A small network, run in the open.
IRCForever is a free IRC network with a bouncer, shell accounts and bots on the side. It's independent, built on open-source software, and run by someone who uses it every day.
Hi, I'm TheLion.
I'm a senior software engi— no, backend— full-stack— devops? Was Engineering manager for a while… now I’m an architect at a Fortune 500. Let's just say I'm a 🦄. I code for eight hours a day and shitpost on IRC/Discord for the other eight.
I also run IRCForever — the servers, the services and this site. When you talk to an op here, you're talking to me.
The best way to reach me is on the network itself: join #IRCForever and say hi, or /msg TheLion directly. Questions, bug reports and ideas are all welcome.
Simple principles, kept on purpose.
Free, with no catch
No ads, no upsells, no premium tier. IRCForever isn't a business — it's a network kept running because it's worth having.
Open-source all the way down
The ircd, the bouncer, the bots and this site are all built on software you can read and run yourself.
Here for the long haul
The name is the plan. Services are built to be boring, reproducible and easy to keep alive for years.
There's room for more ops.
If you'd like to help moderate, write code or keep the lights on, come find me in #IRCForever. The code is public on code.ircforever.org if you want to look around first.