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Rob Levin

Founder of the IRC network freenode (1955–2006)

  • Fame46.1
  • Momentum23.6
  • Developers rank#238
  • Wikipedia156
Lived 1955–2006, aged 51United States
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    17 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1955–2006
    Aged 51
Summary
Updated 2026-06-11

Freenode, stylized as freenode and formerly known as Open Projects Network, is an IRC computer network which was previously used to discuss peer-directed projects. Their servers are accessible from the hostname chat.freenode.net, which load balances connections by using round-robin DNS.

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Fame
Rising
46.1
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum23.6
Historical14.0
Now attention42.0
Source confidence60.0
Completeness55.0
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Category rank
#238
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