I&#x27;ve never used Slack, so I have no idea why people would use it instead of IRC, but they do have IRC and XMPP gateways available: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;get.slack.help&#x2F;hc&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;articles&#x2F;201727913-Connecting-to-Slack-over-IRC-and-XMPP" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;get.slack.help&#x2F;hc&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;articles&#x2F;201727913-Connectin...</a>