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Darren edited this page May 19, 2018 · 4 revisions

You can set default options such as the server, nick and other options directly in the URL to Kiwi IRC. This is great if you are using Kiwi IRC to a specific channel you have.

Kiwi IRC supports the standard irc://server.com/#channel link format to set the default IRC network and other settings. Eg. https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#irc://irc.freenode.net/#kiwiirc

Notice the irc://... comes after a # character. That is important for your browser!

Examples

A few notes:

  • If not set, the default port is 6667. If using SSL, 6697.
  • SSL can be provided by + before the port, or by using ircs:// instead of irc://

Options

The server and channels are not the only things you can set. You can also set extra options by adding a ? to the end of the URL and then adding any of the following:

  • nick=prawnsalad

    Sets the default nickname to prawnsalad

    Tip: add a ? to insert a random number, eg. "prawnsalad?". Great for public IRC channels.

  • encoding=utf8

    Sets the connection encoding to utf8 (default)

Option Examples

ZNC support

Running a ZNC host or just want a fancy bookmark to your own ZNC server? Then you can simply add the type=znc option to your Kiwi URL. This will prompt you for your ZNC password - it is not stored in the URL or browser.

https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#irc://znc.server.com/?type=znc&nick=username&network=networkname

If you are running an older version of ZNC that does not support multiple networks per user then set network to an underscore, _.

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