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| HexChat | |
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 Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0 | |
| Developer | Patrick Griffis[1] |
| Initial release | 6 July 2012; 13 years ago (2012-07-06) |
| Final release | 2.16.2 / 9 February 2024 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C,Python,Perl,C++,C# |
| Operating system | Linux,Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | x86-64,ARM |
| License | GPL-2.0 only with OpenSSL linking exception |
| Website | hexchat |
HexChat is a discontinuedInternet Relay Chatclient and is afork ofXChat. It has a choice of atabbed document interface or tree interface, support for multipleservers, and numerous configuration options. Bothcommand-line andgraphical versions are available.[2][3]
The client runs onMicrosoft Windows andUnix-like operating systems,[2] and manyLinux distributions include packages in their repositories.[4]
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.[5]
The project was discontinued in early 2024, citing lack of maintainer availability.[6]
