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 1.2.0 & 1.3.0 - Small features for more user control
Release of iroh v1.2.0 and v1.3.0
iroh 1.0
why not matrix?
at this point it seems like most of the tech community is familiar with matrix, the "open network for decentralized communication". lots of projects and communities have migrated from a host of other platforms, including irc, discord and slack with the promise that their new spaces will be free forever. i first discovered matrix in 2021 and have dedicated a lot of time trying to understand exactly how it works, as well as trawling through github issues to try and understand whether we should consider matrix…
The road to iroh 1.0
It is done. After four years of work and various pivots we have released iroh 1.0.
We're on Slack! Join us! - Creative Commons
Today we’re excited to announce that we have migrated our real time communications from IRC to Slack.
Its Time for the Open Source Community to Get Real | Blog | InfluxData
Like many open source developers, Ive been reading the commentary around Redis Common Clause Licensing with great interest (HN thread).
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)
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…
