ircly is a real IRC network with a modern client on top. No ads, no algorithm deciding what you see, no corporate nonsense — just people talking to people.
No ads. No trackers. No algorithm deciding what you see. Just people talking to people — the internet, the way it used to be.— from the ircly MOTD, read by everyone who connects
Set an avatar, a bio, a custom color. Nobody sells it, nobody trains a model on it — it's just yours.
Drag, paste, or upload — photos post instantly and expire on their own. Nothing sits around forever by default.
Friends-only messaging, ghost mode, real moderation by real people — not a black-box trust & safety algorithm.
No proprietary lock-in. Connect with ircly or any IRC client you already trust — the protocol was never the problem.
Free. No account required to start chatting.