HexChat

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HexChat

http://hexchat.github.io/
IRC client based on XChat 2

HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat 2, featuring:

• Easy to use and customizable interface
• Cross-platform on Windows, OS X, and Unix-like OSes
• Highly scriptable with Python and Perl
• Translated in multiple languages
• Multi-network with auto-connect, join, and identify
• Spellcheck, proxies, SASL, DCC support and more

Download

https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/archive/refs/tags/v2.16.1.tar.gz

Categories

• Chat:instant-messaging
• Chat:irc
• Interface:x-window-system
• Programming-language:C
• Programming-language:perl
• Programming-language:python
• Protocol:irc
• Runs-on:Windows
• Runs-on:BSD
• Runs-on:OS X
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• UI Toolkit:gtk
• Use:live-communications

Licensing

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License

GPLv2orlater with exception

Verified by

mdc

Verified on

24 June 2016

Notes

https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/blob/master/COPYING X-Chat ("xchat") Copyright (c) 1998-2010 By Peter Zelezny. HexChat ("hexchat") Copyright (c) 2009-2014 By Berke Viktor. This program is released under the GPL v2 with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed. You may provide binary packages linked to the OpenSSL libraries, provided that all other requirements of the GPL are met. See file COPYING for details.

Leaders and contributors

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Debian (Ref) (R)		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hexchat

Software prerequisites

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