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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
16,085
▲ 0.4% vs yesterday
Channels
4,001
▲ 0.4% vs yesterday
Servers
17
All-time peak
16,151
reached 27 Oct 2026
People on OFTC
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Last 30 days
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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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-   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 684 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 661 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 545 3.4% +15.0% 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 485 3.0% -0.6% 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 456 2.8% +0.2% <ajax> nothing involved with X should ever be unable to find a bar
#asahi-dev 445 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 424 2.6% -1.9% 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 416 2.6% +18.6% https://chimera-linux.org | matrix: #chimera-linux:matrix.org | read first + links: https://chimera-linux.org/community
#alpine-devel 354 2.2% +7.6% Alpine Linux distribution development | release 3.24.3 is out! | gitlab instance is down for maintance
#tor 344 2.1% +16.6% 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 343 2.1% +0.6% Get help contributing (inc packaging, infra) | Join #packaging for other packaging | Join #debian for user support | Thanks for being friendly and helpful | Lin
#why2025 313 1.9% -0.9% WHY2025, Aug 8-12 2025 % ​Compliments and feedback: [email protected] & https://wiki.why2025.org/Feedback ​
#virt 287 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
#debian-offtopic 280 1.7% +0.4% #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:
#freedesktop 273 1.7% -1.8% https://www.freedesktop.org infrastructure and online services || for questions about freedesktop.org projects, please see each project's contact || for discuss
#aarch64-laptops 262 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
#linux 260 1.6% +7.5% Get Linux help | Please be patient when asking | You'll need to authenticate to talk.
#tor-project 254 1.6% +0.4% 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 252 1.6% +7.2% 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
#pipewire 239 1.5% -0.4% 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
#asahi-re 238 1.5% +5.3% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | Hardware / boot process / firmware interface reverse engineering | WARNING: this channel (only) may contain b
#ceph 234 1.5% -6.0% http://ceph.com/get || dev channel #ceph-devel || test lab channel #sepia || dashboard channel: #ceph-dashboard
#asahi-alt 230 1.4% +10.0% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | User-contributed/unofficial distribution ports | Logs: https://alx.sh/l/asahi-alt
#llvm 230 1.4% +0.9% The official LLVM community real-time chat is now at https://discord.com/invite/xS7Z362
#tor-dev 217 1.3% +1.9% 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
#moocows 216 1.3% -3.6% This is #moocows, OFTC's social channel. Moooooo! | Get Network/IRC/Services related help in #oftc | Please dont antagonise the cows. | Polite conversation only
#suckless 200 1.2% -1.0% suckless.org | EN | Use your brain | No patch handholding
#debian-rust 177 1.1% -3.3% 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 169 1.1% +14.2% 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 163 1.0% -3.0% 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 160 1.0% 0.0% Alpine Linux | Friendly, offtopic chat. Keep it respectful and non-political | MTBF: 2 days | Use #alpine-linux for support
#radeon 144 0.9% +0.7% Support and development for open-source radeon/amdgpu drivers - http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo
#nouveau 142 0.9% -2.1% [Logged] https://nouveau.freedesktop.org | Please read TroubleShooting, Bugs and FAQ first. | IRC Logs: https://people.freedesktop.org/~cbrill/dri-log/index.php
#linux-msm 135 0.8% +6.3%
#mesonbuild 134 0.8% 0.0% 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.
#feather 130 0.8% +21.5% 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 130 0.8% -0.8% IRC channel for Debian Social | https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial/
#postmarketos-conference 126 0.8% -6.0% 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 122 0.8% +4.2% Asahi Linux: porting Linux to Apple Silicon macs | Stream chat
#mm 118 0.7% +0.9% E.T was here
#libcamera 117 0.7% +10.4% Welcome to the libcamera.org official development channel | Bugs are tracked in https://bugs.libcamera.org/
#linux-media 117 0.7% -0.9% Linux Kernel Media Subsystem (LinuxTV) | *only registered users can talk* | https://linuxtv.org | logs: https://linuxtv.org/irc/oftc/log/linux-media | bugs: htt
#s6 117 0.7% +0.9% s6, the skarnet.org supervision suite, and related software.
#debconf-wafer 105 0.7% +356.5%
#intel-gfx 105 0.7% -2.8% https://drm.pages.freedesktop.org/intel-docs/ - Intel kernel & media graphics development discussion | For Intel 3D discussion, join #intel-3d | How to report b
#panfrost 97 0.6% -1.0% Panfrost - FLOSS Mali Midgard + Bifrost + Valhall - Logs https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/panfrost
#codema.in 96 0.6% +1.1%
#alpine-security 93 0.6% +20.8% Alpine Linux' security team | https://security.alpinelinux.org
#freedombox 91 0.6% +4.6% FreedomBox user support and discussion | https://freedombox.org | https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual | #freedombox-dev for developers
#debian-dfsg 91 0.6% +4.7% DFSG, Licensing & New Packages Team | https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DFSG
#packaging 88 0.5% +3.5% Get help with packaging for non-distro package repositories | #debian-mentors for packages for ftp.debian.org
#C 86 0.5% +1.2% Welcome to #C. Everything relating to the programming language is on-topic here. For sockets programming, Google for "Beej Network Guide".
#freerdp 83 0.5% +31.7% 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
#debian-games 82 0.5% +5.1% 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-
#tor-admin 82 0.5% -10.9% torproject.org support | unresolved issues https://karma.torproject.org/ | get help at https://help.torproject.org/tsa/support | Nulla solutio optima solutio es
#alpine-infra 78 0.5% +2.6% Alpine Linux Infra Team channel
#debian-devel-changes 76 0.5% -2.6% d-d-c | RC bug count: 635 | stable RC bug count: 576 | NEW queue: 36 | backports NEW queue: 5 | RM queue: 102 | dinstall: not running
#kvm 76 0.5% -6.2% - Kernel-mode Virtual Machine
#debian-raspberrypi 76 0.5% -7.3% https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi (help making the wiki pages up-to-date!) | Prebuilt images: https://raspi.debian.net | No support for RaspiOS here
#ovirt 73 0.5% 0.0% "This chat is bridged to matrix channel: https://matrix.to/#/#ovirt:ovirt.tech"
#intel-3d 73 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
#debian-kde 73 0.5% +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/
#debian-live 72 0.4% +2.9% 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
#linux-rt 72 0.4% -5.2% 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
#glibc 72 0.4% -2.7% glibc | Wiki https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/HomePage
#ceph-devel 71 0.4% -6.6% http://tracker.ceph.com || https://github.com/ceph/ || [email protected] || dashboard chat: #ceph-dashboard || user chat: #ceph || test lab: #sepia
#tor-anticensorship 71 0.4% +1.4% Tor Anticensorship Team - meetings Thursdays 16:00 UTC @ #tor-meeting
#lk2nd 70 0.4% +25.0% Custom bootloader for Qualcomm devices (apq8084, mdm9607, msm8226, msm8610, msm8909, msm8916, msm8952, msm8953, msm8960, msm8974, msm8994, msm8996) and more! |
#debusine 69 0.4% +1.5% NEW: https://wiki.debian.org/DebusineDebianNet#Repositories | Debusine software project @ https://salsa.debian.org/freexian-team/debusine | debusine.debian.net
#xfs 68 0.4% -1.4% XFS - The Black Leather Jacket of not horrible filesystems
#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
#xorg 66 0.4% -8.3% The official support channel for X.org, now spammer free!
#webengineshackfest 65 0.4% +1.6% Web Engines Hackfest 2022 - https://www.webengineshackfest.org/2022/ - June 13 & 14 - https://twitter.com/webhackfest - https://github.com/Igalia/webengineshack
#buildroot 65 0.4% +10.2% Buildroot - Making Embedded Linux easy - http://buildroot.org - Documentation at http://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html
#bcachefs-ai 63 0.4% +1.6% https://evilpiepirate.org/forge/kent/consciousness | https://poc.bcachefs.org/paper.pdf
#msys2 63 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
#debian-devel-br 63 0.4% -6.0% Canal Matrix: #debian-devel-br:matrix.debian.social | Reunião Semanal: Quintas às 20h em https://meet.debianbrasil.org.br/
#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
#tor-browser-dev 62 0.4% +1.6%
#sm7150-mainline 61 0.4% +27.1% 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/
#gstreamer 56 0.3% -1.8% GStreamer multimedia framework || 1.28.7 stable release is out! || Legacy IRC channel, join Matrix for chat : https://matrix.to/#/#community:gstreamer.org || D
#nuug 56 0.3% 0.0% Foreningen Norwegian Unix User Group | https://www.nuug.no/ | Kommende arrangementer: https://nuug.no/adict/?organizer=NUUG | https://wiki.nuug.no/ | Bli NUUG-m
#stagex 54 0.3% +20.0% [Stageˣ]: container-native, full-source bootstrapped, and reproducible toolchain to build all the things | https://codeberg.org/stagex | https://stagex.tools (s
#alpine-commits 52 0.3% +2.0%
#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-docs 51 0.3% 0.0% Home of the Alpine Linux documentation team | https://docs.alpinelinux.org | https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/docs
#/s/oftach 49 0.3% +16.7% 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
#vbox 49 0.3% -5.8% The topic is: VirtualBox 7.2.14 released! --- Forum: https://forums.virtualbox.org/ --- Bugtracker: https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues --- User Gui
#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
#sc7280-mainline 47 0.3% +42.4% SC7280/SM7325/QCM6490 mainline development
#debian-quebec 46 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 45 0.3% -2.2% Talk about Internet censorship events.
#wpe 44 0.3% 0.0% Discussion about the WPE WebKit port — https://wpewebkit.org | Stable: 2.54.1, Development: n/a
#debian-ai 44 0.3% +7.3% unoffical #debian-ai channel | https://lists.debian.org/debian-ai/ | https://salsa.debian.org/deeplearning-team/ml-policy/
#OpenBSD 44 0.3% +7.3% Welcome to #OpenBSD
#tor-bots 44 0.3% +2.3% This channel is used by bots to report status updates in the Tor ecosystem
#why2025-noc 42 0.3% -2.3%
#xen 41 0.3% +2.5% We have moved to Matrix! Please join #XenProject:matrix.org
#gccrust 40 0.2% -14.9% GCC Rust Frontend
#git.fosscommunity.in 39 0.2% +5.4%
#yaook 39 0.2% +2.6% Yaook! • https://yaook.cloud • https://gitlab.com/yaook/ • https://docs.yaook.cloud/
#iwd 39 0.2% -7.1% https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/start
#x86 39 0.2% -2.4% the support for i486 costs us more than it is worth
###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
#tillitis 38 0.2% +8.6% Tillitis Key https://tillitis.se/
#Qubes_OS 38 0.2% +5.6% Join us on Matrix:  https://riot.im/app/#/room/#Qubes-OS:matrix.org
#etnaviv 38 0.2% 0.0% #etnaviv - the home of the reverse-engineered Vivante GPU driver - Logs https://oftc.irclog.whitequark.org/etnaviv
#dfri_se 37 0.2% -7.5% DFRI - Föreningen för digitala fri- och rättigheter | https://www.dfri.se/
#Corsair 36 0.2% +2.9% 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
#debian-xfce 36 0.2% +2.9% 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
#tor-network-health 35 0.2% +5.9%
#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
#debconf-cambridge 34 0.2% +13.3% Cambridge Miniconf 2026 : https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2026/MiniDebConfCambridge | https://onsite.live.debconf.org/player.html | 2026 sponsors are (s
#debian-bananas 34 0.2% 0.0% Debian Bananas Team - Go Team ARM64, https://salsa.debian.org/bananas-team | https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Bananas
#powervr 34 0.2% +6.1% PowerVR open source driver discussion - Logs https://oftc.catirclogs.org/powervr
#edk2 34 0.2% -5.6% EDK II / OVMF / UEFI development discussions | http://www.tianocore.org/edk2
#debian-edu 33 0.2% +13.8% 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
#gentoo 33 0.2% -2.9% Gentoo Linux Support -- https://www.gentoo.org/ | Use ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/#gentoo for a busier Gentoo Linux support channel!
#rspamd 33 0.2% -15.4% Rspamd spam filter: https://rspamd.com | http://t.me/rspamd - telegram channel
#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/
#help 32 0.2% +6.7% 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% 0.0% She decided to ignore me.
#tor-south 32 0.2% -5.9% Tor Global South - Comunidad Tor del Sur Global | lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/global-south | community.torproject.org | forum.torproject.net |
#thelounge 32 0.2% -8.6%
#haiku-3rdparty 31 0.2% +19.2% 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
#mobian-ports 31 0.2% -6.1%
#mox 31 0.2% 0.0% mox mail server, https://github.com/mjl-/mox
#platformsecurity 30 0.2% +57.9% Discussions on TPMs, Secure Boot etc, and open tooling; https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#platformsecurity:matrix.org
#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
#ck 29 0.2% -3.3% 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
#debian-glibc 29 0.2% -9.4% 2.41 (trixie), 2.43 (forky/sid), 2.44 (experimental)
#br 28 0.2% +600.0% Bem vindos ao canal #BR - O Canal de Todos Brasileiros - InterIRC Relay Chat
#sysadmin-ua 28 0.2% +27.3% SysAdmin Україна | SysAdmin, SRE, DevOps, SysOps українською мовою. Міст з Matrix: #sysadmin.ua:matrix.org
#osmf-operations 28 0.2% +3.7% Meeting Thursday June 25, 19:00 London time. Agenda at https://hackmd.io/aCi9MajCQRCLykT7nkvaGA
#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
#virgil3d 28 0.2% +7.7%
#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
#xe 28 0.2% -6.7% https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/ - A new DRM driver for Intel GPUs
#osm-fr 28 0.2% -15.2% Discussions sur Openstreetmap en français - https://www.openstreetmap.fr - hebdoOSM 655 https://weeklyosm.eu/fr/archives/16294
#videocore-ci 27 0.2% +28.6% Reports from videocore CI runners
#liminix 27 0.2% +12.5% Liminix development and questions. Check the web site and docs at https://www.liminix.org/
#perl 27 0.2% -6.9% 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]:/
#debian-tiny-tasks 27 0.2% -27.0% https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks
#sdm670-mainline 26 0.2% +13.0%
#debconf-fosdem 26 0.2% +4.0% https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2026/FOSDEM | there are no passengers on this ship, only crew members
#bcachefs-dev 26 0.2% +4.0%
#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
#amlogic-postmarketos 26 0.2% -7.1% Nura on Amlogic · Porting: https://wiki.nura.eco/wiki/Amlogic/Porting_set_top_boxes · TODO: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/2487
#archlinux 25 0.2% +13.6% Welcome to #archlinux @ OFTC! (non-official channel) archlinux.org | bbs.archlinux.org | wiki.archlinux.org | bugs.archlinux.org | aur.archlinux.org
#debian-gnupg 25 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
#tkycpwp 24 0.1% +20.0%
#sigsum 24 0.1% +9.1% Signed Checksum Logging | https://www.sigsum.org/
#woob 24 0.1% -14.3% Woob v3.7 :: Web Outside Of Browsers :: https://woob.tech/ :: https://woob.dev/
#debian-ubuntu 24 0.1% +9.1% 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
#ceph-dashboard 24 0.1% 0.0% Discussing the Ceph Dashboard
#alpine-loongarch 24 0.1% -7.7% Alpine Linux loongarch64 porting effort!
#why2025-badge 24 0.1% -7.7% WHY2025 Badge
#Informatica 24 0.1% +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% +4.5%
#bash 23 0.1% 0.0% [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 |
#ext4 23 0.1% -11.5% 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% +22.2% 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/
#openstack-octavia 22 0.1% +10.0%
#aosp-developers 22 0.1% +4.8% AOSP developer collaboration
#debian-php 22 0.1% +22.2% Debian PHP Team https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPHPGroup
#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-til-ot 22 0.1% -8.3% share whatever you learned whenever
#kernel-mentees 22 0.1% -18.5% Linux Kernel Mentees IRC Channel - https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lkmp - LF Mentorships: https://bit.ly/3oNxIcj https://bit.ly/2XFUh6S
#debian-ipv6 22 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.
#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%
#alpm 21 0.1% +23.5% Development of Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) | https://alpm.archlinux.page | https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/alpm/alpm
#fdroid-ux 21 0.1% +31.3%
#python 21 0.1% +5.0% Unofficial Python channel. Please use https://bpa.st/+python for any paste. Also, do not flood.
#why2025-tikibar 21 0.1% +5.0% https://git.eventinfra.org/IFCAT/why2025-wiki -- https://map.why2025.org/?nochidden=freundschaft
#ifupdown-ng 21 0.1% 0.0% Contemporary network configuration for Alpine and Debian-ish Linuxes :) | https://github.com/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng/
#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.
#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%