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title: "Parley - Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC"
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summary: "Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC. Run your own instance for your domain; talk to anyone as user@domain from irssi or any IRC client."
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# Parley \- Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC

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**Published:** 2026-09-28T11:13:01.000Z
**Category:** Products
**Topics:** open\-source

## Summary

Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC\. Run your own instance for your domain; talk to anyone as user@domain from irssi or any IRC client\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://git.mills.io/prologic/parley>)
- [Discussion](<https://lobste.rs/s/wbgbpp/parley_federated_decentralised_chat>)