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Tracked since Aug 2026 · last updated 4 hrs ago · user & channel counts only, no message content

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Users online

515

▲ 0.2% vs yesterday

Channels

469

▲ 1.3% vs yesterday

Servers

All-time peak

555

reached 29 Aug 2026

People on Shelltalk

24h 7d 30d 1y 10y All

Last 12 months · data begins 5 Aug 2026

Peak 554

486

506

527

547

Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26now

Capabilities

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

Software ngircd-27

Network name

ShellTalk

Channel types

#&+

Prefixes

(qaohv)~&@%+

Channel modes

beI,k,l,imMnOPQRstVz

Nick length

Channel length

Topic length

490

Case mapping

ascii

Modes / line

Channel limit

#&+:300

Away length

127

Kick length

400

Max list

beI:50

EXCEPTSINVEX

Servers

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

irc.shelltalk.net root irc.shelltalk.net ngircd-27 seen 4 hrs ago MOTD

- Welcome to the ShellTalk Network IRC
-    _____ __         __________      ____
-   / ___// /_  ___  / / /_  __/___ _/ / /__
-   \__ \/ __ \/ _ \/ / / / / / __ `/ / //_/
-  ___/ / / / /  __/ / / / / / /_/ / / ,<
- /____/_/ /_/\___/_/_/ /_/  \__,_/_/_/|_|
-
- You can find us on network channel #shelltalk for any questions, problems  or inquiries.
- Your admins are:
-
- Yiming - Minutemin - [email protected]
- monkeybusiness - Minutemin - [email protected]
- al1r4d - Minutemin - [email protected]
-
- general contact - [email protected]
- ===================================================================================
- We are a proud partner of IRCNow, The Users' Network, that aims to create a free and open source community.
-
-  Remember the rules:
-    * No porn, illegal drugs, violence, or gambling
-    * No slander or libel
-    * No spam, illegal cracking, or DDoS
-    * Follow copyright laws
- ===================================================================================
- Connected using Cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256  TLSv1.3 Kx=TLSv1.3  Au=TLSv1.3 Enc=AESGCM(128) Mac=AEAD

irc.thunderirc.net 1 hop ThunderIRC | Part of IRCNow seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.shelltalk.net.

irc.inspirenet.org 2 hops InspireNET. seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.thunderirc.net.

irc.ircnow.org 2 hops irc.ircnow.org seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.thunderirc.net.

irc.jujube.rpblc.net 2 hops irc network RPBLC seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.thunderirc.net.

irc.bsdforall.org 3 hops BSDForAll.Org seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.freeirc.org 3 hops FreeIRC Network seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.lecturify.net 3 hops Lecturify Team seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.oddprotocol.org 3 hops irc.oddprotocol.org seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.inspirenet.org.

irc.planetofnix.com 3 hops irc.planetofnix.com seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

services.irc.ircnow.org 3 hops Services for IRCNow seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.ircforever.org 4 hops IRCForever IRC Network seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.planetofnix.com.

irc.NaStYcOdE.com 4 hops irc.NaStYcOdE.com seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.planetofnix.com.

irc.shell.oddprotocol.org 4 hops IRCNow seen 14 hrs ago details

Links off irc.oddprotocol.org.

Channels

143 channels

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peak:1000.. - all-time peak (ever reached 1000+)

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143 tracked channels. Channels with fewer than 3 users are not tracked.

ChannelUsersShare of network30-day trend

#ircnow 202 39.2% +1.0% IRCNow: Of the Users, By the Users, For the Users: https://ircnow.org | Join the team https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.Adminforces

#team 96 18.6% -2.0% IRCNow team channel | Join the team https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.Adminforces | List of training guides https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Adminforces.Training

#freeirc 87 16.9% -2.2% All of the services provided by FreeIRC, including ZNC, GOT repository hosting, Shell, and more, are checked once a day at 18:00 UTC https://freeirc.org/

#nastycode 81 15.7% -8.0% "Trouble connecting to ZNC? Please update your host to: bnc.nastycode.com! for help with bouncer! please type !help for more info! Need Support please contact u

#oddprotocol 79 15.3% -2.5% ★ Welcome ★ #oddprotocol Respect: [Users & Operators] Website: ( https://oddprotocol.org )

#ircnow-offtopic 75 14.6% +1.4% Off-topic chat for the IRCNow community.

#shelltalk 65 12.6% +8.3% Welcome to Shelltalk.net's support channel ! | !help for assistance | ask questions and a staff member will get to it when they can. | please stay connected if

#ircforever 64 12.4% +6.7% IRCForever - IRC now and forever | Type '!help' to for bnc and shell | WebSite: https://IRCForever.org | NEW shells! type !shell or !help for guidance | Portal:

#bsdforall 62 12.0% -8.8% Welcome To # BSDForAll Channel! See: https://bsdforall.org | ZNC @ https://bnc.bsdforall.org | WebMail@ https://webmail.bsdforall.org | WebChat @ https://webch

#plan9 54 10.5% -5.3% Plan 9 by the Bell Labs Team: Official Site: https://p9f.org | https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.9forces | We're working on improving Plan 9 4th Edition

#thunderirc 50 9.7% -9.1% Free ZNC type !help | Learn OpenBSD | Privacy-first IRC access | Visit ⚡ https://thunderirc.net for details

#rpblc 42 8.2% -14.3% Welcome to RPBLC.net! SSH Accounts, Web/DNS/Email/SQL Hosting, IRC Bouncer, Webmail and data Backups!

#offtopic 34 6.6% -5.6% Welcome to the community's general chatter channel, we want a reasonably polite room ! We have cookies... Please don't spam bots, they don't like green eggs and

#vhost 31 6.0% 0.0% Welcome, stay healthy & safe! www.mirc.dev - for rDNS (A/AAAA) to whatever-you-like.domain.*** :) ask in channel. #eggdrop for bot scripting!

#eggdrop 29 5.6% -3.3% https://eggdrop.in > tcl scripts, docs, forum & more... https://eggdrop.in/paste > pastebin https://eggdrop.in/go/egg > eggdrop download

#iq 26 5.0% -3.7% Those who trade essential liberty for temporary security deserve NEITHER! :: Let's read the great classics :: Now reading Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocq

#Lecturify 26 5.0% -16.1% Hi, please ask your question, and wait. someone may answer within a week. :) || znc, decentralised social media, online classes on irc ...

#linux 20 3.9% +5.3%

#exile-dev 20 3.9% 0.0% Developer discussion for Exile, a primitive-tech survival game for the Luanti engine

#help 20 3.9% -4.8% Welcome to IRCNow (https://ircnow.org) -- This is the official support channel for the network. Vhost rules: https://wiki.ircnow.org/index.php?n=HostServ.Rules

#openbsd 20 3.9% -9.1%

#Europe 19 3.7% +11.8% Welcome ! Stay safe and healthy. -> https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en https://www.eu-inc.org/ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/ About .EU -> https://e

#idle 19 3.7% 0.0% setting up idle rpg bot ... soon....

#uptime 19 3.7% 0.0%

#bsdforall-support 18 3.5% -10.0% The new support channel is #bsdforall , Please use this support channel for future support requests

#announcements 17 3.3% -5.6%

#openclaw 17 3.3% 0.0%

#dennis 16 3.1% +14.3% ★ 𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 ² #𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔰 ★ ( ℜ𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱: [𝔘𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔰 & 𝔒𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔰] ) ★

#nato 16 3.1% +6.7% https://www.nato.int/en - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

#ROMANIA 16 3.1% -5.9% http://www.romania.travel/ - explore the Carpathian garden !!!

#indonesia 14 2.7% +27.3% ©©© WELCOME TO #INDONESIA CHANN | ENJOY AND FUN 🙂🙂🙂.

#livy 14 2.7% 0.0% Titus Livius: The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind

#emergency 14 2.7% 0.0% All things related to search, rescue, and emergency medicine

#pnc 14 2.7% -17.6% Welcome To DemonZone... Domain is irc.partnaz-n-crime.com or demonzone.partnaz-n-crime.com to connect to server instead of ip! please join us on our new server!

#znc 13 2.5% 0.0% ZNC 1.10.1: https://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.10.1 | https://znc.in/nightly | https://github.com/znc/znc

#plum 13 2.5% +8.3%

#IRCNow-Shells 13 2.5% -7.1% Welcome to #IRCNow-Shells. For Shell Accounts, Join #RPBLC or #BSDFORALL

#waterboygospellyrics 12 2.3% -14.3%

#Peru 9 1.7% +12.5% |||[Welcome to #Peru a channel of international friendship without borders for the entire universe || Amistad general para gente latino || https://www.peru.trav

#medan 8 1.6% +14.3% Wellcome to channel MEDAN

#music-cafe 8 1.6% 0.0% Welcome to #music-cafe on IRCNow |This Channel is linked with all my music-channels across IRC |Enjoy it here please |

#inter9 8 1.6% 0.0%

#bridge 8 1.6% -11.1%

#wheel 8 1.6% -33.3% This channel is now closed, please join #team for IRCNow training | https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.Adminforces

#ayochat 7 1.4% +75.0%

#fizi 7 1.4% 0.0% (( :: (* --- Welcome to #fizi --- (* :: https://darkworld.network

#unix106 7 1.4% 0.0% You have finished unix101! Please create a shell account by joining #rpblc and typing !help, then try to install https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Znc.Install and http

#Darkworld 7 1.4% +16.7% #DarkWorld is official channel of DarkWorld Network over ircnow network. || DarkWorld Network is multi purpose IRC Network. For more info https://darkworld.netw

#canada 7 1.4% +16.7% Welcome to Canada.........enjoy your stay, have fun and just be sensible lol

#Lima 7 1.4% +16.7%

#minetest 7 1.4% -12.5% All about Minetest, the FOSS voxel-based game engine

#ngircd 7 1.4% -12.5% t.ly/5xZFO for code submission rules - Now we discussing how to track issues I think?

#exile-parliment 7 1.4% -12.5% ° ּ ֶָ֢.•° ּ ֶָ֢.•° Feel Free To Vent Or Rant , Welcome To Exile's Gatekept Shitpost Channel ° ּ ֶָ֢.•° ּ ֶָ֢.•°

#news 7 1.4% -12.5% A variety of news feeds. Type: !nytimes, !rt, !alarabiya, !propublica, !aljazeera, !conversation, !wsws, !rfe, !rfa, !democracynow, !rfe

#exile-lob 7 1.4% -22.2%

#dataideas 7 1.4% -12.5%

#Mirc 6 1.2% +50.0% ωєℓ¢σмє тσ #mIRC ircNOW Network Latest Version: mIRC v7.76 from https://www.mirc.com/get.html related issues/help, and stuff Scripting guide https://en.wikichi

#virtualfriends 6 1.2% -14.3%

#perl101 6 1.2% -14.3%

#shelllabs 6 1.2% -14.3% Shell Laboratories: Help Create an Indie Scientific Community https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro

#sdmn 5 1.0% +66.7%

#bsdbased 5 1.0% -16.7% -= #bsdBased - https://bsdbased.net/ - Public BSD Lab - OpenBSD - FreeBSD =-

#grape 5 1.0% 0.0%

#CEBU 5 1.0% 0.0% Welcome To #Cebu Queen City of South Philippines

#/ 5 1.0% 0.0% #Slash :: #dennis #eggdrop #fizi #freeirc #help #iq #ircforever #ircnow #nastycode #oddprotocol #plan9 #root #rblc #shelltalk #znc :: irc.chatnet.chat

#omg 5 1.0% 0.0%

#lafebbre 5 1.0% 0.0% Benvenuti a tutti coloro che vivono di passioni, che vivono serenamente il loro tempo, senza opprimere il prossimo - https://www.lafebbre.ch

#exile-ExE 5 1.0% -16.7%

#podcast 4 0.8% +33.3%

#thunderirc-staff 4 0.8% +33.3%

#Asia 4 0.8% +33.3% Welcome to chan Asia, | for play games please make !uno and for info games !cmd

#Internet 4 0.8% +33.3%

#bsdbased-bots 4 0.8% -20.0%

#chat 4 0.8% +33.3% Welcome!!! Enjoy your stay and try to use common sense!!! All languages are accepted!!! https://ircnow.org/kb/doku.php?id=terms

#fakenews 4 0.8% 0.0%

#veteran 4 0.8% 0.0% Welcome Orang Lama..

#karachi 4 0.8% 0.0%

#ircfun 4 0.8% 0.0%

#lua 4 0.8% 0.0% This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for discussing the lua programming language.

#quoservers 4 0.8% 0.0% QuoServers Hosting helpdesk and support. New accounts for Finnish citizens and Finnish residents only. ( http://quoservers.fi/ )

#botworld 4 0.8% 0.0% bots are welcome, for testing or whatever (non intrusive). Please announce your bot's name and you as it's owner and what it does upon entry of bot to room, tn

#makati 4 0.8% 0.0% https://www.iRCMakati.com/ :: Welcome to #Makati DALnet

#America 4 0.8% 0.0% Welcome to #America *** English Only *** It is a Chat Channel *** AOps and SOps wanted

#banana 4 0.8% 0.0%

#exile-LoT 4 0.8% -20.0%

#perl 4 0.8% -20.0% This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for discussing the perl programming Language.

#yonle 4 0.8% -33.3% Welcome to #yonle. Talk about almost anything as long as i am okay with it.

#Napoli 3 0.6% 0.0%

#Portugal 3 0.6% 0.0%

#Torino 3 0.6% 0.0%

#Italy 3 0.6% -25.0% BENVENUTI TO #Italy

#Belgium 3 0.6% 0.0% Welkom/Welcome/Bienvenue

#Australia 3 0.6% 0.0%

#UAE 3 0.6% -25.0%

#toronto 3 0.6% -25.0%

#Mexico 3 0.6% -25.0%

#tcl 3 0.6% 0.0%

#hamradio 3 0.6% 0.0%

#root 3 0.6% 0.0% For Oddprotocol Trainees | IRCNow Minutemin: The Few, The Proud | Your Network Needs You to Finish Training wiki.ircnow.org/index.php?n=Minutemin.Bootcamp | Ple

#ai 3 0.6% 0.0% Chat about artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI news, tools, and innovation.

#xshellz 3 0.6% 0.0% Wellcome to #XshellZ | Register your account for free shell and ZNC at https://www.xshellz.com/

#depechemode 3 0.6% 0.0%

#usa 3 0.6% 0.0%

#telecomm 3 0.6% 0.0%

#music 3 0.6% 0.0% (♊ Welcome To #Music ♊) Music From Indonesia Request Song : .req Title Song - Artist ( Visit : https://black.bsdforall.org/music )

#france 3 0.6% 0.0% ⚜ #France https://pastebin.com/raw/j0r9PDXu ⚜

#duels 3 0.6% 0.0% #Duels Game Channel

#training-test 3 0.6% -25.0%

#Tutorials 3 0.6% 0.0%

#DWBots 3 0.6% 0.0%

#dwshells 3 0.6% 0.0% Welcome to #DWShells Free & Support Linux Shells - for more info visit :: https://wiki.darkworld.network/index.php/DWShells | irc.darkworld.network 6667

#DWBouncers 3 0.6% 0.0%

#DWGames 3 0.6% 0.0%

#testing 3 0.6% 0.0%

#guava 3 0.6% 0.0%

#bsdbased-team 3 0.6% -25.0%

#perl102 3 0.6% 0.0%

#Bar 3 0.6% 0.0%

#234 3 0.6% 0.0% [ Selamat Datang di Channel 234 @AyoChat - Tutorial psyBNC: http://channels.dal.net/234/psybnc.txt - Tutorial BNC: http://channels.dal.net/234/bnc.txt - Tutoria

#exile-LoE 3 0.6% 0.0%

#Chat4fun 3 0.6% 0.0%

#embedded 3 0.6% 0.0% Embedded World! We talk about microcontrollers, SBC, and so on! Rules: no porn, no illegal drugs, no violent threats, no slander, no libel, no illegal gambling,

#miniontoby 3 0.6% 0.0%

#cmpunk 3 0.6% 0.0%

#mango 3 0.6% 0.0%

#poulskitchen 3 0.6% 0.0% Welcome to #PoulsKitchen Please Be Respectful www.PoulsKitchen.club https://youtu.be/eoattbjrnOw

#IRC 3 0.6% 0.0%

#inspirenet-team 3 0.6% 0.0%

#chinese 3 0.6% 0.0%

#ircforever-team 3 0.6% 0.0% IRCForever Team Members Only Channel | Owner = leader, Admin = Members, Op = bots..., voice = needs to finish training

#cherrychapstick 3 0.6% 0.0%

#perl104 3 0.6% 0.0%

#c 3 0.6% 0.0%

#Christ 3 0.6% 0.0% Pray for the persecuted Christians throughout the world especially in Gaza and Syria.

#Rider 3 0.6% 0.0% ¡|[Welcome to #Rider unlimited friendship for everyone, tranks you visit]|!

#manila 3 0.6% 0.0%

#council 3 0.6% 0.0%

#exile-offtopic 3 0.6% -25.0%

#ikiwiki 3 0.6% -25.0%

#spanish 3 0.6% -25.0% Bienvenido/a #Spanish: Canal de habla hispana :)

#minigames 3 0.6% -25.0%

#cloud9p 3 0.6% -25.0%

#vps 3 0.6% -40.0% This channel is now closed, join #planetofnix, #inspirenet, #bsdforall, #freeirc, or #lecturify to request a VPS