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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 #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 answers, 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. Here's [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.saurik.com/#iphonedev a convenient link to an IRC web client for #iphonedev] that you can use to start chatting right away (ignore the "password" option on that page).
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| Other public channels on irc.saurik.com include [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.saurik.com/#iphone #iphone] (a general-purpose channel for iOS-related discussion), [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.saurik.com/#theos #theos] (for discussing [[Theos]]), [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.saurik.com/#cycript #cycript] (for discussing [[Cycript]]), and [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.saurik.com/#winterboard #winterboard] (for discussing Winterboard and [[Cydget]]). If you'd like to join multiple channels in that web-based client: click one channel to open the client, and after you click "Start", type <code>/join #ChannelName</code> to join the second one.
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| For lots more help beyond this page, see [http://www.irchelp.org/ irchelp.org].
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| == IRC clients ==
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| In order to connect to an IRC server, you can use a web-based client or install a client application. If you plan to use IRC regularly, installing a client application is much more convenient than using a web-based client. All clients 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. (If you already have an IRC client application installed, [irc://irc.saurik.com/iphonedev here's an IRC protocol link] that should launch your client.)
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| 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!
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| * '''Web'''
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| ** '''[http://client00.chat.mibbit.com/ Mibbit (AJAX)]''' • [https://kiwiirc.com/ Kiwi IRC] • [http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ ChatZilla (Firefox Extension)]
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| * '''Windows'''
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| ** '''[http://hexchat.github.io/ HexChat]''' • [http://quassel-irc.org/ Quassel] • [http://kvirc.net/ KVIrc] • [http://mirc.com/ mIRC] • [http://pidgin.im/ Pidgin] • [http://trillian.im/ Trillian] • [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
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| * '''OS X'''
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| ** '''[http://colloquy.info/ Colloquy]'' • [http://codeux.com/textual/ Textual] • [http://xchataqua.github.io/ XChat Aqua/Azure] • [http://adium.im/ Adium] • [http://trillian.im/ Trillian] • [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
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| * '''iOS'''
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| ** '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colloquy-irc-client/id302000478?mt=8 Colloquy]''' • [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/palaver/id538073623?mt=8 Palaver] •[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]
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| * '''Linux'''
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| ** '''[http://xchat.org/ XChat]''' • [http://quassel-irc.org/ Quassel] • [http://pidgin.im/ Pidgin] • [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
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| == Details about saurik's IRC network ==
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| saurik runs an InspirIRCd instance on his server at [irc://irc.saurik.com/ irc.saurik.com].
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| Port 6667 is opened as raw, unencrypted IRC. This is the default port most clients will connect to.
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| Ports 6697, 7001, and 7070 are opened as encrypted SSL IRC.
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