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Connecting to DareNET is simple & straightforward
Choose your flavor
WebChat
Our webchat client allows you to chat directly from your favorite browser. There's nothing to install.
Kiwi IRC, IRCCloud, Mibbit, and most other third-party web chat clients are also supported.
IRC Client
Use your preferred desktop or mobile IRC client to connect to the network.
Simply use irc.darenet.org as the server.
We accept TLS-enabled connections on ports 6697 and 9999. While discouraged, we accept plaintext connections on ports 6660 through 6669, and 7000.
For information on how to verify our certificates, go here.
Use of Tor is permitted. For information on accessing DareNET via Tor, go here.