Who are we?

BNC4FREE is a non-profit organization that specializes in providing Free IRC Bouncers. IRC Bouncers are used to connect to Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks primarily but can be configured so that you stay online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and also log messages that were said while you were away.

Our objective is to be able to provide IRC Bouncers to nearly every Internet Relay Chat Network in the world completely free of charge while ensuring that our services are as stable and secure as possible unlike some of the other unstable and insecure providers out there.

Why are we returning?

BNC4FREE was originally terminated due to lack of funds and time from our former members of staff. During the last few months we have researched the hosting industry and market and have deemed that we should be able to obtain funds again to run such a service. We recently requested feedback from social media on whether we should restart this service, the unanimous veridict we came to, was a resounding yes. We have also been lurking around IRC networks and have noticed that there has been a considerable increase in the amount of people using IRC. We feel that our service can benefit many of those users whether they just need a client to stay online 24 hours a day to secure a channel or whether they need to see messages while they are away.

Our future objective is to be able to provide IRC Bouncers to nearly every Internet Relay Chat Network in the world completely free of charge but add a vast range of features to make it completely secure and adaptable to the needs of the individual user. We aim to do this by introducing customised webpanels, a variety of customer modules and customizations within the software itself.

Will there be any changes?

Ofcourse, in the time that BNC4FREE has been closed, IRC has moved on and so has the software we base our bouncers on. One change that we are implementing is the use of IRCv3 which enables extensible features that are both useful to us and useful to the users. You'll also be pleased to know that from the moment we re-launch, we will be supporting multiple networks per user. At the time of writing this, the proposed amount of networks we will allow each user to have is 5. We are also implementing a range of custom modules and re-designed versions of existing modules (such as nickserv and the away module)

We have also redesigned the login process for our users whereby credentials are stored encrypted at a central location. Not only will this allow us to migrate accounts much easier in the event of failure, but it will enable users to access other area's of our service (such as the website, webpanel, wiki and more) with just 1 login!

When will you return?

We aim to start taking requests again at the very start of December 2017 by which point we should have enough servers and staff to cover the initial demand. We'll post the official launch date on Facebook and Twitter nearer the time.

During October and November 2017, we will run a beta version of our new software and new modules inwhich users will be able to request an account. You won't be required to test anything (as such) as were mainly looking for how well the server that can cope with "everyday use" and to spot any potential bugs and issues before we re-launch. More information about the beta and the signup process will be posted on our Facebook and Twitter pages nearer the time.