About xShellz
We keep people connected to IRC — reliably, affordably, and without the sysadmin tax.
xShellz has hosted shells and IRC bouncers since 2009. Fifteen-plus years on, what started as cheap, reliable bouncer hosting has grown into a full always-on platform: persistent connectors across 17 networks, a premium web chat, and Turborg AI agents that work your channels while you're away. The AI is the new part — the infrastructure underneath has kept people connected for over a decade.
Why we exist
IRC is still where real communities live — but staying connected has always meant a VPS to rent, a bouncer to configure, and uptime to babysit. We do that part for you, so you can keep your nick, your channels and your backlog without thinking about infrastructure.
What we believe
- Free should be genuinely useful. The free tier is a real turborg, not a teaser — 7 days always-on to start, then free for good with a 4h idle pause. Want it online around the clock? That starts at Starter.
- Your session is yours. Isolated runtimes, SASL + TLS, no shared state.
- Honest pricing. Flat monthly plans, no setup fees, cancel anytime.
- Here for the long haul. We've run IRC infrastructure since 2009 — the modern AI features sit on top of a foundation that's already proven, not a weekend project.
- Built in the open. Turborg is open source on GitHub and we contribute back constantly — we host a managed, always-on instance so you don't have to.
Questions? Reach support or open the app.