Shelltalk

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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 30 days

Peak 554

470

495

520

545

Aug 10Aug 17Aug 25Sep 1now

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