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    <h1>IRC: Internet Relay Chat</h1>

    <p>RocHack has an IRC channel. We use it for talking about things and stuff.</p>

    <p>Server: <code>irc.freenode.net</code><br>
        Channel: <code>##rochack</code></p>

    <h2>What is IRC?</h2>
    IRC is a text-based chat protocol. It is used for people to communicate and
    is popular in open source developer communities.

    <h2>How do I connect?</h2>
    <p>There are many clients to choose from. Here
        are some good ones. If there is one not on this list that you use and
        recommend, feel free to make a pull request <a href="https://github.com/rochack/rochack.org/edit/master/irc.html">adding it</a>.</p>
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        <h3>Command line</h3>
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            <li><a href="http://www.irssi.org/about">irssi</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.weechat.org">weechat</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://linux.die.net/man/1/finch">finch</a></li>
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        <h3>Web</h3>
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            <li><a href="https://www.irccloud.com/">IRCCloud</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/##rochack">Kiwi IRC</a></li>
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        <h3>Cross-platform</h3>
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          <li><a href="https://hexchat.github.io/">HexChat</a></li>
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        <h3>Mac OS X</h3>
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            <li><a href="http://limechat.net/mac/">LimeChat</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.codeux.com/textual/">Textual</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://adium.im/">Adium</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://conceited.net/products/linkinus/">Linkinus</a></li>
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        <h3>iOS</h3>
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            <li><a href="http://colloquy.info/">Colloquy</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://palaverapp.com/">Palaver</a></li>
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