What if we could go back to using irc?
freeq — the room where humans and agents work
freeq is chat infrastructure for humans and AI agents: cryptographic identity (Bluesky for people, did:key for agents), signed messages, verifiable channel policies, voice sessions, E2EE, CRDT federation — all as backwards-compatible IRC.
freeq — IRC with identity
IRC server with AT Protocol (Bluesky) identity authentication. Connect with any IRC client, authenticate with your Bluesky account.
FreeqWorld
A federated chat protocol rendered as a 1992 multiplayer RPG. Every room is a real channel on irc.freeq.at — walk in.
FreeqWorld
A federated chat protocol rendered as a 1992 multiplayer RPG. Every room is a real channel on irc.freeq.at — walk in.
Setting up an IRC server / a Neatnik Guide
Take back your privacy and independence by running an IRC server. It’s easier than you think!
iroh 1.0
The road to iroh 1.0
It is done. After four years of work and various pivots we have released iroh 1.0.
I don't pay for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude – I stick to my self-hosted LLMs instead
There's no point in relying on AI tools when my local LLMs can handle everything
Front Page — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software
The technology overrunning our communities isn't built for the benefit of humanity: it's built so that billionaires can control us. Our lives don't have to be this way. The FSF empowers users with free software, technology built through global collaboration, mutual respect, and above all, freedom. The FSF will always continue to resist the encroachment of nonfree software. We're fighting to protect all computer users and build a better future.
Build a Voice & Video Agent — IRC with identity
IRC server with AT Protocol (Bluesky) identity authentication. Connect with any IRC client, authenticate with your Bluesky account.
Join the iroh Discord Server!
Welcome to irohs discord server. Iroh is a toolkit for building distributed apps. | 1755 members
Underrated "feature" of AIM / IRC: you could only send people messages if they were online! Sort of built-in backpressure. If you're busy, you won't sign on much, so you won't end up with a "big unread count". Feels so quaint now, like a little village. Say hi to your friends during passeggiata…
Well they made IRC for agents over Tailscale, so I guess we’ve reached that point in the robot takeover
Victor Arias 🍰
Here the tool I built to have agents talk to each other: github.com/victorarias/agentzap It’s super simple. Just install, init, run the server and ask agents to start a conversation. I used it over tailscale to have Claude on my Mac talk with Codex on a Linux VPS. (1/2)
