Libera.Chat on a Mac
Public IRC network (FOSS communities); connect, not self-host · Chat & Collaboration
Libera.Chat is the large public IRC network that hosts most free-software and open-source project channels (it succeeded Freenode). You don't self-host it; you connect: irc.libera.chat:6697 over TLS (6667 plaintext), SASL supported. Web client at web.libera.chat. Runs Solanum + Atheme (both in this catalogue) if you want to model your own network on it. Add its host here and the port scanner recognises the IRC port.
Run Libera.Chat with FrontierStack
Install or connect Libera.Chat; then check its status, ports and certificate from FrontierStack. The same screen links to firewall checks, Malware Audit and backups where they apply.
Run it from your Mac.
FrontierStack installs, monitors and secures services on this Mac and on linked servers.
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