I made a graphical IRC client that runs in UEFI. It’s written in Rust and leverages the GUI toolkit and TrueType renderer that I wrote for axle’s userspace. I was able to develop it thanks to the vmnet network backend that I implemented for QEMU. You can connect to an IRC server, chat and read messages, all from the comfort of your motherboard’s pre-boot environment. “Why”? What kind of question is “why”?

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A developer created a graphical IRC client in UEFI using Rust and a GUI toolkit. The UEFI firmware provides an environment for the operating system's bootloader to run in and offers various APIs for tasks like interacting with the EFI filesystem and switching display resolutions. The project also involved implementing a UEFI TCP client in Rust and using UEFI's Simple Pointer Protocol to read mouse movement. The developer faced challenges with understanding the UEFI programming model and configuring scroll views in the GUI. Despite its limited usability, the IRC client in UEFI serves as a unique tool to complain about UEFI's TCP/IP stack.

An IRC Client in your motherboard