IRC

MacPorts has an official IRC channel on the Libera.Chat network that is also bridged to a Matrix room. Join developers, power users and fellow-travelers in

#macports on Libera.Chat

​Join with an IRC client
or ​use Libera.Chat web chat

#macports:matrix.org

The matrix channel is currently not bridged to the IRC channel.
For more information, see ​(1) and ​(2).

​Join with a Matrix client

Note that the users on IRC are dispersed across multiple timezones around the globe and might have day jobs, so don't get frustrated and leave if nobody answers right away. Hanging around and waiting a couple of hours will usually get you an answer. And if it doesn't, there still are our mailing lists.

If you're a first time user, don't get confused by messages posted by mplog — these messages are automated and show the commits that have been merged into MacPorts.