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About The IRC Driven Bots
Understanding our automated systems and their purpose
What Are Our Bots?
The IRC Driven bots are automated systems designed to provide enhanced functionality for IRC networks and channels registered on our platform. These bots perform various tasks including network indexing, channel logging, user tracking, and providing interactive features for IRC communities.
Bot Types & Functions
Index Bot
Connects to IRC networks to gather server information, IRCd versions, IRCv3 features, TLS support, and network statistics.
Channel Bot
Provides features for registered channels including logging, quotes, weather, user tracking, and URL expansion.
Admin Check Bot
Verifies network administrator status for users submitting or managing networks on IRC Driven.
Pre-Signup Bot
Performs pre-submission checks on networks to verify connectivity and gather initial information.
For Webmasters: Bot Identification
If you've noticed requests from our bot in your web server logs, here's what you need to know:
User-Agent String
IRCDriven-Bot
What Does This Bot Do?
The IRC Driven Channel Bot fetches URL metadata when users post links in IRC channels with URL expansion enabled. This provides rich previews of links directly in IRC, including:
- YouTube: Video titles, duration, view counts, and channel information
- GitHub/GitLab: Repository details, issue/PR information
- Stack Overflow: Question titles, votes, and answer status
- Twitter/X: Tweet content and author information
- Generic URLs: Page titles and meta descriptions
Technical Details
| User-Agent | IRCDriven-Bot |
|---|---|
| Request Method | GET (read-only) |
| Request Frequency | Only when users post your URL in monitored IRC channels |
| Crawl Rate | Non-aggressive, on-demand only |
| Data Usage | Page metadata only (title, description, og:tags) |
Privacy & Respect
Our bot respects robots.txt directives, uses reasonable request rates, and only fetches publicly accessible content. No personal data is collected or stored.
Connection Information
All of our IRC bots connect from:
- Hostname:
crawler.ircdriven.com - IPv4:
192.99.194.177 - IPv6:
2607:5300:203:315e::5
Why Is A Bot Connecting to My Network?
If a bot is connecting to your IRC network, it means one of the following:
- Your network is currently registered on IRC Driven and being actively indexed
- Your network was submitted for addition to IRC Driven
- We are conducting network discovery to update our database
- Future: IPv4-wide indexing of IRC servers for comprehensive IRCd statistics
Opting Out
If your server was contacted by our bots and you are not specifically registered with IRC Driven, you may opt out using one of these methods:
- IRC Server: Configure your server to block connections from
192.99.194.177and2607:5300:203:315e::5 - Web Crawler: Block
IRCDriven-Botuser-agent in your web server or robots.txt - Contact Us: Email us at support@ircdriven.com to request removal
Have Questions?
If you have questions about our bots or need to report an issue, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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