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 # Community
 
 * [Discourse Forum](https://discourse.nixos.org/)
-* [IRC - #nixos on freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos)
+* [Matrix Chat](https://matrix.to/#/#community:nixos.org)
 * [NixOS Weekly](https://weekly.nixos.org/)
 * [Community-maintained wiki](https://nixos.wiki/)
-* [Community-maintained list of ways to get in touch](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Get_In_Touch#Chat) (Discord, Matrix, Telegram, other IRC channels, etc.)
+* [Community-maintained list of ways to get in touch](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Get_In_Touch#Chat) (Discord, Telegram, other IRC channels, etc.)
 
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