rcirc is an IRC client. It blends seamlessly with Emacs and has sane defaults. rcirc is part of GNU Emacs since release 22.0. QuickstartAdd a server in your InitFile, then Start rcirc with M-x irc: (global-set-key (kbd "C-c I") 'irc) (setq rcirc-server-alist '(("irc.libera.chat" ; Hostname :port 6697 ; Standard port for secure IRC :nick "linen" ; Your nickname :encryption tls ; Specify to use encr