ircdocs.horse
IRC History
http://ircdocs.horse/history
This is miscellaneous historical information and files related to and about IRC. Files are reproduced here where possible and links are provided back to the original sources. These are accounts by people about bits of IRC history. IRC History Jarkko Oikarinen. The Great Split Vegard Engen. Michael Lawrie's brief history of the #gb channel Michael Lawrie. Creating XDCC (or Xabi DCC) Xabi. IRC-Junkie interview with Jarkko Oikarinen IRC-Junkie Jarkko Oikarinen. Protocol Discussion / Documentation.
ircdocs.horse
IRC Specifications
http://ircdocs.horse/specs
Lots of behaviour in the IRC protocol as implemented in clients and servers today is not formally specified. If you are looking to implement IRC software, the best thing to do is look at specifications, information, and how other software behaves as a guide. The earlier and the later canonical IRC specifications, respectively. Some software holds RFC1459. In higher regard than RFC2812. And some hold the opposite in higher regard. Honestly, the truth tends to lie somewhere in the middle. Welcome to IRC, w...
ircdocs.horse
IRC Information
http://ircdocs.horse/info
These files note interesting and useful information about IRC software. This includes the numerics, user/channel modes, channel prefixes, channel member prefixes, and server modes used by various software. These were originally based on the files from alien.net.au. Being updated and corrected to account for new software and versions. This site holds quite a few files, old and new, on IRC. Useful reference, take a look at it. Grawity's Collected IRC protocol documentation. Made by Daniel Oaks.