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 WeeChat 3.4 with the default configuration | |
| Developer(s) | Sébastien Helleu |
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| Initial release | June 26, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06-26) |
| Stable release | 4.5.1 
/ 23 December 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD, OS X, GNU Hurd, Microsoft Windows (using Cygwin) |
| Size | 17.2 MB |
| Available in | 14 languages |
| Type | IRC client |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | weechat |
WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free and open-source Internet Relay Chat client that is designed to be light and fast. It is released under the terms of the GNU GPL-3.0-or-later and has been developed since 2003.
WeeChat comes with a default ncurses interface, and it is possible to use other interfaces (e.g. Glowing Bear, a web frontend) through the use of the relay plugin.
Features
WeeChat's features include:
- IPv6
- SSL
- Proxy connections
- The screen can be split up to display multiple windows at the same time.
- Incremental text search
- Aspell support for spell checking
- Scripting support for many languages (Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme with GNU Guile, JavaScript with V8 (JavaScript engine), PHP)
- FIFO pipes for remote control
- Support for multiple character encodings
- User-defined aliases and shortkeys
Supported platforms
WeeChat supports most platforms and operating systems, including Linux, BSD, macOS, Debian GNU/Hurd, HP-UX, Solaris, QNX, Haiku, and Microsoft Windows (via the Cygwin library and API).
Binary packages and builds of WeeChat are available for installation as well as the source code for self compilation. This includes most Linux distributions and BSD package management systems, such as Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva Linux, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Arch Linux, FreeBSD via the FreeBSD Ports system, OpenBSD via the Ports collection, as well on NetBSD via Pkgsrc.
Reception
In his review for Free Software Magazine, Martin Brown graded WeeChat with 43 points out of a possible 50, noting that "At first glance, WeeChat is not as friendly or easy to use as Rhapsody", but, "There’s a lot of hidden power built into the application", including Python, Perl, Ruby and Lua extensions which can be selected at installation.
See also
References
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/releases/tag/v4.5.1.
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- "Glowing Bear - A web client for WeeChat". github.com. glowing-bear.org. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- Helleu, Sébastien. "WeeChat user's guide". weechat.org. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- "WeeChat :: about :: Features". weechat.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- "WeeChat in Cygwin". weechat.org. 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- "WeeChat: Downloads". weechat.org. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "Debian: WeeChat packages". packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "Ubuntu: WeeChat packages". packages.ubuntu.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "Mandriva: WeeChat packages". mandriva.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "Fedora: WeeChat packages". fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "Gentoo: WeeChat packages". gentoo.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "Arch Linux: WeeChat packages". archlinux.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- "FreeBSD Ports: WeeChat". freebsd.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- Brown, Martin (2005-09-07). "Free IRC clients : Choosing the best IRC client for your needs". Free Software Magazine (7). Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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