XChat
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 XChat 2.8 on Kubuntu |
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| developer | Peter Železný |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| Current version | 2.8.9 (August 28, 2010) |
| operating system | Linux , Unix derivatives , Windows |
| programming language | C. |
| category | IRC client |
| License | GPL & proprietary shareware |
| German speaking | Yes |
| xchat.org (English) | |
XChat is a free , graphical IRC client for Linux , Unix derivatives and Windows . For macOS there is X-Chat Aqua with its own user interface and the XChat engine.
XChat has an IRC client AmIRC for the Amiga modeled GTK2 -surface, plug-in -Support and customization options (program libraries and scripts ) using C / C ++ , Lisp , Perl , Python , Ruby , Tcl , xcdscript ( JavaScript ) .
The author Peter Zelezny sells the Windows version from version 2.4.0 onwards only as shareware due to the effort involved in Windows porting , but at the same time publishes the source code under the GPL . However, this contains a reduced or restricted range of functions compared to the shareware version and is updated less often. Nevertheless, various unofficial free versions for Windows have emerged from it again and again. The external derivative X-Chat Aqua is available for macOS , but has not been further developed since 2006.
No update has been published for the program since 2010, but no discontinuation of the project has ever been announced. X-Chat was further developed by independent, free developers based on the published source code. This resulted in the HexChat and Silverex projects . The Silverex project has been discontinued by the developer.
Web links
- X-Chat Aqua at SourceForge (for macOS)
- Silverex (English), free Windows build (development discontinued)
- HexChat , platform-independent further development
- List of unofficial Windows builds
Individual evidence
- ↑ Changelog and news blog of the developer's project page
- ↑ Note on the discontinuation of the Silverex website of the project