undernet.pro
online since 1994

Real people.
Real channels.
Right now.

Undernet is one of the world's original IRC networks — open chat rooms where conversation happens live, in plain text, with no account and no algorithm deciding what you see.

Start chatting → Use an IRC client

No sign-up. Pick a nickname, join a channel, say hello.

Network status — Undernet — irc.undernet.org
Servers 6
Regions US · EU · WW
Ads 0
Algorithm 0
1994 now

Carrying live conversation, without a break.

Server links
  • dallas.tx.us.undernet.orgUSIPv6
  • losangeles.ca.us.undernet.orgUS
  • miami.fl.us.undernet.orgUSIPv6
  • seattle.wa.us.undernet.orgUS
  • capelle.nl.eu.undernet.orgEUIPv6
  • budapest.hu.eu.undernet.orgEU

Static snapshot, not live telemetry — the current list is at undernet.org/servers.php.

// connect

Two ways in. Both take thirty seconds.

Start in the browser if you just want to talk to someone. Bring your own client if you would rather own the connection.

01 Chat from your browser Fastest

Nothing to install, nothing to configure. The web client opens straight onto the network.

  1. 01Pick any nickname — it's yours the moment you type it.
  2. 02Hit connect. No email, no password, no profile.
  3. 03/join a channel and say hello.
Open web chat →
02 Point any IRC client here

Server address

irc.undernet.org
Ports
6660–6669 and 7000
IPv6
irc6.undernet.org
Regions
us6 · eu6 · worldwide

Or paste this into your client

/server irc.undernet.org 6667

Web

Undernet Webchat KiwiIRC

macOS

Textual Colloquy

Windows

mIRC AdiIRC

Linux

WeeChat irssi
  • 1994Online without a break
  • 6Volunteer-run servers
  • XChannel Service bot
  • 0Ads, algorithms, accounts
// good to know
Nicknames
Not reserved. Yours for as long as you stay connected.
Channels
/list to browse. Anyone can create one.
X
Registers channels and manages who holds ops.
Scrollback
None. Conversation is live while you are in the room.