Talk with the Drupal Community on IRC

The Drupal IRC channels are vital for connecting the community. Not only are they a great way to get fast, effective support, but they allow users to learn more and to get involved.

Drupal uses the freenode IRC network, irc.freenode.net, and occupies the following channels:

Essential channels to join:

• #drupal is a lounge of sorts. Here, we talk about patches we need reviewed, quick how-to questions, and what we've been doing with Drupal lately, among other things. If it's Drupal-related, and isn't in-depth enough to take over the channel with lots of text, and doesn't need a quiet venue, it is fair game in #drupal.
• #drupal-contribute is the place for core and contrib coding work, promotion, advocacy, infrastructure, and general Drupal community questions. The rule of thumb here: if it ends up on the drupal.org infrastructure then this is the place to talk about it.

Topical channels:

• #drupal-support is for long or deep support discussions. While quick questions are okay in #drupal, some discussions are just too long for that channel, or need a quieter venue -- that's when they go in #drupal support.
• #drupal-themes for in-depth or lengthy theme support discussions. If your theme work seems to be causing too much screen scroll in #drupal, or needs a quieter place then this is where to go.
• #drupal-dev is the place to take general development discussion when #drupal is too noisy.
• #drupal-accessibility channel to chat about coding and accessibility issues and extensions in Drupal
• #drupal-consultants for Drupal Consultants. You can find paid help here, as well as advice on best practices and general discussions surrounding the business side of Drupal. Ask questions here only if you're willing to pay for the advice.
• #drupal-design for drupal designers. This channel is not for theme related talks, but pure design.
• #drupal-docs for the Documentation team to discuss and organize working on the drupal.org handbooks.
• #drupal-dojo for the Drupal Dojo group. This is where dojo lessons are discussed and organized.
• #drupal-ecommerce for the E-commerce Group
• #drupal-geo for people interested in mapping, location, and geographic topics.
• #drupal-groups for group organizers. Receive and give tips on how to organize local Drupal user group.
• #drupal-seo for search engine optimization support and module development
• #drupal-ubercart for Ubercart support and development
• #drupal-usability for the Usability Team to discuss changes to the UI and general usability issues.
• #drupal-vcs for discussions about version control systems.
• #open_atrium for discussions about Open Atrium, an install profile for project management that is based on Drupal.

Full List of Drupal IRC Channels