IRC Regulars

Note: This page is obsolete. The community now uses https://chat.koha-community.org as the main chat platform.

If you hang out in #koha on [irc.oftc.net], please feel free to add your name and a short description here (alphabetically by nick). This will help new folks to #koha know who you are.

Another cool page for getting to know people is the Community Facebook

• AdamB - Adam Brooks, ByWater Solutions
• aleisha - Aleisha Amohia, Catalyst IT New Zealand, Developer for Koha since 2014
• alex_a - Alex Arnaud, Biblibre
• alexbuckley - Alex Buckley, Catalyst IT New Zealand, Developer for Koha since 2016
• Amit - Amit Gupta, from India, an engineer with Nucsoft Osslabs
• amoyano - Agustín Moyano, Theke Solutions
• andreashm - Andreas Hedström Mace, Systems librarian, Stockholm University Library
• AndrewFH - Andrew Fuerste-Henry, Pipeline Coordinator, ByWater Solutions
• aroussos - Andreas Roussos, Systems Librarian, Holy Monastery of the Paraclete, Greece
• Ashimema - Martin Renvoize, Head of Developement and Community Engagement at PTFS Europe
• atheia - Alex Sassmannshausen, PTFS Europe, Belgium
• blou - Philippe Blouin, CTO inLibro
• BobB - Bob Birchall, director of CALYX information essentials, a Koha support company in Australia
• bag - Brendan A Gallagher, owner and director of ByWater Solutions
• barton - Barton Chittenden (Louisville Kentucky, USA), technical support for ByWater Solutions.
• caboose - Michael Cabus, ByWater Solutions, USA (Princeton NJ)
• cait - Katrin Fischer (she/her), system librarian, IT coordinator, BSZ, Germany
• calire - Claire Gravely, Systems Librarian, Germany (previously LibraryClaire)
• caroline - Caroline Cyr La Rose (she/her), Librarian, InLibro (also caroline_catlady, caroline_crazycatlady depending if IRC likes me that day)
• cbrannon - Christopher Brannon, IT Coordinator/Coeur d'Alene Public Library, Cooperative Information Network (CIN)
• chris_n - Chris Nighswonger, Network & Systems Director, Foundations Bible College
• cjh - Chris Hall, developer, Catalyst
• clrh - Claire Hernandez, R&d, BibLibre
• collum - Garry Collum, Systems Coordinator, Kenton County Public Library
• d.antonakis - Dimitris Antonakis, Systems Librarian, PotamitisVekris law firm, Greece
• davidnind - David Nind, New Zealand
• dbs - Dan Scott, Systems Librarian, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
• dcook - David Cook, Senior Software Engineer, Prosentient Systems, Sydney, Australia
• drojf - Mirko Tietgen, Berlin, Germany, koha.abunchofthings.net
• druthb - D Ruth Bavousett, 3.12 Translation Manager, now working at CPanel
• dpavlin - Dobrica Pavlinušić, system librarian, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
• Dyrcona - Jason Stephenson, lurker from the Evergreen community
• ebegin - Eric Bégin, owner of InLibro, Montréal, Canada
• edveal - Ed Veal, McKinney Public Library System, McKinney, TX, USA
• emlam - Emily Lamancusa, Montgomery County Public Libraries, MD, USA
• enkidu - Mengü Yazıcıoğlu, owner of Devinim
• eric - Eric Bégin, owner of inLibro
• eythian - Robin Sheat, formerly a developer at Catalyst, now a lurker.
• francharb - Ex BibLibre and Solutions inLibro inc.
• Freddy_Enrique - Freddy Enrique P. H. (Lima, Perú), librarian in National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts.
• frederic - Frédéric Demians, from Tamil
• fridolin - Fridolin Somers from BibLibre
• gmcharlt - Galen Charlton, Equinox
• greenjimll - Jon Knight, Loughborough University
• hayley - Hayley Mapley, Catalyst IT New Zealand, Dev for Koha team, Rmaint for 18.11.x
• hbraum - Heather Braum, Northeast Kansas Library System, NExpress Consortia Coordinator, Lawrence, KS, on Koha since 2008.
• hdl - Henri-Damien Laurent, from France, co-owner of BibLibre member of Koha developers since 2004
• huberto - Olivier Hubert, software develope at inLibro
• indradg - Indranil Das Gupta, Kolkata, India
• irma - Irma Birchall,librarian,director of CALYX information essentials Www.calyx.net.au- supporting Koha in Australia since 2003
• jajm - Julian Maurice
• jcamins - Jared Camins-Esakov, founder of C & P Bibliography Services
• JesseM - Jesse Maseto, Bywater Solutions
• jo - Joann Ransom, Librarian, Horowhenua Library Trust. Worked on the very first Koha back in 1999.
• josef_moravec - Josef Moravec, Municipal library Usti nad Orlici
• Joubu - Jonathan Druart
• jpahd - Paul Derscheid, Software Engineer at LMSCloud GmbH, Germany. Also known as paulderscheid[m].
• Jul - Julian Fiol
• jwagner - Jane Wagner, Senior Project Manager, PTFS
• jzairo - Jessica Zairo, ByWater Solutions, [1]
• kathryn - Kathryn Tyree, Koha Services Manager at Catalyst IT
• kchris - Chris Kirby, Ilsley Public Library/GMLC, Vermont, US
• khall - Kyle Hall, Lead programmer for ByWater Solutions
• kidclamp - Nick Clemens, ByWater Solutions (wnickc)
• kmkale - Koustubha Kale, Anant Corporation and Granthalaya.org, India
• kohaputti - Joonas Kylmälä, just a Koha developer, Finland
• krimsonkharne - Philip Orr, Support at LMSCloud GmbH, Germany
• larryb - Larry Baerveldt, Systems Administrator, ByWater Solutions, Seattle, WA, USA
• LeeJ - Lee Jamison, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
• libsysguy - Elliott Davis, Development Support Specialist
• liliputech - Arthur Suzuki, Development Support @BibLibre, France.
• lisette - Lisette Scheer, Development Team, ByWater Solutions, WA, USA
• lukeG - Lucas Gass, Web Developer ByWater Solutions, Durango, CO, USA
• magnuse - Magnus Enger, librarian, owner of Libriotech, Bodø, Norway. Currently working in a part time, temporary position at Oslo Public Library, Norway.
• marcelr - Marcel de Rooy, Netherlands
• matts - Matthias Meusburger, developer at BibLibre
• maximep - Maxime Pelletier, web developer for Libéo
• mkstephens - Myka Kennedy Stephens, Fosgail LLC, Lancaster, PA, USA
• mtompset - Mark Tompsett
• mveron - Marc Véron, from Switzerland, Koha Support Schweiz
• nancyk - Nancy Keener, Systems Librarian, Washoe County Library System, KohaCon'13 Chair, nkeener@washoecounty.us
• NateC - Nate Curulla, ByWater Solutions
• ncbaratta - Nicole C. Baratta, Red Hat, Austin, TX USA (was nengard)
• nlegrand - Nicolas Legrand, Koha administrator at BULAC
• nuentoter - Justin Martin, Director and only tech staff for Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library, Van Buren, Maine, USA.
• nugged - Andrew Nugged. Koha Lead in National Library of Finland, Helsinki Univesity. You can reach me there as well as in LinkedIn.
• Oak - Arslan Farooq, from Pakistan, works for LinuxPakistan, web developer, works in Joomla, MLIS last semester student.
• oha - Francesco Rivetti
• oleonard - (he/him) Owen Leonard, web developer for the Athens County Public Libraries and Koha interface designer
• pabloab - Pablo Bianchi, Argentina
• paul_p - Paul Poulain, from France, co-owner of BibLibre member of Koha developers since 2002
• paulderscheid[m] - Paul Derscheid, Software Engineer at LMSCloud GmbH, Germany. Also known as jpahd.
• petter - Petter G. ~Esen, Oslo public libraryl
• pianohacker - Jesse Weaver, programmer
• phasefx - Jason Etheridge, lurker from the code4lib and Evergreen communities
• rangi - Chris Cormack, Senior developer with Catalyst, (previously LibLime, and Katipo before that). Koha developer since 1999
• rhcl - Greg, Network Administrator at Rolling Hills Consolidated Library, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA.
• ricardo - Ricardo Dias Marques, Portugal
• schnydszch - Eugene Espinoza Manila, Philippines
• sekjal - Ian Walls, Koha 3.6 Quality Assurance Manager
• SelfishMan - Blaine Fleming, code monkey for Livingston-Park County Public Library and several other Montana libraries
• severine_q - Séverine Queune, Koha functional administrator at BULAC
• slef - English member of the TTLLP software.coop - a tech worker co-op supporting Koha since 2003
• Space_Librarian - Shelley Gurney, librarian
• talljoy - Joy Nelson, President, Koha division, ByWater Solutions
• tcohen - Tomás Cohen Arazi, Theke Solutions
• thd - Thomas Dukleth, Agogme, New York City
• trea - Thatcher Rea, Support Specialist
• tuxayo - Victor Grousset from France, independent community worker.
• vfernandes - Vitor Fernandes, developer for KEEP SOLUTIONS
• Viktor - Viktor Sarge, senior regional library development officer (Regional library of Halland)
• Wainui - Wainui Witika-Park, Catalyst IT New Zealand, Developer for Koha since 2021
  
• wizzyrea - Liz Rea, Swiss Army Kohacker at ByWater Solutions

If a user is not in this list, but has taken part in an IRC meeting, you may be able to find them in the IRC logs.

Channel Bots

• alohalog` - logs the channel at https://ilbot3.kohaaloha.com/koha/ - Run by mtj (Mason James: https://kohaaloha.com)
• AnnaBoten - Manages the ducks. Run by Matts
• huginn - Karma, messages, bug status change messages, bug linker, etc. - Run by gmcharlt
• koha-jenkins - continuous integration results - Run by Tomas Cohen Arazi
• logbot - logs the channel at http://irc.koha-community.org/koha/ - Run by Chris Cormack
• wahanui - info bot, greeter, master troller - run by rangi, living on bugs.koha-community.org