IRC

• XDCC Tutorial - XDCC Downloading For Beginners: Do It Like A Pro!.

• XDCC - XDCC (Xabi DCC or eXtended DCC) - is a computer file sharing method which uses the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) - network as a host service.

• ZNC - An advanced IRC bouncer.

IRC Clients

• irssi - Your text mode chatting application since 1999.

  • autodl-irssi - A plugin for irssi that monitors IRC announce channels for torrent trackers and downloads torrent files based on user-defined filters.

  • Slack notifications for autodl-irssi - Guide by yours truly on enabling Slack notifications for autodl-irssi.

  • autodl-curl-sonarr - Script to use as upload-command for autodl-irssi to post to Sonarr.

  • mreg - Generates a "Match releases" expression for your autodl-irssi filter based on dvdsreleasedates.com's "Most Requested DVD Release Dates" section.

• mIRC - The original IRC client for Windows.

• HexChat - HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it is completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.

• Kiwi IRC - Responsive web IRC client with theming support.

• KVIrc - Yet another graphical IRC client.

• Shout - The self-hosted web IRC client.

• The Lounge - TheLounge (a fork of shoutIRC) - is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.

• weechat - The extensible chat client.

• Convos - Always online web IRC client.

• InspIRCd - Modular IRC server written in C++ for Linux, BSD, Windows, and macOS.

• Dispatch - Self-hosted web IRC client written in Go.

• ngircd - Free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks.

IRC Networks

• irc.p2p-network.net - P2P file sharing network.

• Orpheus - Formerly known as Apollo.

• p2p-network.net channel list - List of all channels on the p2p-network.net IRC network.

Name	IRC Address	description
Beast-XDCC	irc://irc.abjects.net/BEAST-XDCC	One more XDCC source
IRCHighway - ebooks	irc://irc.irchighway.net/ebooks	A nice, friendly irc channel for trading ebooks
Undernet - bookz	irc://irc.undernet.org/bookz	For downloading ebooks (use @search <book name> for a list of available ebooks)
Abandoned IRC - ZOMBIE WAREZ	irc://irc.abandoned-irc.net/#ZOMBIE-WAREZ	Zombie Warez channel for various software
Moviegods	irc://irc.abjects.net/MOVIEGODS	XDCC file sharing network, join #mg-chat to continue downloading
The Source	irc://irc.scenep2p.net/THE.SOURCE	Another XDCC source

IRC Search Engines

• ixIRC - ixIRC lets you search through 17 IRC networks, 32 channels, and over 189915 user supplied XDCC packs.

• SunXDCC - Another XDCC file search engine.

• xdcc.eu - XDCC search engine indexing packets from a large number of networks.

• xWeasel - xWeasel is a free stand-alone Download Client based on IRC technology including a multifunctional XDCC Search Engine.