Freenode Exodus: A List

Repo author here. I initially compiled this list as a gist because I saw several informal collections being shared in comments and over IRC, but did not cite their original sources and represented only a fraction of the move at large. Over time the informal list grew and it became necessary to add citations. Please feel free to open issues or PRs.

Recent and related:<p><i>Freenode ops take control of 700 channels</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27286628" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27286628</a> - May 2021 (942 comments)<p><i>Freenode Exists for FOSS</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27283964" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27283964</a> - May 2021 (22 comments)<p><i>Welcome to Libera Chat</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27207734" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27207734</a> - May 2021 (526 comments)<p><i>Leaving Freenode for a new network</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27207440" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27207440</a> - May 2021 (296 comments)<p><i>Freenode resignation is official, not a draft</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27205926" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27205926</a> - May 2021 (16 comments)<p><i>The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: “what the fuck is going on?”</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27169301" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27169301</a> - May 2021 (8 comments)<p><i>I am resigning along with most other Freenode staff</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27153338" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27153338</a> - May 2021 (269 comments)

A daily growing list of currently 451 public projects that have left Freenode for other networks following the takeover by Andrew Lee and subsequent takeover of many channels by his organisation. Some projects had 100 channels, others only one.

Wow that is quite the list of channels leaving. Made me wonder what the user impact was. Thankfully netsplit.de is still around.<p>Graph comparing the top networks. You can clearly see the drop here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;top10.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;top10.php</a><p>Freenode stats: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;statistics.php?net=freenode" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;statistics.php?net=freenode</a><p>Libera.Chat stats: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat</a><p>OFTC stats: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;statistics.php?net=OFTC" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;netsplit.de&#x2F;networks&#x2F;statistics.php?net=OFTC</a>

Anyone notable that decided to stay?

A lot of people are showing up to android-dev confused, because the topic can&#x27;t tell them where to go and they have no idea anything even happened.

TLDR; all relevant channels left Freenode in favor of Libera and some OFTC.<p>Seems to me that Lee did a great job.