Welcome

The Pirate IRC network is an IRC network for the global network of Pirate Parties who use IRC as a communication platform for political discussion.

Updates

2022-03-02: Our Tor gateway is reinstated. We recommend specifying MapAddress irc.pirateirc.net cbmtec5xuhpjwjq245kpp5jk2wij63ydgu5vwbxvdamzibfubc5uzaqd.onion in your torrc. To learn more about Tor, see Torproject.org.
2021-11-05: We have migrated to Ergo IRCd. The main address is irc.pirateirc.net, port 6697.
2018-11-01: Roubaix-fr is running a Yggdrasil node and is reachable at 201:677d:1809:c5eb:202a:d39:e598:305 port 6697 (TLS, recommended) and 6667 (only Yggdrasils transport encryption). To learn more about Yggdrasil, see Yggdrasil-network.github.io.
2018-10-31: Roubaix-fr is running experimental Tor gateway on tll4bxf546kzf6iv4n2m4pbbjnifrfewe3kcritva2tuuuiowygx2cqd.onion port 6697 (TLS, recommended) and 6667 (only Tor's transport encryption). To learn more about Tor, see Torproject.org. Please note that we currently require SASL authentication in order to prevent abuse.
2018-08-03: Dan from PPAU has joined us as an admin for Sydney-AU.
2018-05-29: Plaintext (Non SSL) connections will no longer be accepted on the network. Additionally the maximum nick length has been raised from 15 to 32 characters.
2018-05-25: We've outlined what data we collect and how we use it.
2018-02-23: IP cloaking (umode +x) has been disabled for non webchat users. Unfortunately there's a bug/design feature in Atheme that allows for these cloaks to be easily negated. Vhosts are still available with HostServ (after identifying/registering to NickServ). To see which vhosts are available to you use /msg hostserv offerlist. To start using a vhost enter /msg hostserv take copypaste.pirate. In addition we recommend configuring SASL or certificate authentication for your client.
2018-02-19: Please welcome uduntuntu, our third Roubaix-FR operator. Uduntuntu is also from PPFI and will be joining AmindaSuomalainen and Scoffa.
2018-02-12: DroneBL has been added to our blacklist. Please join #opers if you have any concerns.
2017-08-15: London-UK has been decomissioned. The DNS pool has been updated to use other servers and users should experience minimal downtime.
2017-05-11: Please welcome AmindaSuomalainen who has joined us as an admin of Roubaix-FR. AmindaSuomalainen hails from PPFI and will be working with the existing admin, Scoffa.
2017-04-20: Indian Pirates have started running Matrix bridge sponsored by Hamara Linux that can be accessed with room alias #pirateirc_#your-channel:diasp.in on any federated homeserver.
2015-01-29: The Piraattipuolue (The Pirate Party of Finland) have moved their server from Lithuania to France. This means that vilnius-lt.pirateirc.net has moved and become roubaix-fr.pirateirc.net. The DNS for the old server now points to roubaix-fr.pirateirc.net. Please remember to update your clients.
2015-01-13: Fletcher has taken over from Brendan as the admin for Sydney-AU which is hosted by PPAU.
2012-11-24: Sydney-AU has been linked. It's hosted by Pirate Party Australia from Sydney, Australia. Brendan has moved from Ashburn-US as primary oper.
2012-11-24: Ashburn-US has been decomissioned. The DNS pool has been updated to use other servers and users should experience minimal downtime.