. Feel free to watch, but please take commentary to #tor-project and usage questions to #tor. | Relay operator discussion
#suckless 203 1.3% +1.5% suckless.org | EN | Use your brain | No patch handholding
#debian-rust 176 1.1% -2.2% https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf/ see https://deb.li/rtbook for intro & docs | team meeting TBD | https://rustsec.debian.net/
#asahi-offtopic 168 1.1% +13.5% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | Off topic discussion. Please follow the code of conduct: https://asahilinux.org/code-of-conduct/ | Privately
#tor-relays 162 1.0% -3.6% Welcome to #tor-relays, a channel for discussions by the Tor relay operator community --- feel free to watch, or become a Tor relay operator and participate. |
#alpine-offtopic 161 1.0% +1.3% Alpine Linux | Friendly, offtopic chat. Keep it respectful and non-political | MTBF: 2 days | Use #alpine-linux for support
#radeon 138 0.9% -0.7% Support and development for open-source radeon/amdgpu drivers - http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo
#nouveau 137 0.9% -0.7% [Logged] https://nouveau.freedesktop.org | Please read TroubleShooting, Bugs and FAQ first. | IRC Logs: https://people.freedesktop.org/~cbrill/dri-log/index.php
#mesonbuild 135 0.8% +0.7% Discussion about the Meson build system | 1.12.0 rc1 is out, test, test, test | You must be registered or connected via Matrix to join due to spam.
#linux-msm 135 0.8% +5.5%
#feather 130 0.8% +22.6% A free Monero desktop wallet. | Feel free to ask for help or a feature. | Beware of PMs from scammers. | https://featherwallet.org | RSK: 8185 E158 A333 30C7 FD
#debian-social 129 0.8% -2.3% IRC channel for Debian Social | https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial/
#postmarketos-conference 126 0.8% +51.8% The postmarketOS and Alpine Linux Conference 2026 is now over - see you next year <3 | https://postmarketos.org/conference | Schedule: https://pretalx.postmarke
#asahi-stream 123 0.8% +4.2% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | Stream chat
#libcamera 117 0.7% +11.4% Welcome to the libcamera.org official development channel | Bugs are tracked in https://bugs.libcamera.org/
#s6 117 0.7% +1.7% s6, the skarnet.org supervision suite, and related software.
#mm 116 0.7% +1.8% E.T was here
#linux-media 113 0.7% -1.7% Linux Kernel Media Subsystem (LinuxTV) | *only registered users can talk* | https://linuxtv.org | logs: https://linuxtv.org/irc/oftc/log/linux-media | bugs: htt
#debconf-wafer 105 0.7% +356.5%
#intel-gfx 100 0.6% -4.8% https://drm.pages.freedesktop.org/intel-docs/ - Intel kernel & media graphics development discussion | For Intel 3D discussion, join #intel-3d | How to report b
#codema.in 96 0.6% +1.1%
#panfrost 96 0.6% -1.0% Panfrost - FLOSS Mali Midgard + Bifrost + Valhall - Logs https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/panfrost
#alpine-security 93 0.6% +20.8% Alpine Linux' security team | https://security.alpinelinux.org
#freedombox 90 0.6% +3.4% FreedomBox user support and discussion | https://freedombox.org | https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual | #freedombox-dev for developers
#C 89 0.6% +3.5% Welcome to #C. Everything relating to the programming language is on-topic here. For sockets programming, Google for "Beej Network Guide".
#debian-dfsg 88 0.6% +1.1% DFSG, Licensing & New Packages Team | https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DFSG
#packaging 87 0.5% +2.4% Get help with packaging for non-distro package repositories | #debian-mentors for packages for ftp.debian.org
#freerdp 83 0.5% +33.9% FreeRDP library | last old-stable release: 2.11.7 | last stable release: 3.18.0 | https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/ (issues, source, docs) | https://www.freer
#tor-admin 82 0.5% -9.9% torproject.org support | unresolved issues https://karma.torproject.org/ | get help at https://help.torproject.org/tsa/support | Nulla solutio optima solutio es
#debian-games 81 0.5% +5.2% Help with packaging games for Debian | Join #debian for user support | About: https://wiki.debian.org/Games/Team | Email: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-
#alpine-infra 76 0.5% +1.3% Alpine Linux Infra Team channel
#debian-raspberrypi 76 0.5% -8.4% https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi (help making the wiki pages up-to-date!) | Prebuilt images: https://raspi.debian.net | No support for RaspiOS here
#kvm 75 0.5% -1.3% - Kernel-mode Virtual Machine
#tor-anticensorship 73 0.5% +1.4% Tor Anticensorship Team - meetings Thursdays 16:00 UTC @ #tor-meeting
#debian-devel-changes 73 0.5% -3.9% d-d-c | RC bug count: 632 | stable RC bug count: 572 | NEW queue: 53 | backports NEW queue: 5 | RM queue: 102 | dinstall: not running
#glibc 73 0.5% +1.4% glibc | Wiki https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/HomePage
#ovirt 72 0.5% -1.4% "This chat is bridged to matrix channel: https://matrix.to/#/#ovirt:ovirt.tech"
#intel-3d 72 0.5% +4.3% <airlied> you don't debug 3D so much as weep uncontrollably | Intel Mesa devroom | http://www.mesa3d.org | http://01.org/linuxgraphics | Register your nick to t
#linux-rt 72 0.5% -5.3% Realtime on Linux, not general Linux questions | 5.15.163-rt78 5.14.2-rt21 5.10.78-rt56 5.4.129-rt61 4.19.196-rt83 4.14.87-rt50 | rt-tests-1.10 | Blame Stephen
#debian-live 71 0.4% +6.0% 13.7.0 released | older images (12.x, etc.): https://deb.li/3vkd0 | https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/ and https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive for m
#ceph-devel 71 0.4% -5.3% http://tracker.ceph.com || https://github.com/ceph/ || [email protected] || dashboard chat: #ceph-dashboard || user chat: #ceph || test lab: #sepia
#lk2nd 70 0.4% +27.3% Custom bootloader for Qualcomm devices (apq8084, mdm9607, msm8226, msm8610, msm8909, msm8916, msm8952, msm8953, msm8960, msm8974, msm8994, msm8996) and more! |
#debian-kde 69 0.4% -1.4% Welcome to #debian-kde https://qt-kde-team.pages.debian.net/ || Plasma 6 FAQ: https://wiki.debian.org/Plasma%206 || bookworm F 5.103 P 5.27.5 G 22.12 || trixie/
#xfs 68 0.4% +1.5% XFS - The Black Leather Jacket of not horrible filesystems
#debusine 67 0.4% 0.0% NEW: https://wiki.debian.org/DebusineDebianNet#Repositories | Debusine software project @ https://salsa.debian.org/freexian-team/debusine | debusine.debian.net
#msm8916-mainline 66 0.4% +22.2% Mainline Linux and related projects for Qualcomm MSM8909, MSM8916 and MSM8939 | https://github.com/msm8916-mainline | Bridged to #msm8916:postmarketos.org on Ma
#webengineshackfest 65 0.4% +3.2% Web Engines Hackfest 2022 - https://www.webengineshackfest.org/2022/ - June 13 & 14 - https://twitter.com/webhackfest - https://github.com/Igalia/webengineshack
#xorg 65 0.4% -9.7% The official support channel for X.org, now spammer free!
#buildroot 64 0.4% +6.7% Buildroot - Making Embedded Linux easy - http://buildroot.org - Documentation at http://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html
#bcachefs-ai 64 0.4% +3.2% https://evilpiepirate.org/forge/kent/consciousness | https://poc.bcachefs.org/paper.pdf
#tor-browser-dev 63 0.4% +1.6%
#debian-devel-br 63 0.4% -4.5% Canal Matrix: #debian-devel-br:matrix.debian.social | Reunião Semanal: Quintas às 20h em https://meet.debianbrasil.org.br/
#msys2 62 0.4% +1.6% MSYS2: UNIX-like shell and build platform for Windows with mingw-w64 toolchains | We're active on Discord: https://discord.gg/jPQdRdDcT9
#debconf-hamburg 62 0.4% -7.5% https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/ | feedback appreciated | save the dates: 20270524-20270531 && 20280508-20280515 (registration opening to be announced on d
#sm7150-mainline 61 0.4% +916.7% Mainline Linux for Qualcomm Snapdragon 730/730G/7323G (SM7150) | Bridged to #sm7150-mainline:matrix.org
#sm8250-mainline 57 0.4% +21.3% Mainline Linux for Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/865+/870 (SM8250) | Bridged to #sm8250-mainline on matrix.org
#musl-distros 57 0.4% -1.7% musl distros consortium | bringing musl libc to the world | list (and instructions): https://distros.musl.libc.org/archive/
#nuug 56 0.4% -1.8% Foreningen Norwegian Unix User Group | https://www.nuug.no/ | Kommende arrangementer: https://nuug.no/adict/?organizer=NUUG | https://wiki.nuug.no/ | Bli NUUG-m
#gstreamer 55 0.3% 0.0% GStreamer multimedia framework || 1.28.7 stable release is out! || Legacy IRC channel, join Matrix for chat : https://matrix.to/#/#community:gstreamer.org || D
#stagex 53 0.3% +17.8% [Stageˣ]: container-native, full-source bootstrapped, and reproducible toolchain to build all the things | https://codeberg.org/stagex | https://stagex.tools (s
#debian-bsb 51 0.3% +6.3% Canal Matrix: #debian-bsb:matrix.debian.social | Reunião Semanal Quintas às 19h no https://meet.debianbsb.org | https://pad.riseup.net/p/debianbrasilia-keep
#alpine-commits 51 0.3% +2.0%
#alpine-docs 51 0.3% +4.1% Home of the Alpine Linux documentation team | https://docs.alpinelinux.org | https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/docs
#/s/oftach 50 0.3% +19.0% Канал s@ | /s/elf ho/s/ters | IRC - #/s/oftach on irc.oftc.net, XMPP - #\2fs\[email protected]
#debian.ch 49 0.3% -25.8% Helvetic Debian | All languages and dialects welcome | MiniDC https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/ Aug 29-30. 2026 | https://debian.ch | https://wiki.debian.org/Loc
#msm8937-mainline 48 0.3% +9.1% Boot Linux on your MSM8917/37/40 and QM215 mobile! | GitHub: https://github.com/msm89x7-mainline | Logs: https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/msm8937-mainline | B
#debian-wiki 48 0.3% -4.0% debian-wiki: forum for Debian Wiki discussion | see also the [email protected] ML for further discussion
#vbox 48 0.3% -5.9% The topic is: VirtualBox 7.2.14 released! --- Forum: https://forums.virtualbox.org/ --- Bugtracker: https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues --- User Gui
#sc7280-mainline 47 0.3% +42.4% SC7280/SM7325/QCM6490 mainline development
#debian-quebec 47 0.3% -2.1% groupe d'utilisateurs-trices Debian du Québec - Québec Debian User Group (DUG) https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups/DebianQuebec https://lists.debian.org/debian-
#wikicensorship 46 0.3% 0.0% Talk about Internet censorship events.
#tor-bots 45 0.3% +2.3% This channel is used by bots to report status updates in the Tor ecosystem
#wpe 44 0.3% 0.0% Discussion about the WPE WebKit port — https://wpewebkit.org | Stable: 2.54.1, Development: n/a
#OpenBSD 44 0.3% +7.3% Welcome to #OpenBSD
#debian-ai 43 0.3% +7.5% unoffical #debian-ai channel | https://lists.debian.org/debian-ai/ | https://salsa.debian.org/deeplearning-team/ml-policy/
#why2025-noc 42 0.3% 0.0%
#gccrust 41 0.3% -8.9% GCC Rust Frontend
#xen 41 0.3% +2.5% We have moved to Matrix! Please join #XenProject:matrix.org
#iwd 40 0.3% -2.4% https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/start
#x86 40 0.3% -2.4% the support for i486 costs us more than it is worth
#git.fosscommunity.in 39 0.2% +5.4%
###WorldChat 38 0.2% +171.4% Welcome to our worldchat, here all conversations are accepted. Sexchat will not be accepted here and will be banned from the channel. Accepted languages: Englis
#yaook 38 0.2% 0.0% Yaook! • https://yaook.cloud • https://gitlab.com/yaook/ • https://docs.yaook.cloud/
#Qubes_OS 38 0.2% +5.6% Join us on Matrix:  https://riot.im/app/#/room/#Qubes-OS:matrix.org
#dfri_se 38 0.2% -5.0% DFRI - Föreningen för digitala fri- och rättigheter | https://www.dfri.se/
#etnaviv 38 0.2% 0.0% #etnaviv - the home of the reverse-engineered Vivante GPU driver - Logs https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/etnaviv
#tillitis 37 0.2% +5.7% Tillitis Key https://tillitis.se/
#Corsair 37 0.2% +5.7% We're elite privateers who like to talk about GNU/Linux, hardware, software, programming, the universe and anything else in a civilized way! | Have you made IRC
#tor-network-health 36 0.2% +5.9%
#debian-xfce 36 0.2% 0.0% Xfce for Debian | 4.18 in Bookworm | to-review: | locked: Corsac[], Unit193[] | Blocked: xfce4-genmon-plugin/4.2.0 | TODO: | Bugs: https://deb.li/3NGmh
#gentoo 35 0.2% 0.0% Gentoo Linux Support -- https://www.gentoo.org/ | Use ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/#gentoo for a busier Gentoo Linux support channel!
#powervr 35 0.2% +2.9% PowerVR open source driver discussion - Logs https://oftc.catirclogs.org/powervr
#debian-openstack-commits 35 0.2% -5.4% Automatic notification of commits in the OpenStack Debian packaging group. Please do not chat in this channel, use #debian-openstack instead.
#debconf-germany 35 0.2% +12.9% minidebconf2025 where in .de? | Back to being happy DebCampers | https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2024/MiniDebconfBerlin
#edk2 34 0.2% -5.6% EDK II / OVMF / UEFI development discussions | http://www.tianocore.org/edk2
#debconf-cambridge 33 0.2% +6.5% Cambridge Miniconf 2026 : https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2026/MiniDebConfCambridge | https://onsite.live.debconf.org/player.html | 2026 sponsors are (s
#haiku-3rdparty 33 0.2% +26.9% Third party devtalk for the Haiku® operating system | Main Haiku channel: #haiku | Bored? Tons of stuff to work on here: https://github.com/HaikuArchives | Logs
#debian-bananas 33 0.2% -2.9% Debian Bananas Team - Go Team ARM64, https://salsa.debian.org/bananas-team | https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Bananas
#rspamd 33 0.2% -13.2% Rspamd spam filter: https://rspamd.com | http://t.me/rspamd - telegram channel
#tor-south 33 0.2% 0.0% Tor Global South - Comunidad Tor del Sur Global | lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/global-south | community.torproject.org | forum.torproject.net |
#tor-l10n 33 0.2% -5.7% welcome to the tor localization channel, if you want to help translating tor, please see https://community.torproject.org/localization/becoming-tor-translator/
#debian-edu 32 0.2% +6.7% https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Bookworm and …/Bullseye and …/Buster and …/Stretch | please help with http://i18n.debian.org/l10n-pkg-status/d/debian-e
#help 32 0.2% +3.2% Need technical help? You're not alone. Tell us your problem and we'll see what we can do. Be patient, we're not always awake. | For OFTC-related questions, use
#alpine-cloud 32 0.2% 0.0% Alpine Linux cloud images https://alpinelinux.org/cloud/
#bpftrace 32 0.2% -3.0% bpftrace: Dynamic Tracing for Linux. https://bpftrace.org | https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace
#lowtech 32 0.2% -3.0% She decided to ignore me.
#thelounge 32 0.2% -11.1%
#mobian-ports 31 0.2% -6.1%
#mox 31 0.2% 0.0% mox mail server, https://github.com/mjl-/mox
#debian.net 30 0.2% +7.1% https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianNet
#meli 30 0.2% +7.1% v0.8.13 has been released! Changelog: https://release.meli-email.org/v0.8.13 | official channel for meli, a terminal mail client. https://meli-email.org | Don't
#msm8226-mainline 30 0.2% +7.1% Mainline Linux development for the Snapdragon 400 (MSM8x26 and APQ8026)
#ml-mainline 30 0.2% -3.2% Doing accelerated machine learning with the mainline kernel. This channel is logged: https://people.freedesktop.org/~cbrill/dri-log/?channel=ml-mainline
#sysadmin-ua 29 0.2% +31.8% SysAdmin Україна | SysAdmin, SRE, DevOps, SysOps українською мовою. Міст з Matrix: #sysadmin.ua:matrix.org
#archlinux 29 0.2% +26.1% Welcome to #archlinux @ OFTC! (non-official channel) archlinux.org | bbs.archlinux.org | wiki.archlinux.org | bugs.archlinux.org | aur.archlinux.org
#platformsecurity 29 0.2% +52.6% Discussions on TPMs, Secure Boot etc, and open tooling; https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#platformsecurity:matrix.org
#debian-glibc 29 0.2% -9.4% 2.41 (trixie), 2.43 (forky/sid), 2.44 (experimental)
#osm-fr 29 0.2% -6.5% Discussions sur Openstreetmap en français - https://www.openstreetmap.fr - hebdoOSM 655 https://weeklyosm.eu/fr/archives/16294
#br 28 0.2% +600.0% Bem vindos ao canal #BR - O Canal de Todos Brasileiros - InterIRC Relay Chat
#i2p 28 0.2% +16.7% I2P Community & Support Channel | Current: 0.9.20 (Please upgrade!) | Off-topic discussions to #i2p-chat | Multi-line pastes to pastethis.i2p | Report bugs at t
#ck 28 0.2% -6.7% http://ck-hack.blogspot.com ; Latest -ck: 7.3-ck1 | http://kernel.kolivas.org | lrzip 0.7.2 http://lrzip.kolivas.org | Latest MuQSS: 0.320 | git repos https://g
#alpine-riscv64 28 0.2% -3.4% Alpine Linux riscv64 porting effort
#xz-backdoor-reversing 28 0.2% -6.7% This room is for reverse engineering. Please use #xz-backdoor-chat:nil.im for general chat. Wiki to document findings: https://github.com/Midar/xz-backdoor-docu
#osmf-operations 27 0.2% +3.8% Meeting Thursday June 25, 19:00 London time. Agenda at https://hackmd.io/aCi9MajCQRCLykT7nkvaGA
#liminix 27 0.2% +12.5% Liminix development and questions. Check the web site and docs at https://www.liminix.org/
#virgil3d 27 0.2% +3.8%
#bcachefs-dev 27 0.2% +12.5%
#perl 27 0.2% -10.0% Sexy support group for Perl users ... and remember, we can't answer before you ask. || Also, remember this isn't #ninja-perl - please wait for a response! || /m
#tor-alerts 27 0.2% +12.5% stay alert, human!
#!/bin/mksh 27 0.2% -3.6% The MirBSD Korn Shell | http://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm R59c (2020-10-31) | mksh/Win32 Beta 14 || dev version: $ CVS_RSH=ssh cvs -d [email protected]:/
#xe 27 0.2% -10.0% https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/ - A new DRM driver for Intel GPUs
#videocore-ci 26 0.2% +23.8% Reports from videocore CI runners
#sdm670-mainline 26 0.2% +100.0%
#debian-gnupg 26 0.2% -3.7% https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/GnuPG/ -- Debian packaging for gnupg and related utilities -- in testing: gnupg2 provides /usr/bin/gpg, gnupg1 provides /usr/bin/g
#debian-lists 26 0.2% -7.1% listmaster: Cord, dondelelcaro, formorer, zobel, Rince | [email protected] | If you have problems, we need: Date (UTC), From, To, Msgid, IPs, Logfile-entries fro
#debian-tiny-tasks 26 0.2% -27.8% https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks
#amlogic-postmarketos 26 0.2% +18.2% Nura on Amlogic · Porting: https://wiki.nura.eco/wiki/Amlogic/Porting_set_top_boxes · TODO: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/2487
#debconf-fosdem 25 0.2% 0.0% https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2026/FOSDEM | there are no passengers on this ship, only crew members
#tkycpwp 24 0.2% +20.0%
#sigsum 24 0.2% +9.1% Signed Checksum Logging | https://www.sigsum.org/
#woob 24 0.2% -14.3% Woob v3.7 :: Web Outside Of Browsers :: https://woob.tech/ :: https://woob.dev/
#ceph-dashboard 24 0.2% 0.0% Discussing the Ceph Dashboard
#bash 24 0.2% +4.3% [B]ourne [A]gain [Sh]ell: http://bit.ly/1kpSKFc | Common mistakes (check here first): http://bit.ly/1CiXyEV | Execute Bash code online? http://bit.ly/1M7KFWa |
#alpine-loongarch 24 0.2% -7.7% Alpine Linux loongarch64 porting effort!
#why2025-badge 24 0.2% -7.7% WHY2025 Badge
#Informatica 24 0.2% +166.7% Canal de Suporte a Informatica em Português
#communitydata-casual 23 0.1% +21.1% Informal #communitydata channel for spitballing, chitchat, sharing stuff for fun, anything random
#debian-qemu 23 0.1% 0.0%
#kernel-mentees 23 0.1% -14.8% Linux Kernel Mentees IRC Channel - https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lkmp - LF Mentorships: https://bit.ly/3oNxIcj https://bit.ly/2XFUh6S
#debian-ipv6 23 0.1% +4.5% IPv6 and Debian | HOWTO: http://ipv6.debian.net | there is also #ipv6/libera | Don't ask to ask, just ask… and then be patient.
#ext4 23 0.1% -8.0% ext[234] development :: http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org :: list archives at http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4 :: Register w/ nickserv to speak
#fdroid-translators 22 0.1% +15.8% F-Droid translation discussion (official channel) | Use #fdroid:f-droid.org for general, app- and repo-related matters | For development discussion use #fdroid-
#/s/ 22 0.1% +4.8% fuck that wars and all those soldiers
#beacondb 22 0.1% 0.0% beaconDB | public domain wireless geolocation database | https://beacondb.net/
#aosp-developers 22 0.1% +4.8% AOSP developer collaboration
#freedombox-dev 22 0.1% 0.0% FreedomBox development discussion | https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team | https://docs.freedombox.org | #freedombox-ci for build notifications
#wownero 22 0.1% +15.8% The HOME of WOWNERO | Don't have enough money? Or, too much money? Wownero can help. | RandomWOW W0W! | https://wownero.org/ | https://bitcointalk.org/index.ph
#pkgconf 22 0.1% 0.0% pkgconf, a modern replacement for pkg-config. please ask any question and then wait patiently (possibly days) for a response. | git has moved back to github due
#debian-ubuntu 22 0.1% 0.0% Not for end user support of any kind | To improve the collaboration and reduce the differences between Debian and Ubuntu | http://wiki.debian.org/DerivativesFro
#debian-til-ot 22 0.1% -8.3% share whatever you learned whenever
#xz-backdoor-chat 22 0.1% -4.3% General chat about the XZ backdoor
#debian-mg 22 0.1% -35.3% Oficina Livre => http://oficina.minaslivre.org
#stellasgirls 22 0.1% +46.7%
#fdroid-ux 21 0.1% +23.5%
#python 21 0.1% +5.0% Unofficial Python channel. Please use https://bpa.st/+python for any paste. Also, do not flood.
#openstack-octavia 21 0.1% +5.0%
#why2025-tikibar 21 0.1% +5.0% https://git.eventinfra.org/IFCAT/why2025-wiki -- https://map.why2025.org/?nochidden=freundschaft
#grml 21 0.1% +16.7% Grml Live Linux | Grml 2026.09 available! -> https://grml.org/ + https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2026.09/ | Daily Snapshots: https://daily.grml.org/ | h
#mirbsd 21 0.1% -8.7% The MirOS Project | http://www.mirbsd.org/ | MirBSD, a free 4.4BSD based system; MirPorts Framework; mksh; jupp; kwalletcli; paxmirabilis; RANDEX; {glob,tiff}.g
#Tanaweb 20 0.1% +233.3% [#Tanaweb] Cultura, Lazer e Diversao! Webchat: http://chat.tanaweb.org Instagram: @tanaweb_ Hospedagens/VPS: http://mega.tanaweb.org WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.
#alpm 20 0.1% +17.6% Development of Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) | https://alpm.archlinux.page | https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/alpm/alpm
##worldchat 20 0.1% +17.6% Welcome to our worldchat, here all conversations are accepted. Sexchat will not be accepted here and will be banned from the channel. Accepted languages: Englis
#nncp 20 0.1% +5.3% NNCP, the node-to-node copy, successor to UUCP, with asynchronous end-to-end crypto and onion routing https://nncp.mirrors.quux.org/ | Bridged to #nncp:matrix.o
#apk-tools 20 0.1% 0.0%
#debian-php 20 0.1% +25.0% Debian PHP Team https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPHPGroup