Libera Chat

Libera Chat
Founded19 May 2021; 3 years ago (19 May 2021)
Website URLlibera.chat
Primary DNSircs://irc.libera.chat:6697
Average users34,239 (02 June 2024)
Average channels23,141 (02 June 2024)
Content/subjectPublic / unrestricted

Libera Chat, stylized as Libera.Chat, is an IRC network for free and open-source software projects. It was founded on 19 May 2021[1] by former Freenode staff members, after Freenode was taken over by Andrew Lee, founder of Private Internet Access.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Libera Chat". Libera Chat. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ Beschizza, Rob (19 May 2021). "Freenode IRC staff quit after new owner "seizes" control of network". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference vice2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Salter, Jim (24 May 2021). "Freenode IRC staff resign en masse after takeover by Korea's "crown prince"". Ars Technica.