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 March 1994, by Chuck Kane , was posted to alt.irc, and is available via anonymous ftp from h.ece.uiuc.edu as /irc/servers.940301. 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.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: Africa: South_Africa Asia: HongKong Israel Japan Korea Russia Singapore Taiwan Australia Europe: Austria Belgium Crotia Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy The_Netherlands Norway Poland Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland United_Kingdom North America (except US): Canada Mexico South America: Chile United States Version List Delete List Other Servers List -----< Africa >------------------------------------------------------------- South Africa irc.und.ac.za 2.8.15 University of Natal (Durban) irc.up.ac.za 2.7.2g University of Pretoria -----< Asia >--------------------------------------------------------------- Israel birisc.cs.biu.ac.il 2.8.16 Bar-Ilan University irc.tau.ac.il 2.8.16 Tel-Aviv University irc.technion.ac.il 2.8.16 Technion, Haifa Japan dec303.aist-nara.ac.jp 2.8.16 NarA Institute of Science and Technology wsclark.huie.hokudai.ac.jp 2.7.2g Hokkaido University,Sapporo bohemia.jaist.ac.jp 2.7.2g Japan Adv. Institute of Sci & Tech hemp.imel.kyoto-u.ac.jp 2.8.16 Kyoto University totto.ics.kula.kyoto-u.ac.jp 2.7.2g Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto Univers scorpio.cse.kyutech.ac.jp 2.8.16 Kyushu Institute of Tech., IIZUKA murasame.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp 2.7.2g Osaka hohoi.cs.titech.ac.jp 2.7.2g Tokyo Institute of Technology akiu.gw.tohoku.ac.jp 2.8.16 Tohoku University utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 2.7.2g University of Tokyo irc.ube-c.ac.jp 2.8.16 Dept of Computer Science, Ube College toumon.cfi.waseda.ac.jp 2.7.2g Waseda University, Tokyo endo.wide.ad.jp 2.7.2g WIDE-NOC of Fujisawa hamlet.nff.ncl.omron.co.jp 2.8.16 OMRON Corporation, Kyoto omrongw.wg.omron.co.jp 2.8.16 OMRON Corporation, Kyoto scslwide.sony.co.jp 2.7.2g Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. biscuit.mmws.astem.or.jp 2.7.2g ASTEM RI, Kyoto choshi.kaba.or.jp 2.7.2g KABA, Kyoto wings.tokai-ic.or.jp 2.8.16 Nagoya Korea ns.kaist.ac.kr 2.7.2g - KAIST han.hana.nm.kr 2.7.2g HANA NET IRC SERVER Russia irc.demos.su 2.8.16dog3 DEMOS/* Russian IRC-Server Taiwan irc.nchu.edu.tw 2.8.14 Computer Center at NCHU irc.csie.nctu.edu.tw 2.8.14 IRC of CSIE, NCTU im.mgt.ncu.edu.tw 2.8.14 IM/MGT at NCU imhp1.mgt.ncu.edu.tw 2.8.14 IM/MGT at NCU IRC.NSYSU.edu.tw 2.8.14 IRC of National Sun Yat-sen University NEWS.NSYSU.edu.tw 2.8.14 IRC of National Sun Yat-sen University bbs.ntu.edu.tw 2.8.16 National Taiwan University -----< Australia >---------------------------------------------------------- aquarius.cssc-woll.tansu.com.au 2.8.16 Telecom Australia Server yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au 2.8.16 Monash University [The Biggest Uni In OZ!] yamabico.cs.uow.edu.au 2.8.16 Uni. of Wollongong rabble.uow.edu.au 2.8.14 Uni. of Wollongong irchat.utas.edu.au 2.8.10 University of Tasmania tartarus.ccsd.uts.EDU.AU 2.7.2g.troy6+wallops UTS (Sydney Aust) [I'm an SGI and I'm okay] notjules.itd.uts.edu.au 2.8.16 Finally a 2.8* version that works ? fox-in.socs.uts.edu.au 2.8.14 As if sbug didnt have enough memory problems... gwen.st.nepean.uws.edu.au 2.8.14 An AT Standalone kay.st.nepean.uws.edu.au 2.8.14 a machine which struts defiance.vut.edu.au 2.8.16 Victoria University OF Technology ircserver.cltr.uq.oz.au 2.8.15+hh HulkHoganised Server, Queensland jello.qabc.uq.oz.au 2.8.16 University of Queensland -----< Europe >------------------------------------------------------------- Austria uni-linz.ac.at 2.8.12 Johannes Kepler University Linz itc.univie.ac.at 2.8.16 Alma mater Rudolphina olymp.wu-wien.ac.at 2.8.16 Vienna Belgium OtHelLo.UlB.aC.Be 2.8.16.dl1 Ecole Polytechnique (ULB-Bruxelles) is1.bfu.vub.ac.be 2.8.16. Vrije Universiteit Brussel Croatia smile.srce.hr 2.8.16 University Computing Centre Zagreb Denmark alk.iesd.auc.dk 2.8.16 Aalborg University, IESD Finland irc.eunet.fi 2.8.16 EUnet irc.funet.fi 2.8.17pre8+V2 Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET) hutirc.cs.hut.fi 2.8.14+op Helsinki University of Technology, CS Lab irc.cs.hut.fi 2.8.16 Helsinki University of Technology, CS Lab freenet.hut.fi 2.8.16 Freenet aapo.it.lut.fi 2.8.16 Lappeenranta University of Technology gopher.it.lut.fi 2.8.17pre8+V2 Lappeenranta University of Technology kannel.lut.fi 2.8.16 Lappeenranta University of Technology irc.otol.fi 2.8.16 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.ttl.fi 2.8.16 Turku Telephone Company irc.cc.tut.fi 2.8.14 TUT Computer Centre vehka.cs.uta.fi 2.8.15 University of Tampere polaris.utu.fi 2.8.14 University of Turku brando.uwasa.fi 2.8.9 University of Vaasa France Eurecom8.Cica.FR 2.8.16 Institut Eurecom cnam.cnam.fr 2.8.16 Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers Irc.ENST.Fr 2.8.17pre8+V+Chef+m Irc.ENST.Fr [137.194.160.46], Paris Irc.ObsPM.Fr 2.8.16.dl1-UDP_SUX Observatoire de Paris, Meudon sil.polytechnique.fr 2.8.16+Chef Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Firmin.Labri.U-Bordeaux.Fr 2.8.16 Universite Bordeaux I Dafne.Mines.U-Nancy.FR 2.8.16.star-trek.b0z0.Father?.Yes.Son?.I.want.to.kill.you... Ecole des Mines de Nancy CISMhp.Univ-Lyon1.FR 2.8.16.N#1 CISM - INSA de Lyon PropeServer.Univ-Lyon1.FR 2.7.2g.Nono+4 INSA Lyon - "Prope" Server Germany noc.belwue.de 2.8.14w BelWue fu-berlin.de 2.8.14 Freie Universitaet Berlin TU-Muenchen.DE 2.7.2g TU Muenchen hprbg5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de 2.6pre18 TU Muenchen Uni-Erlangen.DE 2.8.16 The 'Berch'-Server uni-karlsruhe.de 2.8.16.cf2 University of Karlsruhe Uni-KL.DE 2.8.16 Kaiserslautern University Uni-Paderborn.DE 2.8.16 University of Paderborn Uni-Rostock.DE 2.8.16 Rostock uni-stuttgart.de 2.8.16 Stuttgart University rwth-aachen.xde 2.8.14yegg/argv Aachen Greece cyprus.csd.uch.gr 2.8.10 The Greek Server! Hungary darmol.elte.hu 2.8.16 Eotvos University of Budapest Iceland isgate.is 2.8.14+op ISnet Italy sun02.iet.unipi.it 2.8.16 University of Pisa The Netherlands ircserver.et.tudelft.nl 2.8.16.dl1 Delft University of Technology svbs01.bs.win.tue.nl 2.8.16 Technical University of Eindhoven Norway alf.uib.no 2.8.16 Universitas Bergensis, Ordinateurus Centre mimir.ifi.uio.no 2.8.16 Universitas Osloensis irc.cs.uit.no 2.8.16 University of Tromsoe irc.nvg.unit.no 2.8.17pre6+1 Nettverksgruppa - Universitas Nidrosiensis Poland galaxy.uci.agh.edu.pl 2.8.16 AGH Krakow noc.uci.agh.edu.pl 2.7.2g AGH Krakow irc.fuw.edu.pl 2.8.16 Warsaw University, Warsaw Slovenia irc.arnes.si 2.8.16 Fastest growing userbase in Europe! Sweden gwaihir.dd.chalmers.se 2.8.16 Chalmers Tekniska Lekskola, G|teborg Saturnus.pt.hk-r.se 2.8.16.Ace SoftCenter, Ronneby irc.nada.kth.se 2.8.16 Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm krynn.efd.lth.se 2.8.12 Lund Institute of Technology Switzerland disuns2.epfl.ch 2.8.16 Swiss Fed Inst of Tech of Lausanne firewall.epfl.ch 2.7.2g Swiss Fed. Inst. of tech of Lausanne irc.ethz.ch 2.8.16 Swiss Fed Inst of Tech of Zurich ircserv.imp.ch 2.8.12 Improware AG, Fuellinsdorf cuisund.unige.ch 2.8.16.NOTE University of Geneva United Kingdom serv.eng.abdn.ac.uk 2.8.16 University of Aberdeen shrug.dur.ac.uk 2.8.16 University of Durham stork.doc.ic.ac.uk 2.8.15 Dept of Computing, Imperial College, London cent1.lancs.ac.uk 2.8.16 NONE fennel.compnews.co.uk 2.8.9 PressNet Hub dismayl.demon.co.uk 2.8.16 Demon Internet, London -----< North America (except US) >----------------------------------------- Canada ug.cs.dal.ca 2.8.14.moose Official CoD Sponsor. Halifax, Nova Scotia atlantis.cc.mcgill.ca 2.8.16 Twazard's IRC Services Server, Solaris 2.3 sifon.cc.mcgill.ca 2.8.14 McGill University, Computing Centre IRC Server, 2. fox.nstn.ns.ca 2.7.2g NSTN Inc, Halifax, Nova Scotia von-neumann.info.polymtl.ca 2.8.14.cp.w Montreal Polyserver castor.cc.umanitoba.ca 2.7.2g University of Manitoba degaulle.hil.unb.ca 2.8.16.des.wallops NONE clique.cdf.utoronto.ca 2.8.16.Wlp.Sln.Wzd University of Toronto irc.yorku.ca 2.8.16.WALLOPS York University's IRC Server io.org 2.8.16 Internex Online Mexico next00.mty.itesm.mx 2.8.12 ITESM Campus Monterrey, Mexico Hub irc.pue.udlap.mx 2.8.14 Universidad de Las Americas, Puebl -----< South America >----------------------------------------------------- Chile UNIRED 2.8.14.mu El primer irc-server de SUDAMERICA -----< United States >----------------------------------------------------- Alaska merlin.acf-lab.alaska.edu 2.8.16.mal-2 The Small Talk Stinks Alaskan Server Arkansas irc.engr.uark.edu 2.8.16 Home of the Arkansas Razorbacks California irc.netsys.com 2815p2.rw+cp NETSYS COMMUNICATIONS nova.unix.portal.com 2.8.15pre2.rw Cupertino harp.aix.calpoly.edu 2.8.16 The SLOer than you server... irc.caltech.edu 2.8.16 California Institute of Technology B-w6yx.stanford.edu 2.8.16 From DC to Daylight w6yx.stanford.edu 2.8.16 From DC to Daylight hyperion.cs.ucdavis.edu 2.8.16dog3 University of California at Davis othello.ucdavis.edu 2.8.14cp University of California, Davis Colorado irc.colorado.EDU 2.8.16 Univ of Colorado Server Florida excalibur.mlb.semi.harris.com 2.8.16 Warlord Server, Melbourne mole.cis.ufl.edu 2.8.16.sec Simulation Server Illinois irc.acns.nwu.edu 2.8.16 Northwestern University, Evanston irc.uiuc.edu 2.8.16 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Indiana Irc.Indiana.Edu 2.8.16 Indiana L00nversity IRC Server IRC-2.INDIANA.EDU 2.8.16 Nickel.ucs.indiana.edu[129.79.10.5] 2.8.16+patches Iowa ircserver.iastate.edu 2.8.16.zephyr.atdp Iowa State Alternate Reality Server Kentucky irc-host.ms.uky.edu 2.8.16 The Hole in the Rock Server at the Univ. of KY Maryland irc.digex.net 2.8.16 Digital Express Group Massachusetts world.std.com 2.8.16 The World @ Software Tool & Die berry.cs.brandeis.edu 2.8.10 Brandeis University IRC Server csa.bu.edu 2.8.15 Boston University, Boston husc10.harvard.edu 2.8.16 If we're up, then all is well ;> irc.mit.edu 2.7.2g MIT Project Athena irc-2.mit.edu 2.8.16dog3 Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge note.mit.edu 2.8.16dog3 MIT NOTE server wpi.wpi.edu 2.7.2g Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michigan hobbes.kzoo.edu 2.8.16 Kalamazoo College pegasus.ccs.itd.umich.edu 2.8.14+cp-dog3 An Inbred-Jed Production Minnesota irc.tc.umn.edu 2.8.16 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Missouri sluaxa.slu.edu 2.8.16 St. Louis University New Jersey hertz.njit.edu 2.8.16 NJIT Computing Services Department,Newark romulus.rutgers.edu 2.8.16.RU.note.patched RUTGERS T1 Quick Fury Reactor pilot.njin.net 2.8.16 NJ Intercampus Network/Rutgers University New Mexico freedom.nmsu.edu 2.8.15 New Mexico State U. NMSU SCF IRCServer.SantaFe.EDU 2.8.16 Santa Fe Institute New York azure.acsu.buffalo.edu 2.8.16+2 University at Buffalo, Buffalo red-dwarf.cit.cornell.edu 2.8.16 The CIT IRC mcphy0.med.nyu.edu 2.8.16 The Mid-Manhattan Link colossus.cs.rpi.edu 2.8.16 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute IRC Server netserv2.its.rpi.edu 2.7.2f.ID Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute IRC Server mothra.syr.edu 2.8.16 Syracuse University North Carolina hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu 2.8.14 North Carolina IRC Server Ohio slc9.ins.cwru.edu 2.7.2i.1 CWRU IRC Server Oklahoma lincoln.ecn.uoknor.edu irc2.8.14+(Ban,Cl,Wild+6) SOONER HUB SERVER 2.8.14, SERVING SOONERS Oregon irc.csos.orst.edu 2.8.16 The Beaver Server of The Northwest Pennsylvania irc.lm.com 2.8.16 Telerama IRC Server irc.duq.edu 2.8.16 Duquesne University, Pittsburgh unixd4.cis.pitt.edu 2.8.16 University of Pittsburgh chestnut.chem.upenn.edu 2.8.16 University of Pennsylvania QUANYIN Server Texas ra.oc.com 2.8.16 OpenConnect Systems Server, Dallas acme.etsu.edu 2.7.2g.ID.herm The Magical Realms Server irc.tamu.edu 2.8.16 Texas A&M University IRC server dewey.cc.utexas.edu 2.8.16 UT's "I Repeat Class" server lonestar.utsa.edu 2.8.16 LoNeStAr Server at Univ of TEXAS at SA [UTSA] Utah hamblin.math.byu.edu 2.8.11 Brigham Young University Math Dept Virginia hub.cs.jmu.edu 2.8.16 James Madison University CS Hub muselab.ac.runet.edu 2.8.15 Radford University poe.acc.Virginia.EDU 2.7.2g.pl1 University of Virginia Washington irc.eskimo.com 2.8.16.cp Eskimo North-Seattle goren1.u.washington.edu 2.8.14.wall.ban.cp.users.(summon).slug.slime.rust We're better than you, so nyah. goren2.u.washington.edu 2.8.16.users.ban.wallops.dawg.food.woof We're better than you, so nyah. Washington, D.C. eff.org 2.8.16 Electronic Frontier Foundation, G. St NW, Washingt ----< Version Information >------------------------------------------------- Total By Version Count Version 1 1 2.6pre18 1 2.7.2f.ID 21 2.7.2g 1 2.7.2g.ID.herm 1 2.7.2g.Nono+4 1 2.7.2g.pl1 1 2.7.2g.troy6+wallops 27 1 2.7.2i.1 2 2 2.8.9 3 3 2.8.10 1 1 2.8.11 4 4 2.8.12 1 irc2.8.14+(Ban,Cl,Wild+6) 16 2.8.14 1 2.8.14+cp-dog3 2 2.8.14+op 1 2.8.14.cp.w 1 2.8.14.moose 1 2.8.14.mu 1 2.8.14.wall.ban.cp.users.(summon).slug.slime.rust 1 2.8.14cp 1 2.8.14w 27 1 2.8.14yegg/argv 1 2815p2.rw+cp 6 2.8.15 1 2.8.15+hh 9 1 2.8.15pre2.rw 94 2.8.16 1 2.8.16+2 1 2.8.16+Chef 1 2.8.16. 1 2.8.16.Ace 1 2.8.16.N#1 1 2.8.16.NOTE 1 2.8.16.RU.note.patched 1 2.8.16.WALLOPS 1 2.8.16.Wlp.Sln.Wzd 1 2.8.16.cf2 1 2.8.16.cp 1 2.8.16.des.wallops 2 2.8.16.dl1 1 2.8.16.dl1-UDP_SUX 1 2.8.16.mal-2 1 2.8.16.sec 1 2.8.16.star-trek.b0z0.Father?.Yes.Son?.I.want.to.kill.you... 1 2.8.16.users.ban.wallops.dawg.food.woof 1 2.8.16.zephyr.atdp 118 4 2.8.16dog3 1 2.8.17pre6+1 1 2.8.17pre8+V+Chef+m 196 4 2 2.8.17pre8+V2 ----< 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. garnet.msen.com Msen IRC Test Server jobe.shell.portal.com Portal 2.8.x Test Server - CA, USA polaris.ctr.columbia.edu Columbia University Testing turgon.it.lut.fi LUT Solaris 2 test server service.obspm.fr DL's Test Service 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. cairo.anu.edu.av Coombs IRCD (IRC's adopted home) ANU polytech.ulb.ac.be Ecole Polytechnique (ULB-Bruxelles) jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca University New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB eskinews.eskimo.com Eskimo North-Seattle irc.dknet.dk DKnet IRC Server athens.caltech.edu California Institute of Technology gsusgi2.gsu.edu Georgia State University, Atlanta the Olympic City old272.stanford.edu Stanford 2.7.2 Old Server irc.stolaf.edu St. Olaf College, Northfield infrared.creol.ucf.edu University of Central Florida, Orlando UCSD.EDU Univ of Calif San Diego llull.math.ufl.edu The Happiest Server on IRC lehtori.cc.tut.fi Tampere University of Technology HpLyot.ObsPM.Circe.FR Observatoire de Paris, Meudon Hector.Labri.U-Bordeaux.Fr Universite Bordeaux I samos.aegean.ariadne-t.gr University of the Aegean areti.naval.ntua.gr N.A.M.E. N.T.U. ATHENS irc.datasrv.co.il DataServe LTD. cdc835.cdc.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano sun.cisi.unige.it Universita' di Genova scpower2.sfc.keio.ac.jp KEIO SFC IRC SERVER siratuyu.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp Osaka cbubbs.chungbuk.ac.kr Chung-Buk Univ. BBS irc.tuzvo.sk TU Zvolen ccms.ntu.edu.tw National Taiwan University