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IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat which is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message, as well as chat and data transfers via Direct Client-to-Client.

Chatting in IRC servers with your friends is very very addictive. Many years ago when I was a young teenager, the best time to get on my favorite IRC server and channel is on Friday night because that’s the time when nearly everyone from my school will be there. I was a channel operator in a very popular IRC channel and I spend a lot of time there.

If you’re using a desktop that doesn’t allow you to install mIRC chat client, or the network only allows port 80 and has blocked all other ports including 6667, then here is how you can still connect to your favorite IRC server and chat with your friends.


Mibbit is an online chat client. Mibbit supports a variety of Platforms including the main PC browsers, the wii, Nokia N800, iPhone, and probably a lot more. It does this without any plugins. Just javascript. Mibbit currently supports IRC and yahoo, with other protocols due to be supported soon.

As long as the firewall in your network allows port 80, Mibbit can connect to any IRC server that you specify. You do not need port 6667 open. Please take note that Mibbit is NOT an anonymizer. Your IP address will be sent to all IRC servers. You will still be identifiable, and can be banned individually. Do not abuse, spam or evade bans.

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This is not fool proof because an administrator can just block Mibbit’s website. Here are more alternatives to get on any IRC server and chat with your friends.

CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that lets you access IRC from a web browser, it is designed to be flexible and has many uses such as an IRC gateway for an IRC network, a chat-room for a website or to access IRC when stuck behind a restrictive firewall. CGI:IRC has an interface similar to many GUI IRC clients, with a tab for each channel, userlist and options tab (when used in modern, version 5+ browsers). Older browsers degrade to a single windowed interface with a slower updating userlist.

You need to have a website that has the ability to run CGI scripts using Perl 5.004 or greater. If you don’t have one, I found a few websites you can use to connect to your favorite IRC server. CGI:IRC doesn’t forward your IP address, so if you’re banned in a channel, you can get in the channel by using either servers below.

http://pinky.ratman.org/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi

http://portalzona.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi

http://gamenavigator.ru/chat/irc.cgi

http://apple-fr.com/cgi-bin/irc.cgi

Have fun chatting in IRC servers even if you’re on a very strict network.