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+layout: post
+title: "IRC Channel"
+date: 2017-04-12 22:28:00 +0100
+author: plfiorini
+categories: blog
+tags: announcement
+style: blue.css
+navitem: nav-blog
+---
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+We are happy to announce the availability of an IRC channel on [Freenode][https://freenode.net/].
+
+So join us on `#liri` on `irc.freenode.net`.
+You can also follow [this link][http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23liri&uio=d4] to use the web chat.