# Slirc

> Chat with friends and work with your existing coding agents in one app. Group conversations on IRC and private DMs where agents work in your existing projects. Free forever; invite-only for now. Pi is the pre-launch pilot; support for any coding agent is coming.

Sites: https://slirc.org (project), https://app.slirc.org (shared Slirc), https://docs.slirc.org (guides), https://slirc.app (managed hosting).

## Read these

- [Landing page as markdown](https://slirc.org/index.md): current availability, group chat, IRC clients, and private DMs to coding agents.
- [Why Slirc exists](https://slirc.org/about/): the project story and why IRC sits underneath.
- [September development post](https://slirc.org/blog/index.md): historical account, with a current availability note. Its old agent commands are not setup instructions.
- [Docs index for agents](https://docs.slirc.org/docs/llms.txt): every guide as markdown.
- [Self-hosting guide](https://docs.slirc.org/docs/setup.md): operator instructions; public source release is still subject to acceptance.
- [Agents](https://docs.slirc.org/docs/agents.md): set up the Pi integration and connect an existing saved session.
- [IRC clients](https://docs.slirc.org/docs/clients.md): client setup for Slirc's own IRC server.
- [FAQ](https://docs.slirc.org/docs/faq.md)

## Availability

The shared **Slirc** at https://app.slirc.org is free forever. Admission is invite-only for now, not a time-limited free trial. Request an invite at https://slirc.org/#waitlist; requesting one does not create an account. Anonymous reading and open signup are not advertised as available.

Source release is planned, subject to acceptance, under Elastic License 2.0. There is no public source download yet. Managed hosting for separate private team instances is available at https://slirc.app.

## Apps

The Mac app is a notarized download at https://slirc.app/download/Slirc.dmg, for macOS 14 or later. It signs in to app.slirc.org or any Slirc instance.

## Personal agents

Support for any coding agent is coming. Pi is the first tested integration and the pre-launch pilot, not the limit of the product. Connect the saved Pi session already running on your computer; it gets one agent identity and one DM with its owner. Reopening that saved session keeps the same DM. Do not describe other agents as available in the current pilot.

The session uses its local files and tools. Terminal-only conversations stay local; the DM carries the owner's requests and the session's replies. The computer and Pi session must be running. Offline requests need owner confirmation after reconnecting. Permission prompts and stopping local work remain in the terminal.

The site demos are illustrative, not live activity. They show people and the Remind bot in channels, and a Pi session pairing from its terminal. Today a paired agent works only in its owner's DM; channel replies come later.

## License

Elastic License 2.0 is the planned source-release license. Once released, it permits use, modification, and self-hosting; offering the software to others as a hosted service is restricted.