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You can set default options such as the server, nick and other options directly in the URL to Kiwi IRC. This is great if you are using Kiwi IRC to a specific channel you have.

Kiwi IRC supports the standard irc://server.com/#channel link format to set the default IRC network and other settings. Eg. https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#irc://irc.freenode.net/#kiwiirc

Notice the irc://... comes after a # character. That is important for your browser!

Examples

A few notes:

  • If not set, the default port is 6667. If using SSL, 6697.
  • SSL can be provided by + before the port, or by using ircs:// instead of irc://

Options

The server and channels are not the only things you can set. You can also set extra options by adding a ? to the end of the URL and then adding any of the following:

  • nick=prawnsalad

    Sets the default nickname to prawnsalad

    Tip: add a ? to insert a random number, eg. "prawnsalad?". Great for public IRC channels.

  • encoding=utf8

    Sets the connection encoding to utf8 (default)

Option Examples

ZNC support

Running a ZNC host or just want a fancy bookmark to your own ZNC server? Then you can simply add the type=znc option to your Kiwi URL. This will prompt you for your ZNC password - it is not stored in the URL or browser.

https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#irc://znc.server.com/?type=znc&nick=username&network=networkname

If you are running an older version of ZNC that does not support multiple networks per user then set network to an underscore, _.