HexChat
{{Short description|IRC client}}
{{Primary sources|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox software
| name = HexChat
| logo = 48px
| logo alt = Hexchat Logo
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| screenshot = 300px
| screenshot alt = Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0
| caption = Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0
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| author =
| developer = Patrick Griffis{{Cite web |url=https://blog.tingping.se/about/ |title=About | TingPing's blog |access-date=2018-05-13 |archive-date=2018-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141505/https://blog.tingping.se/about/ |url-status=dead }}
| released = {{Start date and age|2012|07|06|df=yes}}
| discontinued = yes
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| latest release version = 2.16.2
| latest release date = 9 February 2024
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q17117379|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q17117379|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat}}
| programming language = C, Python, Perl, C++, C#
| operating system = Linux, Microsoft Windows
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| license = GPL-2.0 only with OpenSSL linking exception
| website = {{URL|hexchat.github.io}}
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HexChat is a discontinued Internet Relay Chat client and is a fork of XChat. It has a choice of a tabbed document interface or tree interface, support for multiple servers, and numerous configuration options. Both command-line and graphical versions are available.{{Cite web|url=https://hexchat.github.io/news.html|title=News – HexChat|website=hexchat.github.io}}[https://hexchat.github.io/news/announcement.html Announcement of HexChat] Posted on 06 Jul, 2012
The client runs on Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems, and many Linux distributions include packages in their repositories.{{cite web|title=Shareware background|url=https://hexchat.github.io/shareware.html|website=hexchat.github.io}}
History
The XChat-WDK (XChat Windows Driver Kit) project started in 2010 and was originally Windows-only. The project's original goal was to merge itself with XChat, but evolved from just fixing Windows bugs to adding new features. It started to make sense to support more platforms than Windows. On July 6, 2012, XChat-WDK officially changed its name to HexChat.{{Cite web|date=July 6, 2012|title=Announcement|url=https://hexchat.github.io/news/announcement.html|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=HexChat - IRC client}}
The project was discontinued in early 2024, citing lack of maintainer availability.{{Cite web|date=February 9, 2024|title=2.16.2, The Final Release|url=https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html|access-date=February 9, 2024|website=HexChat}}
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
- {{Libera.chat|hexchat}} on Libera Chat
{{IRC clients}}
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