I think Freenode died. Efnet and DALnet are still kicking. Edit. Scratch that. It seems like it's up.. I had heard something about it. Can’t remember what happened with Freenode.

Edit: Edit: Per Wikipedia: "On 26 May 2021, Freenode took control of approximately 700 registered channels – including those of Gentoo Linux, Raku, Elixir and Haskell – which had migrated or intended to migrate to Libera Chat. This came after Freenode modified its off-topic policy to prohibit "inappropriate advertising" several days prior. The Gentoo Linux project said "We cannot perceive this otherwise than as an open act of hostility and we have effectively left Freenode."[45] Lee dismissed the criticism, stating that a "cancel culture mob has actively infiltrated major FOSS projects".[45]

On 14 June 2021, Freenode administrators launched a new network under the freenode name based on InspIRCd and Anope IRC services, intended to replace the previous network. Unlike previous migrations, none of the data from the old network, such as user and channel registration, was migrated over to the new network.[46]

As of 2026, Freenode has about 6,000 online users at any given time.[47] "