BoatsNET is a friendly IRC community from Japan, operated by nishi.

If you want to connect with SSL/TLS, connect to irc.nishi.boats port 6697 (This is the recommended way).

If not, connect to same host with port 6667 .

Some channels have bridge to other messaging services including XMPP, Matrix, Discord, and even Mumble. List below shows what channel (that is managed by nishi) has bridges:

• #general: XMPP / Matrix / Mumble
• #mde/#milsko/#msh/#pyrite: XMPP ( name@conference.nishi.boats )/ Discord
• #kannazuki/#sos-dan/#touhou: XMPP (JID is written in their topic)