HexChat
| HexChat | |
|---|---|
Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0 | |
| Developer(s) | Patrick Griffis |
| 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.
The client runs on Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems, and many Linux distributions include packages in their repositories.