[mikecoles]

Checking up on other old favorites such as BitchX/irssi and slrn, I found they're still being developed:

slrn --- NNTP/spool-based Usenet newsreader last updated: 2023-03-18T04:31:51 [UTC] repository: git://git.jedsoft.org/git/slrn.git tarfile: slrn-pre1.0.4-9.tar.gz ( size: 1563860 bytes; md5: f193d983e104a82ef4fd70b1037f8b60 ) github: https://github.com/jedsoft/slrn

https://github.com/BitchX/BitchX1.3

https://irssi.org/2023/03/31/irssi-1.4.4-released/

[blueflow]

I'm using irssi right now! There are still active irc communities.

[knorker]

IRC is still alive. I have irssi on a monitor on the side all the time, both for friends and work.

IRC is not as big as it used to be, but at its highest it was mainstream even for computer illiterates.

[icedchai]

I still use slrn. In the old days, I used tin! Also, I use mutt for one of my old email accounts (used to use elm...)

[anthk]

I use SLRN daily.