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Join the #indieweb discussions via the web, IRC, Matrix or Slack!

Read Discussions

Join Discussions

Join the discussions!

Contents 1 Read Discussions 2 Join Discussions 3 Chat Channels 4 Search 5 Using an IRC client 6 Email 7 See Also

• Online #indieweb chat! - click the blue "Join the Chat" button in the bottom left corner.
  • Only supports the main #indieweb channel currently
• Slack bridge to #indieweb chat (Sign up here) (anyone know direct links to the specific Slack channels?)

IRC:

Matrix:

• Matrix bridge to #indieweb chat (via riot.im)

Chat Channels

Discussions about the IndieWeb take place primarily in our chat channels:

#indieweb

welcome to the indieweb! how to get on the indieweb, get started, how to post, what to post, indieweb events to join the community in-person, why indieweb, what software / services are ready for users to use without dealing with coding or command lines.
Keep it user-centric please! Find someone using jargon, code, or dev talk? Politely invite them to ask / discuss in the dev channel (see below).

#indieweb-dev (#dev in Slack)

creating anything besides content. E.g. creating design, UX, implementation details, protocols (like HTTP, Webmention, Micropub, IndieAuth), formats (like HTML, CSS, microformats2, h-entry, h-card, h-event), frameworks, coding languages (like JS, PHP, Python, Ruby), server configuration (Apache, nginx, HTTPS), and other plumbing.

#indieweb-chat (#chat in Slack)

off-topic channel for discussing anything, and is not publicly logged. Slack has some number of lines of scrollback.

#indieweb-wordpress (#wordpress in Slack)

for WordPress-specific topics (IndieWeb WordPress plugins, WordPress themes, ...)

#indieweb-meta (#meta in Slack)

community organizing: planning events, wiki gardening, wikifying, discussion about the community / channels / wiki

Slack users: to join additional channels from the desktop, click the **Channels** heading in sidebar to view the other channels. Click a channel, i.e. # dev, it will show you a preview of that channel with a Join Channel button.

Search

The chat rooms (except for #indieweb-chat) can be searched at

• https://indiechat.search.cweiske.de/

Using an IRC client

1. If you're already an IRC user, setup your client with:
   • Server: irc.freenode.net
   • Port: 6697 (usually default)
2. Join the channels above (by clicking on the chat links)

Email

There is no mailing list! 🎉

This is a deliberate decision. We encourage focusing on short discussions in chat and capturing incremental agreements/disagreements on the wiki. This also discourages long essays and repetition of arguments that can take place on email threads.

For more see:

• FAQ: Is there an IndieWeb mailing list

See also:

• principles
• wikify

See Also

• IRC