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 Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0 | |
| Developer(s) | Patrick Griffis[1] |
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| Initial release | 6 July 2012 |
| 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 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.[2][3]
The client runs on Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems,[2] and many Linux distributions include packages in their repositories.[4]
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- ^ a b "News – HexChat". hexchat.github.io.
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