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title: IRC
sidebar_label: IRC
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- [XDCC Tutorial](http://theloadguru.com/xdcc-irc-beginners-guide/) - XDCC Downloading For Beginners: Do It Like A Pro!.
- [XDCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDCC) - XDCC (Xabi DCC or eXtended DCC) - is a computer file sharing method which uses the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) - network as a host service.
- [ZNC](https://github.com/znc/znc) - An advanced IRC bouncer.

## IRC Clients

- [irssi](https://irssi.org/) - Your text mode chatting application since 1999.
  - [autodl-irssi](https://autodl-community.github.io/autodl-irssi/) - A plugin for irssi that monitors IRC announce channels for torrent trackers and downloads torrent files based on user-defined filters.
  - [Slack notifications for autodl-irssi](https://gist.github.com/Igglybuff/00d5e91274a562ac724d358bbbc8bc7b) - Guide by yours truly on enabling Slack notifications for autodl-irssi.
  - [autodl-curl-sonarr](https://github.com/Zymest/autodl-curl-sonarr) - Script to use as upload-command for autodl-irssi to post to Sonarr.
  - [mreg](https://github.com/Igglybuff/mreg) - Generates a "Match releases" expression for your autodl-irssi filter based on dvdsreleasedates.com's "Most Requested DVD Release Dates" section.
- [mIRC](http://www.mirc.com/) - The original IRC client for Windows.
- [HexChat](http://hexchat.github.io/) - HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it is completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.
- [Kiwi IRC](https://kiwiirc.com/) - Responsive web IRC client with theming support.
- [KVIrc](https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc) - Yet another graphical IRC client.
- [Shout](https://github.com/erming/shout) - The self-hosted web IRC client.
- [The Lounge](http://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/thelounge/) - TheLounge (a fork of shoutIRC) - is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.
- [weechat](https://github.com/weechat/weechat) - The extensible chat client.
- [Convos](http://convos.by/) - Always online web IRC client.
- [InspIRCd](https://www.inspircd.org/) - Modular IRC server written in C++ for Linux, BSD, Windows, and macOS.
- [Dispatch](https://github.com/khlieng/dispatch) - Self-hosted web IRC client written in Go.
- [ngircd](https://ngircd.barton.de/) - Free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks.

## IRC Networks

- [irc.p2p-network.net](https://p2p-network.net/) - P2P file sharing network.
- [Orpheus](https://orpheus.network/) - Formerly known as Apollo.
- [p2p-network.net channel list](https://search.mibbit.com/channels/p2p-network) - List of all channels on the p2p-network.net IRC network.

| Name                         | IRC Address                                                                              | description                                                                       |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Beast-XDCC                   | [`irc://irc.abjects.net/BEAST-XDCC`](irc://irc.abjects.net/BEAST-XDCC)                   | One more XDCC source                                                              |
| IRCHighway - ebooks          | [`irc://irc.irchighway.net/ebooks`](irc://irc.irchighway.net/ebooks)                     | A nice, friendly irc channel for trading ebooks                                   |
| Undernet - bookz             | [`irc://irc.undernet.org/bookz`](irc://irc.undernet.org/bookz)                           | For downloading ebooks (use `@search <book name>` for a list of available ebooks) |
| Abandoned IRC - ZOMBIE WAREZ | [`irc://irc.abandoned-irc.net/#ZOMBIE-WAREZ`](irc://irc.abandoned-irc.net/#ZOMBIE-WAREZ) | Zombie Warez channel for various software                                         |
| Moviegods                    | [`irc://irc.abjects.net/MOVIEGODS`](irc://irc.abjects.net/MOVIEGODS)                     | XDCC file sharing network, join #mg-chat to continue downloading                  |
| The Source                   | [`irc://irc.scenep2p.net/THE.SOURCE`](irc://irc.scenep2p.net/THE.SOURCE)                 | Another XDCC source                                                               |

## IRC Search Engines

- [ixIRC](https://ixirc.com/) - ixIRC lets you search through 17 IRC networks, 32 channels, and over 189915 user supplied XDCC packs.
- [SunXDCC](http://sunxdcc.com/) - Another XDCC file search engine.
- [xdcc.eu](http://www.xdcc.eu/) - XDCC search engine indexing packets from a large number of networks.
- [xWeasel](http://xweasel.org) - xWeasel is a free stand-alone Download Client based on IRC technology including a multifunctional XDCC Search Engine.