How to search for a irc channel?
reddit / irc

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therationaljerk · 2022-02-05 13:21

i have been using irc for a while now but never really dug deeper
because mostly I was using it to connect it to one channel. but
recently that channel is starting to die. i want to seek an
alternative but I don't know how to find that. is there a tool or
trick to find what I am looking for?

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snowice0 · 2022-02-05 13:33

Depends on the server i think. Libera chat has a search, I've seen
other servers list all channels with/by users

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jazpermo · 2022-02-05 13:37

Many IRC clients(Windows) let you do `/list` to get a list of all
channels. Depending on the size of the network (and channel modes) it
may not return all channels.  There is an optional parameter where you
can pass in a keywords: `/list something`

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SqualorTrawler · 2022-02-06 00:08

https://netsplit.de/channels/

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deathstar107 · 2022-02-06 08:21

There's a /list command in most irc clients which lets you search for
channcels. Type /help list for the syntax. Some servers also have a
bot called alis which lets you search for the channels in the server.
You can directly message the bot using /msg and provide it with an
search pattern. If you are connected to Libera you can either use alis
or /list.

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gostgoose · 2022-02-06 10:19

Yes /list is the most obvious method. It's standard for pretty much
any client.

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IBNash · 2022-02-06 12:40

In the server status window try /list or /msg alis list

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therationaljerk · 2022-02-07 22:08

thank you so much. this is very useful. one more thing. how do i find
popular servers?

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therationaljerk · 2022-02-07 22:10

this is very useful. almost what i was looking for.

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yassernasc · 2023-04-05 18:33

great but it doesn't sort by users :(