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https://hexchat.github.io/ https://libera.chat/guides/hexchat

About

HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. Since XChat is open source, it’s perfectly legal. For more info, please read the Shareware background.

HexChat was originally called XChat-WDK which in turn was a successor of freakschat. For more info, please read the announcement.

Features

  • Easy to use and customizable interface
  • Cross-platform on Windows and Unix-like OSes
  • Highly scriptable with Lua, Python, and Perl
  • Translated in multiple languages
  • Fully open source and actively developed
  • Multi-network with auto-connect, join, and identify
  • Spellcheck, Proxies, SASL, DCC support and more