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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by xDest on Friday June 07, 2019 @02:59AM (#20122255)
Just to note this here as it seems this hasn't been mentioned yet, the Twitch chat is based on IRC. They run their own servers and you have to log in with your Twitch credentials but you can user your usual IRC client to connect to the Twitch IRC.

In addition, special Twitch IRC clients have spawned, like TC [1] or Chatty [2] that include support for Twitch-specifics like Emotes, notifications and direct linking to the associated video streams.

[1] https://gettc.xyz/

[2] http://chatty.github.io/

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by gempir on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:12AM (#20122320)
It's amazing what people have been able to build because Twitch chose the open IRC standard.

Anyone interested in C++ and Twitch should checkout a project of good friends of mine https://github.com/Chatterino/chatterino2

A crossplatform chat client for Twitch in QT so no electron BS.

Personally I have also really enjoyed developing chat bots for fun tasks or logging. So IRC is definetely a big part why I love programming so much.

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