IRC Channel
As of Nov 16, 2020 the Fluid Project has switched to Matrix for our collaborative discussion channel. Please see Matrix Channel for more information.
The Fluid and GPII teams use Internet Relay Chat (IRC) for collaborative discussions. Anyone interested in the project is welcome to join the channel and participate in the discussions.
Hostname: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #fluid-work
Technical Channel: #fluid-tech
Design Channel: #fluid-design
Infrastructure/Project-related changes: #fluid-changelog
The channels are logged:
#fluid-work: general community discussions
#fluid-tech: tech specific topics
#fluid-design: design specific topics
#fluid-changelog: infrastructure/project-related changes
Archived logs are on the Fluid Project wiki:
#fluid-work archived logs
#fluid-tech archived logs
Archived logs are available at: https://github.com/fluid-project/fluid-irc-logs
For background information on IRC in general, see Freenode's Knowledge Base.
Web client
IRCCloud (Commercial software with free version)
Windows
HexChat (Open Source)
Pidgin IM Client (Open source)
Trillian IM Client (Commercial software with free version)
Mac OS X
Colloquy IRC Client (Open source)
Adium (Open source)
Check out the Collaborate page for more ways to get involved!
Slack, Mattermost, Gitter and other chat platforms
The Fluid community has considered migrating to newer chat platforms but every time the general opinion has been that they are not as accessible as IRC or only offer features we depend on (e.g. public records) for paid users. A consensus on this topic has never been reached.