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IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is a low-bandwidth chat platform that has been around for decades. If you're new to it, it can be a little tricky to figure out, but it's worthwhile because a lot of developers and technical communities use it to share information and hang out.
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A bunch of people who develop for jailbroken iOS are in [irc://irc.saurik.com/iphonedev #iphonedev on irc.saurik.com]. Feel free to drop by and listen for a bit. If you ask a question and nobody responds right away, leave your IRC client open for a while to wait for questions, since not everyone is always awake and online. It's also helpful to do your best finding an answer yourself (via [http://google.com/ Google], etc.) before asking in the channel.
 
== IRC clients ==
In order to connect to an IRC server, you can use a web-based client or install a client application. The client will have a place to type in the server name (like irc.saurik.com) and channel name (like #iphonedev), and a place to type in a nickname for yourself.
 
Here are a list of common IRC clients, sorted by platform. The client in '''bold''' is recommended, but feel free to try out the others to see which one you prefer!
 
* '''Web'''
** '''[http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit (AJAX)]''' • [http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ ChatZilla (Firefox Extension)]
* '''Windows'''
** '''[http://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat]''' • [http://kvirc.net/ KVIrc] • [http://mirc.com/ mIRC] • [http://pidgin.im/ Pidgin] • [http://trillian.im/ Trillian] • [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
* '''OS X'''
** '''[http://codeux.com/textual/ Textual]''' • [http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy] • [http://xchataqua.github.io/ XChat Aqua/Azure] • [http://adium.im/ Adium] • [http://trillian.im/ Trillian] • [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
* '''iOS'''
** '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colloquy-irc-client/id302000478?mt=8 Colloquy]''' • [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mango-lite-free-irc-chat-client/id449136259?mt=8 Mango Lite] • [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irchon-chat-with-other-users/id300838089?mt=8 IRChon] • [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irc999/id360698285?mt=8 IRC999]
* '''Linux'''
** '''[http://xchat.org/ XChat]''' • [http://pidgin.im/ Pidgin] • [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
 
== Details about saurik's IRC network ==
 
saurik runs an InspirIRCd instance on his server at [irc://irc.saurik.com/ irc.saurik.com].
 
Port 6667 is opened as raw, unencrypted IRC. This is the default port most clients will connect to.
 
Ports 6697, 7001, and 7070 are opened as encrypted SSL IRC.

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