This is a list of IRC servers, generally ordered by continent and country. A count of servers (by version) is at the end. This list was generated on 1 Feb 1995, by Chuck Kane , was posted to alt.irc, and is available via anonymous ftp from h.ece.uiuc.edu as /irc/servers.950201. Just because a server is listed here does not mean you can connect to it: many servers restrict which sites are allowed to connect. Typically, a "client" program is used to connect to an irc server. Source to clients and servers, and tutorial and primer files are available via anon ftp from cs-ftp.bu.edu. All servers with 'test' or 'experimental' in the name, or which do not seem to be general-use servers, are listed separately. Servers which are not regularly on the IRCnet when I run the update routine may be missing from this list. The "name" field is taken from what is visible from a /LINKS on my server. [ Note: many servers have the version in the M: line, so the version will show up on /links, I suppose. It would be convenient for creating this list if those servers did not do that. Some servers have the wrong version in the M: line. ] If you think the formatting is suboptimal, e-mail me with your solution. Index: Asia: Israel Japan Singapore Taiwan Australia Europe: Austria Belgium Crotia Czech_Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia The_Netherlands Norway Poland Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland United_Kingdom North America (except US): Canada Mexico United States Version List Delete List Other Servers List -----< Asia >--------------------------------------------------------------- Israel irc.biu.ac.il 2.8.20 Bar-Ilan University irc.tau.ac.il 2.8.20 Tel-Aviv University irc.technion.ac.il 2.8.20 Technion, Haifa Japan dec504.aist-nara.ac.jp 2.8.20 NAra Institute of Science and Technology wsclark.huie.hokudai.ac.jp 2.8.20 Hokkaido University,Sapporo bohemia.jaist.ac.jp 2.8.16 Japan Adv. Institute of Sci & Tech hemp.imel.kyoto-u.ac.jp 2.8.16 Kyoto University irc.kyutech.ac.jp 2.8.20 Kyushu Institute of Tech., Fukuoka akiu.gw.tohoku.ac.jp 2.8.21-miyu2 Tohoku University race-server.race.u-tokyo.ac.jp 2.8.20 RACE, University of Tokyo news.cfi.waseda.ac.jp 2.8.20 WASEDA University irc.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp 2.8.20 Yamaguchi University mentai.Hakozaki.karrn.ad.jp 2.8.20 KARRN Hakozaki NOC endo.wide.ad.jp 2.8.20 WIDE-NOC of Fujisawa irc.kyoto.wide.ad.jp 2.8.21beta WIDE Project Kyoto NOC irc.tokyo.wide.ad.jp 2.8.21 WIDE Project Tokyo NOC hamlet.wg.omron.co.jp 2.8.16 OMRON Corporation, Kyoto omrongw.wg.omron.co.jp 2.8.20 OMRON Corporation, Kyoto wings.tokai-ic.or.jp 2.8.21beta Tokai Internetwork Council, NAGOYA Singapore solar.cc.nus.sg 2.8.20.me The "FINE FINE" Country Taiwan irc.csie.nctu.edu.tw 2.8.20 IRC of CSIE, NCTU irc.ntu.edu.tw 2.8.21 National Taiwan University hntp2.hinet.net.tw 2.8.20 HiNet HUB Server -----< Australia >---------------------------------------------------------- yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au 2.8.20 Monash University [The BiGgest Uni in Oz.] edna.cc.swin.edu.au 2.8.16 Swinburne University of Technology yamabico.cs.uow.edu.au 2.8.16 Uni. of Wollongong irchat.utas.edu.au 2.8.10 University of Tasmania notjules.itd.uts.edu.au 2.8.16 Finally a 2.8* version that works ? kay.st.nepean.uws.edu.au 2.8.20 a machine which struts ircserver.cltr.uq.oz.au 2.8.15+hh HulkHoganised Server, Queensland ircserver.qabc.uq.oz.au 2.8.21 UQ, Queensland jello.qabc.uq.oz.au 2.8.21 University of Queensland -----< Europe >------------------------------------------------------------- Austria uni-linz.ac.at 2.8.20 Johannes Kepler University Linz itc.univie.ac.at 2.8.16 Alma mater Rudolphina irc.wu-wien.ac.at 2.8.16 Vienna Belgium OtHelLo.UlB.aC.Be 2.8.20+2fake+note Ecole Polytechnique (ULB-Bruxelles) is1.bfu.vub.ac.be 2.8.20 Vrije Universiteit Brussel Croatia regoc.srce.hr 2.8.21 University Computing Centre, Zagreb Czech Republic irc.praha.cz 2.8.16 Praga Caput Regni, Bohemia Denmark alk.iesd.auc.dk 2.8.16 Aalborg University, IESD Finland irc.nokia.com 2.8.20 Nokia Group clinet.fi 2.8.20 Clinet Ltd. irc.eunet.fi 2.8.20 EUnet Finland irc.funet.fi 2.8.21+E1 Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET) ircd.funet.fi 2.8.21+E1 Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET) serifos.helsinki.fi 2.8.16 University of Helsinki hutirc.cs.hut.fi 2.8.20+2fake Helsinki University of Technology, CS Lab irc.cs.hut.fi 2.8.20+2fake Helsinki University of Technology, CS Lab irc.freenet.hut.fi 2.8.16 Freenet Finland cs.jyu.fi 2.8.16 University of Jyvaskyla mopo.cc.lut.fi 2.8.20+2fake Lappeenranta University of Technology aapo.it.lut.fi 2.8.21+E1 Lappeenranta University of Technology irc.otol.fi 2.8.20+2fake Oulu Institute of Technology rieska.oulu.fi 2.8.16 Unixverstas Olutensin, Finlandia Vodka tolsun.oulu.fi 2.8.16 Unixverstas Olutensin, Finlandia Vodka irc.pspt.fi 2.8.20 Server of Pohjois-Savo Polytechnic irc.sci.fi 2.8.21 Scifi Communications International Oy kitt.tekla.fi 2.8.20 Tekla Oy, Espoo irc.cc.tut.fi 2.8.14 TUT Computer Centre vehka.cs.uta.fi 2.8.20 University of Tampere irc.utu.fi 2.8.21+E1 University of Turku irc-gw.xgw.fi 2.8.20+2fake Xgateway Finland Ltd. France Eurecom8.Cica.FR 2.8.21 Institut Eurecom Irc.ENST.Fr 2.8.21.dls+Chef(noident)+Spocky(stats) Irc.ENST.Fr Paris sil.polytechnique.fr 2.8.21 Ecole Polytechnique Irc.Labri.U-Bordeaux.Fr 2.8.21+2fake+Just_for_krys Universite Bordeaux I Dafne.Mines.U-Nancy.FR 2.8.21+2fake Ecole des Mines de Nancy CISMhp.Univ-Lyon1.FR 2.8.21+E1 CISM - INSA de Lyon PropeServer.Univ-Lyon1.FR 2.7.2g.Nono+4 INSA Lyon - "Prope" Server Germany noc.belwue.de 2.8.20 BelWue fu-berlin.de 2.8.20 Freie Universitaet Berlin rwth-aachen.de 2.8.20 Aachen TU-Muenchen.DE 2.8.20 TU Muenchen Uni-Erlangen.DE 2.8.20 The 'Berch'-Server uni-karlsruhe.de 2.8.20 University of Karlsruhe Uni-KL.DE 2.8.21 Kaiserslautern University Uni-Paderborn.DE 2.8.20 University of Paderborn Uni-Rostock.DE 2.8.16 Rostock uni-stuttgart.de 2.8.16 Stuttgart University Hungary irc.sch.bme.hu 2.8.21+E1 BME Technical University of Budapest darmol.elte.hu 2.8.16 Eotvos University of Budapest sol.cc.u-szeged.hu 2.8.21+E1 Attila Jozsef University of Szeged Iceland isgate.is 2.8.20+2fake ISnet Italy irc.cdc.polimi.it 2.8.20 Politecnico di Milano Italia cucciolo.ccii.unipi.it 2.8.21 University of Pisa levanzo.dia.unisa.it 2.8.21 Universita' di Salerno Latvia kristin.cclu.lv 2.8.20 * Latvian University, Riga, LV * The Netherlands irc.sci.kun.nl 2.8.20 University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands svbs01.win.tue.nl 2.8.20 Eindhoven University of Technology Server irc.xs4all.nl 2.8.20 XS4ALL, Networking for the Masses Norway linux.ingok.hitos.no 2.8.21 Linux IRC Server - Tromsoe irc.uib.no 2.8.20 Universitas Bergensis, Ordinateurus Centre mimir.ifi.uio.no 2.8.20 Universitas Osloensis irc.pvv.unit.no 2.8.21 ProgramVareVerkstedet - Universitas Nidrosiensis Poland irc.uci.agh.edu.pl 2.8.21 AGH Krakow irc.mimuw.edu.pl 2.8.21 Warsaw University Slovakia irc.tuzvo.sk 2.8.20 TU Zvolen kosice.upjs.sk 2.8.20 Pavol Jozef Safarik University Slovenia irc.arnes.si 2.8.21 Growing fast! Sweden gwaihir.dd.chalmers.se 2.8.20 Chalmers Tekniska Lekskola, Göteborg irc.nada.kth.se 2.8.21.note Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm irc.ludd.luth.se 2.8.21 Top of the world server Switzerland irc.ethz.ch 2.8.20 Swiss Fed Inst of Tech of Zurich United Kingdom serv.eng.abdn.ac.uk 2.8.21 University of Aberdeen Engineering sun4.bham.ac.uk 2.8.20 University of Birmingham stork.doc.ic.ac.uk 2.8.15 Dept of Computing, Imperial College, London supercomputer.swan.ac.uk 2.8.20 Swansea University Computer Society fennel.compnews.co.uk 2.8.9 PressNet Hub dismayl.demon.co.uk 2.8.20 Demon Internet, London, United Kingdom -----< North America (except US) >----------------------------------------- Canada bud.tic.ab.ca 2.8.20.me.wlp.cnof The Internet Companion sifon.cc.mcgill.ca 2.8.21 McGill University, CC IRC Server irc.cs.mun.ca 2.8.20.mun.argh Memorial University of Newfoundland elk.nstn.ca 2.8.21 NSTN's Atlantic Canadian IRC Server hadar.cc.umanitoba.ca 2.8.20.me.cnof University of Manitoba irc.unb.ca 2.8.20.me.nomempatch.wallops University New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB irc.yorku.ca 2.8.21.wyldwlp York University's IRC Server irc.io.org 2.8.21 Internex Online Mexico next00.mty.itesm.mx 2.8.12 ITESM Campus Monterrey, Mexico Hub -----< United States >----------------------------------------------------- Arizona irc.primenet.com 2.8.21 Primenet (Phoenix, AZ) irc.HACKS.Arizona.EDU 2.8.21 Home of the Arizona Wildcats California irc.netcom.com 2.8.20 NETCOM Online Communications Services, Inc. irc.portal.com 2.8.21 Traffic Jam on the Superhighway irc1.portal.com 2.8.16 Road construction irc2.portal.com 2.8.21 Traffic Jam on the Superhighway harp.aix.calpoly.edu 2.8.20.rf The SLOer than you Cal Poly server... B-w6yx.stanford.edu ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl7+ident Stanford Client server No.1 C-w6yx.stanford.edu ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl7+ident Stanford Client server No.2 w6yx.stanford.edu 2.8.20 From DC to Daylight irc.ucdavis.edu ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl8+ident University of California, Davis irc.ucsd.edu 2.8.21beta+th University of California at San Diego Colorado irc.colorado.edu 2.8.20 Univ of Colorado Server Connecticut joyce.eng.yale.edu 2.8.21 Yale College IEEE irc server Florida irc.gate.net 2.8.20.me+CS CyberGate, Inc. Illinois irc.ecn.bgu.edu 2.8.20 Board Of Governors, Educational Computing Network irc.uiuc.edu 2.8.21 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Indiana irc.indiana.edu ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl7+ident IU Campus-Wide Irc Server copper.ucs.indiana.edu ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl8 IU Campus-Wide Irc Server Iowa irc.iastate.edu 2.8.21.me+CS+Jon2 Iowa State Alternate Reality Server Kansas irc.ksu.edu 2.8.21 Kansas Regional IRC Server Kentucky t8.mscf.uky.edu 2.8.20 The Hole in the Rock Server at the Univ. of KY Maryland irc.digex.net 2.8.21 Digital Express Group Massachusetts irc.delphi.com 2.8.20 Delphi Internet Services world.std.com 2.8.20 The World @ Software Tool & Die cs-pub.bu.edu 2.8.21beta Boston University CS Dept irc.harvard.edu 2.8.20 If we're up, then all is well ;> irc-2.mit.edu ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl7 Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge Michigan pegasus.ccs.itd.umich.edu 2.8.21.WH6 The White Horse Minnesota irc.tc.umn.edu 2.8.21+E1 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Missouri sluaxa.slu.edu 2.8.20 St. Louis University New Jersey bazooka.rutgers.edu 2.8.16.pilot+bp2 The 5 cent piece of gum holding the east together irc.rutgers.edu 2.8.16.rutgers Rutgers University, New Brunswick irc.interactive.net 2.8.21.pimp.daddy.mack InterActive Networks, Inc. New York irc.escape.com ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl8 Escape - New York City azure.acsu.buffalo.edu 2.8.20 University at Buffalo, Buffalo organ.ctr.columbia.edu 2.8.20 Columbia University IRC red-dwarf.cit.cornell.edu 2.8.16 The CIT IRC mcnet02.med.nyu.edu 2.8.21 The Mid-Manhattan Link colossus.cs.rpi.edu 2.8.20 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute IRC Server North Carolina hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu 2.8.21 North Carolina IRC Server Oklahoma irc.ecn.uoknor.edu 2.8.20 SOONER ALPHA SERVER, SOONER THAN THE REST! Pennsylvania irc.pitt.edu 2.8.21 University of Pittsburgh Texas irc.neosoft.com 2.8/dog3-super.pl8+ident+CS NeoSoft - Houston acme.etsu.edu 2.8.20 The Magical Realms Server portal.tamu.edu 2.8.20 Da' Maroon Lagoon of Aggieland! dewey.cc.utexas.edu 2.8.21.beta.me UT's "I Repeat Class" server mickey.cc.utexas.edu 2.8.21.beta.me UT's third "I Repeat Class" server tramp.cc.utexas.edu 2.8.21.beta.me UT's second "I Repeat Class" server irc.texas.net 2.8.21 Texas Networking, INC. Utah phred.math.byu.edu 2.8.20 Brigham Young University Math Virginia irc02.irc.aol.com 2.8.21 America Online Routing Server poe.acc.Virginia.EDU 2.8.20 University of Virginia new.irc.virginia.edu 2.8.21 University of Virginia Washington irc.eskimo.com 2.8.21+k+i Eskimo North -- Seattle irc-2.eskimo.com 2.8.21+k+i Eskimo North -- Seattle alfred1.u.washington.edu 2.8.20/d3s+id+CS U of W IRC Server Washington, D.C. eff.org 2.8.21 Electronic Frontier Foundation, G. St NW, Washingt ----< Version Information >------------------------------------------------- Total By Version Count Version 1 1 2.7.2g.Nono+4 1 2.8/dog3-super.pl8+ident+CS 1 ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl7 3 ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl7+ident 2 ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl8 8 1 ircd2.8/dog3-super.pl8+ident 1 1 2.8.9 1 1 2.8.10 1 1 2.8.12 1 1 2.8.14 1 2.8.15 2 1 2.8.15+hh 20 2.8.16 1 2.8.16.pilot+bp2 22 1 2.8.16.rutgers 62 2.8.20 6 2.8.20+2fake 1 2.8.20+2fake+note 1 2.8.20.me 1 2.8.20.me+CS 1 2.8.20.me.cnof 1 2.8.20.me.nomempatch.wallops 1 2.8.20.me.wlp.cnof 1 2.8.20.mun.argh 1 2.8.20.rf 77 1 2.8.20/d3s+id+CS 37 2.8.21 1 2.8.21+2fake 1 2.8.21+2fake+Just_for_krys 8 2.8.21+E1 2 2.8.21+k+i 1 2.8.21-miyu2 1 2.8.21.WH6 3 2.8.21.beta.me 1 2.8.21.dls+Chef(noident)+Spocky(stats) 1 2.8.21.me+CS+Jon2 1 2.8.21.note 1 2.8.21.pimp.daddy.mack 1 2.8.21.wyldwlp 3 2.8.21beta 177 63 1 2.8.21beta+th ----< Other Servers List >-------------------------------------------------- These are servers which are not for general client use, or which have 'test' or 'experimental' in their title; these active servers are not counted in the Version List above. monitor.ca The CA IRC Monitor services.ca McGill University, Computing Centre Routing Server irctest.com NETCOM Online Communications Services, Inc. help.us IRC Help Service 1.0 irc2.ece.uiuc.edu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign monitor.us The US IRC Monitor ----< Delete List >--------------------------------------------------------- These currently inactive servers will be deleted from the next list unless they appear on the IRCnet again. olymp.wu-wien.ac.at Vienna merlin.acf-lab.alaska.edu The "Symbol of a Fish" Alaskan Server irc.mit.edu MIT Project Athena hertz.njit.edu NJIT Computing Services Department,Newark irc.uoknor.edu SOONER ALPHA SERVER, SOONER THAN THE REST! chestnut.chem.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania QUANYIN Server irc.ube-c.ac.jp Dept. of Computer Science, Ube College scslwide.sony.co.jp Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl Eindhoven University of Technology Server linux.tromsomh.no Linux IRC Server - Tromsoe datter.pvv.unit.no ProgramVareVerkstedet - Universitas Nidrosiensis Saturnus.pt.hk-r.se University of Karlskrona/Ronneby irc.mgt.ncu.edu.tw IM/MGT at NCU