Have you ever joined the MetaBrainz chat? Team and community members have been getting up to mischief (and, occasionally, work) using IRC since 2003 and earlier – with the logs to prove it. Today, over twenty years later, we say ‘oh hi’ to ChatBrainz.
With the launch of ChatBrainz we have officially moved to Matrix! Matrix has ease of access and some modern conveniences that make access to chat possible for more contributors and users. Not a fan of the change? Not a problem – ChatBrainz also has IRC and Discord bridges, that allow cross-platform chat with the three main Matrix rooms/channels.
The main channels (MetaBrainz, MusicBrainz and BookBrainz) are bridged and logged between Matrix, IRC and Discord, but you may notice some differences and non-bridged rooms depending on where you join. Check the room or channel descriptions if you are not sure. The Matrix and IRC bridges even support user to user mapping – meaning that you can private message other users via the bridge. This functionality is not available on Discord.
If you see outdated documentation or text anywhere please fix what you can, or let us know in the comments – we may be tidying up IRC crumbs for a while.
A big thank you to the devs who have worked hard to make it an easy transition for the rest of us. See you on the chat!