Shelltalk

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Tracked since Aug 2026 · last updated 10 mins ago · user & channel counts only, no message content

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Users online

572

▲ 0.5% vs yesterday

Channels

484

▲ 0.2% vs yesterday

Servers

All-time peak

575

reached 21 Oct 2026

People on Shelltalk

24h 7d 30d 1y 10y All

Last 24 hours · data begins 23 Oct 12:18

Peak 572

567

569

570

572

10:3616:3622:3604:36now

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 10 mins ago MOTD

- Welcome to the ShellTalk Network IRC
-    _____ __         __________      ____
-   / ___// /_  ___  / / /_  __/___ _/ / /__
-   \__ \/ __ \/ _ \/ / / / / / __ `/ / //_/
-  ___/ / / / /  __/ / / / / / /_/ / / ,<
- /____/_/ /_/\___/_/_/ /_/  \__,_/_/_/|_|
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- 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.freeirc.org 1 hop FreeIRC Network seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.shelltalk.net.

irc.jujube.rpblc.net 1 hop irc network RPBLC seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.shelltalk.net.

irc.ircnow.org 2 hops irc.ircnow.org seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.freeirc.org.

irc.bsdforall.org 3 hops BSDForAll.Org seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.lecturify.net 3 hops Lecturify Team seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.oddprotocol.org 3 hops irc.oddprotocol.org seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.planetofnix.com 3 hops irc.planetofnix.com seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

services.irc.ircnow.org 3 hops Services for IRCNow seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.ircforever.org 4 hops IRCForever IRC Network seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.planetofnix.com.

irc.NaStYcOdE.com 4 hops irc.NaStYcOdE.com seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.oddprotocol.org.

irc.shell.oddprotocol.org 4 hops IRCNow seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.oddprotocol.org.

irc.inspirenet.org 5 hops InspireNET. seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.NaStYcOdE.com.

irc.thunderirc.net 6 hops ThunderIRC | Part of IRCNow seen 12 hrs ago details

Links off irc.inspirenet.org.

Channels

129 channels

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

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

ChannelUsersShare of network30-day trend

#ircnow 213 37.2% +6.5% IRCNow: Of the Users, By the Users, For the Users: https://ircnow.org | Join the team https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.Adminforces

#team 105 18.4% +9.4% IRCNow team channel | Join the team https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.Adminforces | List of training guides https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Adminforces.Training

#ircnow-offtopic 96 16.8% +24.7% Off-topic chat for the IRCNow community.

#nastycode 90 15.7% +15.4% "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

#freeirc 89 15.6% +2.3% 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/

#bsdforall 78 13.6% +25.8% -=[ BSDForAll ]=- * -= [ https://bsdforall.org ]=- * -=[ ZNC @ https://bnc.bsdforall.org ]=- * -=[ Interested in joining staff? https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircno

#oddprotocol 78 13.6% 0.0% ★ Welcome ★ #oddprotocol Respect: [Users & Operators] Website: ( https://oddprotocol.org )

#shelltalk 61 10.7% 0.0% 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

#thunderirc 61 10.7% +22.0% Free ZNC type !help | Learn OpenBSD | Privacy-first IRC access | Visit ⚡ https://thunderirc.net for details

#plan9 53 9.3% +1.9% 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

#rpblc 42 7.3% -4.5% Welcome to RPBLC.net! SSH Accounts, Web/DNS/Email/SQL Hosting, IRC Bouncer, Webmail and data Backups!

#eggdrop 37 6.5% +19.4% https://eggdrop.in > tcl scripts, docs, forum & more... https://eggdrop.in/paste > pastebin https://eggdrop.in/go/egg > eggdrop download

#offtopic 36 6.3% +9.1% 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 36 6.3% +12.5% Welcome, stay healthy & safe! www.mirc.dev - for rDNS (A/AAAA) to whatever-you-like.domain.*** :) ask in channel. #eggdrop for bot scripting!

#iq 23 4.0% -11.5% 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

#openbsd 23 4.0% 0.0%

#Europe 23 4.0% +15.0% 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

#uptime 22 3.8% +15.8%

#idle 22 3.8% +15.8% setting up idle rpg bot ... soon....

#romania 21 3.7% +31.3% http://www.romania.travel/ - explore the Carpathian garden !!!

#help 20 3.5% +17.6% 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

#exile-dev 20 3.5% -13.0% Developer discussion for Exile, a primitive-tech survival game for the Luanti engine

#linux 20 3.5% 0.0%

#openclaw 19 3.3% +18.8%

#nato 19 3.3% +11.8% https://www.nato.int/en - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

#indonesia 19 3.3% -9.5% ©©© WELCOME TO #INDONESIA CHANN | ENJOY AND FUN 🙂🙂🙂.

#pnc 18 3.1% +38.5% 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!

#emergency 18 3.1% +28.6% All things related to search, rescue, and emergency medicine

#announcements 17 3.0% +13.3%

#waterboygospellyrics 17 3.0% +41.7% welcome ... powered by SPLINTER !

#bsdforall-support 16 2.8% -11.1% The new support channel is #bsdforall , Please use this support channel for future support requests

#livy 13 2.3% -13.3% Titus Livius: The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind

#ircnow-shells 12 2.1% 0.0% Welcome to #IRCNow-Shells. For Shell Accounts, Join #RPBLC or #BSDFORALL

#znc 12 2.1% -7.7% ZNC 1.10.1: https://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.10.1 | https://znc.in/nightly | https://github.com/znc/znc

#Medan 12 2.1% +9.1% Wellcome to channel MEDAN

#plum 11 1.9% -15.4%

#minetest 10 1.7% +66.7% All about Minetest, the FOSS voxel-based game engine

#bridge 9 1.6% +12.5%

#sdmn 9 1.6% +50.0%

#news 8 1.4% 0.0% A variety of news feeds. Type: !nytimes, !rt, !alarabiya, !propublica, !aljazeera, !conversation, !wsws, !rfe, !rfa, !democracynow, !rfe

#Peru 8 1.4% 0.0% |||[Welcome to #Peru a channel of international friendship without borders for the entire universe || Amistad general para gente latino || https://www.peru.trav

#exile-parliment 8 1.4% 0.0% ° ּ ֶָ֢.•° ּ ֶָ֢.•° Feel Free To Vent Or Rant , Welcome To Exile's Gatekept Shitpost Channel ° ּ ֶָ֢.•° ּ ֶָ֢.•°

#music-cafe 8 1.4% +14.3% Welcome to #music-cafe on IRCNow |This Channel is linked with all my music-channels across IRC |Enjoy it here please |

#Darkworld 8 1.4% +14.3% #DarkWorld is official channel of DarkWorld Network over ircnow network. || DarkWorld Network is multi purpose IRC Network. For more info https://darkworld.netw

#virtualfriends 8 1.4% +33.3%

#banana 8 1.4% +100.0%

#wheel 7 1.2% +16.7% This channel is now closed, please join #team for IRCNow training | https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Ircnow.Adminforces

#inter9 7 1.2% -12.5%

#shelllabs 7 1.2% 0.0% Shell Laboratories: Help Create an Indie Scientific Community https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro

#Lima 7 1.2% +16.7%

#unix106 7 1.2% 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

#fizi 7 1.2% 0.0% (( :: (* --- Welcome to #fizi --- (* :: https://darkworld.network

#ayochat 7 1.2% -30.0%

#Mirc 7 1.2% -22.2% 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

#ircforever-team 7 1.2% +133.3% IRCForever Team Members Only Channel | Owner = leader, Admin = Members, Op = bots..., voice = needs to finish training

#ai 7 1.2% +133.3% Chat about artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI news, tools, and innovation.

#dataideas 6 1.0% 0.0%

#exile-lob 6 1.0% -25.0%

#ngircd 6 1.0% 0.0% t.ly/5xZFO for code submission rules - Now we discussing how to track issues I think?

#perl101 6 1.0% 0.0%

#Canada 6 1.0% -14.3% Welcome to Canada.........enjoy your stay, have fun and just be sensible lol

#cebu 6 1.0% 0.0% Welcome To #Cebu Queen City of South Philippines

#Asia 6 1.0% -25.0% Welcome to chan Asia, | for play games please make !uno and for info games !cmd

#yonle 5 0.9% +25.0% Welcome to #yonle. Talk about almost anything as long as i am okay with it.

#lafebbre 5 0.9% -16.7% Benvenuti a tutti coloro che vivono di passioni, che vivono serenamente il loro tempo, senza opprimere il prossimo - https://www.lafebbre.ch

#omg 5 0.9% 0.0%

#minigames 5 0.9% +25.0%

#Grape 5 0.9% +25.0%

#dwshells 5 0.9% +66.7% :: Request Shell :: Signup & Rules :: https://wiki.darkworld.network/index.php?title=DWShells:Signup_and_Rules :: WEB :: https://shells.darkworld.network ::

#exile-ExE 4 0.7% -33.3%

#perl 4 0.7% 0.0% This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for discussing the perl programming Language.

#cloud9p 4 0.7% 0.0%

#America 4 0.7% 0.0% Welcome to #America *** English Only *** It is a Chat Channel *** AOps and SOps wanted

#makati 4 0.7% 0.0% https://www.iRCMakati.com/ :: Welcome to #Makati DALnet

#botworld 4 0.7% 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

#quoservers 4 0.7% 0.0% QuoServers Hosting helpdesk and support. New accounts for Finnish citizens and Finnish residents only. ( http://quoservers.fi/ )

#ikiwiki 4 0.7% 0.0%

#exile-offtopic 4 0.7% 0.0%

#lua 4 0.7% 0.0% This channel is managed by Planetofnix.com. It is for discussing the lua programming language.

#ircfun 4 0.7% 0.0%

#karachi 4 0.7% 0.0%

#veteran 4 0.7% 0.0% Welcome Orang Lama..

#fakenews 4 0.7% +33.3%

#manila 4 0.7% 0.0%

#chat 4 0.7% 0.0% Welcome!!! Enjoy your stay and try to use common sense!!! All languages are accepted!!! https://ircnow.org/kb/doku.php?id=terms

#c 4 0.7% +33.3%

#chinese 4 0.7% +33.3%

#bsdbased 4 0.7% -20.0% -= #bsdBased - https://bsdbased.net/ - Public BSD Lab - OpenBSD - FreeBSD =-

#IRC 4 0.7% +33.3%

#cmpunk 4 0.7% +33.3%

#DWGames 4 0.7% +33.3%

#DWBouncers 4 0.7% +33.3% https://bouncers.darkworld.network

#DWBots 4 0.7% +33.3%

#Tutorials 4 0.7% +33.3%

#france 4 0.7% 0.0% ⚜ #France https://pastebin.com/raw/j0r9PDXu ⚜

#Sumatra 4 0.7% 0.0%

#vps 3 0.5% 0.0% This channel is now closed, join #planetofnix, #inspirenet, #bsdforall, #freeirc, or #lecturify to request a VPS

#/ 3 0.5% -40.0% #Slash :: #dennis #eggdrop #fizi #freeirc #help #iq #ircforever #ircnow #nastycode #oddprotocol #plan9 #root #rblc #shelltalk #znc :: irc.chatnet.chat

#exile-LoT 3 0.5% -25.0%

#spanish 3 0.5% 0.0% Bienvenido/a #Spanish: Canal de habla hispana :)

#council 3 0.5% 0.0%

#bsdbased-bots 3 0.5% -25.0%

#Rider 3 0.5% 0.0% ¡|[Welcome to #Rider unlimited friendship for everyone, tranks you visit]|!

#Christ 3 0.5% 0.0% Pray for the persecuted Christians throughout the world especially in Gaza and Syria.

#perl104 3 0.5% 0.0%

#inspirenet-team 3 0.5% 0.0%

#poulskitchen 3 0.5% 0.0% Welcome to #PoulsKitchen Please Be Respectful www.PoulsKitchen.club https://youtu.be/eoattbjrnOw

#mango 3 0.5% 0.0%

#embedded 3 0.5% 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,

#Chat4fun 3 0.5% 0.0%

#Internet 3 0.5% 0.0%

#perl102 3 0.5% 0.0%

#bsdbased-team 3 0.5% 0.0%

#guava 3 0.5% 0.0%

#testing 3 0.5% 0.0%

#rpblc-crew 3 0.5% 0.0% Channel for RPBLC administration team

#duels 3 0.5% 0.0% #Duels Game Channel

#bots 3 0.5% 0.0%

#music 3 0.5% 0.0% (♊ Welcome To #Music ♊) Music From Indonesia Request Song : .req Title Song - Artist ( Visit : https://black.bsdforall.org/music )

#usa 3 0.5% 0.0%

#depechemode 3 0.5% 0.0%

#PHP 3 0.5% 0.0% Stable PHP versions: 8.0.12, 7.4.25, 7.3.32 · Be respectful at all times & keep your language clean · Use a paste site for code · http://hashphp.org has some u

#perl103 3 0.5% 0.0%

#tcl 3 0.5% 0.0%

#toronto 3 0.5% -25.0%

#Italy 3 0.5% -25.0% BENVENUTI TO #Italy

#paris 3 0.5% 0.0% ⚜ Ici c'est #paris ⚜

#LA 3 0.5% 0.0%