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IRC is an excellent public forum -- both for helping users and for getting to know other committers. We have official group status on [http://freenode.net Freenode].  You can connect to Freenode by pointing your IRC client at irc.freenode.net.  We maintain the following channels:
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Interest in IRC has long since been waning. In 2023, the Eclipse Foundation launched the [https://chat.eclipse.org/ Eclipse Chat Service], based on Matrix.
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse #eclipse] - questions from plug-in developers and users
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* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-dev #eclipse-dev] - Eclipse committer discussion and socializing - a good rule of thumb is this channel is for the development of org.eclipse.* plugins
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* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-wtp-dev #eclipse-wtp-dev] - Web Tools Platform committer discussion and socializing - a good rule of thumb is this channel is for the development of org.eclipse.wst.* and org.eclipse.jst.* plugins
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* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-cdt-dev #eclipse-cdt-dev] - C/C++ Development Tools committer discussion and socializing - a good rule of thumb is this channel is for the development of org.eclipse.cdt.* plugins
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* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#eclipse-commits #eclipse-commits] - lists all commits as they come in (See [http://cia.navi.cx CIA])
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A [http://echelog.matzon.dk/?eclipse log] of the the traffic on #eclipse is available on the web.  There is also a [http://eclipsewiki.editme.com/IrcFaq second Eclipse IRC FAQ] available on-line.
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For those still interested in the use of IRC, there remains an [https://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ IRC_FAQ].
 
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If you are a committer on an eclipse project, then you can get yourself a developer cloak.  A developer cloak identifies you as a committer on the Eclipse project, gives you some privileges on the channel and masks your hostname.  If you would like a developer cloak, please contact paulweb515 or Kurrelgyre on IRC.
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If you're having trouble choosing an IRC client, we recommend [http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ ChatZilla] which will integrate nicely into Firefox.
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 25 July 2023

Interest in IRC has long since been waning. In 2023, the Eclipse Foundation launched the Eclipse Chat Service, based on Matrix.

For those still interested in the use of IRC, there remains an IRC_FAQ.

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