Always on IRC website? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PannenkoekenNL · 2016-08-29 12:25 Does a website exists that doesn't require you to keep your PC on but still keeps the connection to the IRC servers trough account login or something? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alexendoo · 2016-08-29 12:28 IRCCloud - https://www.irccloud.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PannenkoekenNL · 2016-08-29 12:30 Is there a free alternative? 40 euros a year is too expensive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alexendoo · 2016-08-29 12:48 There's a free plan, otherwise you could self host something like weechat + glowing bear, or quassel + quassel-webserver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jawshthedark · 2016-08-29 12:57 If it doesn't have to be a website look into a BNC or ZNC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fps81 · 2016-08-29 16:00 You can run a t2.micro instance on AWS in the [free tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/) and then run [Shout](http://shout- irc.com/). AWS is free for 12 months, after which, if you downgrade to a t2.nano, you'll pay about $5/month. [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/) will probably end up being a few cents a month cheaper after your AWS trial expires, and there are more freebies thrown in with their instances, including ipv6 and DNS management. Honestly, [IRCCloud](https://irccloud.com/) is the least headache and will end up being the same price as everything else in the long run. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- acydlord · 2016-08-29 20:31 Buy a raspberry PI and install zbnc and just leave the pi always connected. I have zbnc and weechat running on the pi full time and use glowingbear to connect from my phone or laptop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LocutusOfBorges · 2016-08-29 22:46 Honestly, it's worth the money. Nothing else compares, convenience-wise. £3.50/month is more than tolerable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gatewayy · 2016-08-29 23:44 I pay for yearly access to IRCCloud which I totally find worth the money. I mainly use IRCCloud connected to my ZNC install as a few of the networks I connect to sometimes accidentally ban IRCCloud IPs when their anti flood systems kick in. Again, I totally feel that the yearly price is worth it and would recommend giving it a go! :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FiendKing04 · 2016-08-30 00:27 So I didn't see anything in the sidebar about it but I could possibly walk you through using ZNC on my VPS for free? Not sure if that's allowed and I didn't want to PM directly first. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cobra_Fast · 2016-08-30 00:49 Sounds like you want an IRC bouncer. Googling that brings up various pieces of software and information as well as rental offers. If you ask around you might even be able to score one for free. If privacy is important to you, renting your own VPS and settings up your preferred kind of bouncer (I recommend ZNC or Quassel) is pretty much the only way to go. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Talkinboutfootball · 2016-08-30 02:46 taking idling to the extreme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry_Scotts_Cat · 2016-08-30 10:45 http://bitcoinshell.mooo.com/ Play pong against the computer, if you win you get a free shell account. Where you can connect to their ZNC server ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PannenkoekenNL · 2016-08-31 20:14 Thanks for all your responses! I have decided to go with a Raspberry Pi after considering every option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- serendipitybot · 2016-09-02 18:01 This submission has been randomly featured in /r/serendipity, a bot- driven subreddit discovery engine. More here: https://www.reddit.com/r /Serendipity/comments/50uk99/always_on_irc_website_xpost_from_rirc/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Y4kuzi · 2016-09-05 17:19 40 euros per year too expensive? You must be joking... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notoriousOIT · 2016-12-06 08:26 Cheap VPS + screen + irssi Best option out there EDIT: cheap VPS can run you around $2 per quarter if you find the right provider. Check out LowEndBox for the latest offers.