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Show HN: IRC /Whois Gallery

Post by retlehs » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 12:30 PM UTC

I made a short collection of /whois output from an old IRC client (XiRCON + kano.tcl), showcasing the creative ASCII art and custom formatting that made IRC client customization an art form.

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Re: Show HN: IRC /Whois Gallery

Post by throwaway29303 » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 2:30 PM UTC

That's a cool project, OP.

I'd like to share other historic projects which I had a hard time searching for and they seem to be gone from most search engines (at the time I searched for them anyway):

  https://archives.darenet.org/ (not available)

  https://arsiv.behroozwolf.net/index.php (it seems to be working)

Those are software repositories for a lot of IRC related projects from clients to servers and bots, etc.

Cheers.

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