Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is kind of text-based communication over the internet designed for group communication, as well as private messaging. Using an open TCP protocol, IRC Servers can allow clients' connection without requiring theirs users to log in, a nickname setting is required instead upon connecting to the servers.

There are so many Internet Relay Chat Networks (IRC Networks) have been built and you are more than welcomed to join their online internet chat community.

You would need an IRC Client installed into your computer and there are many type of IRC clients for different operating system. Visit this page for Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients and its supported operating system.

For windows user: you may install "mIRC" made by Khaled Mardam-Bey as your IRC Client. Click here to download mIRC.