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To start using IRC in your web browser, go to
and choose a nickname.
IRC
is real-time chat. It's one of several
contact
channels used by the OpenStreetMap community. Real-time chat can be a great way to ask a quick question about mapping or some more technical matter, or just to get to know some fellow OpenStreetMap enthusiasts.
Contents
#osm on oftc.net
How to use IRC
How to join IRC channels from an XMPP client
How to join IRC channels from a Matrix client
4.1
Advanced usage (for expert users)
Other chat rooms
References
#osm on oftc.net
The main OpenStreetMap channel is
ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697 #osm
(SSL, Port 6697, alternative Port: 9999) or
irc://irc.oftc.net:6667 #osm
(non-SSL, Port: 6667, alternative Ports: 6668-6670, 7000) other chat rooms are listed
below
, but #osm is fine for most purposes, and has the most people on it. More Info about OFTC at
How to use IRC
You can
chat on the web at
. Simply
pick a nickname
(no spaces) and click 'Login'. It can take a few seconds to log in. You should see some mess with a '***' prefix.
Wait a few more seconds to see if you're interrupting any conversation, and then type in the box at the bottom.
Put your cursor in the bar right at the bottom of the window and type your message.
In general avoid introductory formalities ("Hello!", "Can I ask a question?"), but plunge straight in with what you want to know or ask ("Dont ask to ask").
If there is no immediate answer or seemingly no traffic in the channel we recommend to wait up to 15 minutes or try it again at a different time of day.
Normal
IRC commands
work here (e.g. you can set a nickname with "/nick" etc.).
Another in-browser IRC client is
Webchat
Desktop IRC clients are
compared at Wikipedia
. You will need to input 'irc.oftc.net' as the IRC server, and '#osm' as the channel. IRC communicates over a special port number which may be blocked by your office firewall.
If you want to establish a connection with SSL, use Port 6697.
How to join IRC channels from an XMPP client
See also
XMPP
You can use public IRC transports to connect to IRC channels via your XMPP client.
The general syntax for the MUC address is
#channel%irc.network.tld@irc.transport.tld
For example, to join the
#osm
channel on
irc.oftc.net
using the IRC transport at
irc.cheogram.com
join the group chat
#osm%irc.oftc.net@irc.cheogram.com
on XMPP.
A more in-depth explanation on how to join IRC channels from your XMPP client can be found
here
How to join IRC channels from a Matrix client
See also
Matrix
A Matrix client, for example Element (formerly known as Riot), can access IRC channels. The magic is done by the IRC bridge hosted on matrix.org.
You stay in an IRC room until you exit from it explicitly. In other words, Matrix works as a bouncer. Turn off the computer, turn it on, and read the chat logs that were sent from IRC in the meantime.
For example,
to join
#osm
, enter the channel name
#_oftc_#osm:matrix.org
to join
#osm-dev
enter the channel name
#_oftc_#osm-dev:matrix.org
Quoting a message in a reply, or editing a sent message, looks ugly to the IRC users. Typing the target user name is enough, please avoid clicking
Reply
or
Edit
30 days of inactivity will cause a kick on all rooms that are bridged to OFTC. Reading messages in any OFTC-bridged room, while the read receipts are enabled, counts as activity
. This bridge configuration was requested by OFTC, which cannot handle more than a certain number of connections. This is also true for libera.chat
Advanced usage (for expert users)
To control the bridge, run
!help
in the room "OFTC IRC Bridge status".
my_username:matrix.org
becomes
my_username[m]
on OFTC by default.
Registration is not required in the OpenStreetMap channels and you can skip registration entirely. If you do want to register, mind that OFTC is an exception among the Matrix-to-IRC bridges. After registering on the IRC side, you usually do
!storepass
in Matrix, so that the bridge can auto-login whenever it reconnects for any reason (netsplit, etc).
!storepass
uses SASL, which OFTC does not support.
So, whenever the bridge reconnects, you need to identify by hand with
Nickserv IDENTIFY
. For more information, here are the issue reports
for OFTC
and
for Matrix
For advanced configuration (custom nickname, ...) adapt
this guidance
to OFTC (mostly applies as-is, but some things are different, for example it is "OFTC IRC Bridge status" rather than libera.chat's appservice).
If you run your own Matrix server, you can also install your own version of the IRC bridge (
) to be independent of central matrix.org services.
Other chat rooms
In addition to #osm, we have the following IRC chat rooms:
irc.oftc.net #osmcommunity
: for people belonging to
Local Chapters
, or interested in establishing a Local Chapter.
More info on OSMF wiki
Bridged to
#osmcommunity:matrix.org
Bridged to Telegram room
OSM-community-building
irc.oftc.net #osm-dev
: More technical,
developer
chat
irc.oftc.net #hot
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
chat
irc.oftc.net #josm
JOSM
chat
irc.oftc.net #geo
: More general GIS chit-chat
irc.oftc.net #osm-nominatim
Nominatim
specific chat / support
irc.oftc.net #OpenRailwayMap
OpenRailwayMap
specific chat
irc.oftc.net #osm-infrastructure
: Infrastructure mapping (Power, Telecoms, Oil, etc.)
irc.libera.chat #openstreetmap
: another English channel (in addition to the
irc.oftc.net #osm
general OSM channel)
irc.libera.chat #wikimedia-interactive
: channel for wikipedia/wikidata in conjunction with osm
By country:
irc.oftc.net #osm-ar
Argentinian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-asia
Asian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-au
Australian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-at
Austrian
OSM channel bridged to
#osm-at:matrix.org
irc.tut.by #osm
Belarussian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osmbe
Belgian
OSM channel bridged to
#osmbe:matrix.org
irc.freenode.net #osm-ba
Bosnian and Herzegovinian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-br
Brazilian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-gb
British
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ca
Canadian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-zh
Chinese
OSM channel
irc.libera.chat #openstreetmapcz
Czechian
OSM channel linked with
xmpp
Matrix
Telegram
and
Discord
irc.oftc.net #osm-dk
Danish
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-nl
Dutch
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-fi
Finnish
OSM channel
IRCNet #osm-fi :
Finnish
OSM channel - Accessible via Matrix, IRC and Telegram
irc.oftc.net #osm-fr
French
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-de
German
OSM channel bridged to
#osm-de:matrix.org
irc.oftc.net #osm-gr
Greek
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-hu
Hungarian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ie
Irish
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-il
Israelian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-it
Italian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ja
Japanese
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ke
Kenyan
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-kr
Korean
OSM channel -
web
irc.oftc.net #osm-latam
Latino-American
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-lu
Luxembourgish
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-lo
Lao
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-lt
Lithuanian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-lv
Latvian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ni
Nicaraguan
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-no
Norwegian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-pe
Peruvian
OSM
irc.oftc.net #osm-pl
Polish
OSM channel
(Have a Quick Question? Click!)
(appear on dead, use
matrix
too)
irc.oftc.net #osm-pt
Portuguese
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ru
Russian
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-rs
Serbian
OSM channel
irc.ircnet.com #freemap.sk
Slovak
OSM/Freemap channel (Use
Jabber/GTalk conference room
irc.oftc.net #osm-es
Spanish
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm.se
Swedish
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ch
Swiss
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-tw
Taiwanese
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-tr
Turkish
OSM channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-us
US-American
channel
irc.oftc.net #osm-ve
Venezuelan
OSM channel
References
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[2]
certfp support request for !storepass
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