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Help Resources

mIRC and IRC are used by a diverse and active community and you will find many websites with guides, examples, and other help resources dedicated to both. We have listed a handful below that we think you might find fun or useful.

Getting Started with mIRC


If you are new to mIRC, we recommend that you visit the Getting Started with mIRC page which takes you step by step through the process of downloading mIRC to sending your first channel message.

Help File and FAQs


If you need help with using mIRC, mIRC comes with a thorough help file that covers all of the basics. We recommend that you read the first few sections of this help file. If you are looking for more detailed information, the next step would be to look in the IRC and mIRC FAQs.

Discussion Forums


The mIRC Discussion Forums are a great place to ask questions and share your thoughts with other mIRC users. Thousands of people have posted all kinds of questions and answers there.

Scripts, Addons, DLLs and Tutorials


The mIRC Scripting Language can be used to extend mIRC in a variety of ways, from managing your channels more easily to playing games. If you are looking for ways to extend mIRC, or if you are learning how to script and need examples to learn from, you can find a wide range of resources on the mIRC Scripting Network, ScriptsDB and Hawkee websites.

The mIRC Discussion Forums also have two sections dedicated to helping out with Scripts and Popups and for Developers.

Searching IRC


The thousands of channels that make up IRC are spread across hundreds of IRC networks, so finding channels that match your interests can often take time. The following IRC search engines should make it a snap: Search IRC, Netsplit and GoGloom.

Popular Networks


The largest IRC networks can have as many as tens of thousands of users and channels at any one time, while smaller networks that cater to specific interests may have only a few hundred users. Some of the more popular networks currently are: DALnet, EFnet, Freenode, GameSurge, IRCHighWay, IRCnet, QuakeNet, Rizon, Undernet and Webchat.

IRC Quotes


You can browse through some recent IRC quotes at Bash, IRCQuote or QDB.

Other Resources


If you are looking for more specific information, we have listed a handful of help pages and sites below that we think might be of interest.



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