Editing HexChat

{{Short description|IRC client}}
{{Primary sources|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox software
| name = HexChat
| logo = [[File:Hexchat Logo.svg|48px]]
| logo alt = Hexchat Logo
| logo caption = 
| screenshot = [[File:Hexchat 2.16.0 screenshot.png|300px]]
| screenshot alt = Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0
| caption = Screenshot of Hexchat 2.16.0
| collapsible = <!-- Any text here will collapse the screenshot. -->
| author = 
| developer = Patrick Griffis<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.tingping.se/about/ |title=About &#124; TingPing's blog |access-date=2018-05-13 |archive-date=2018-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141505/https://blog.tingping.se/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| released = <!-- 06 Jul 2012 {{Start date and age|2012|07|06|df=yes/no}} -->{{Start date and age|2012|07|06|df=yes}}
| discontinued = yes <!-- Set to yes if software is discontinued, otherwise omit. -->
| ver layout = <!-- simple (default) or stacked -->
| latest release version = 2.16.2
| latest release date = 9 February 2024
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q17117379|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q17117379|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Perl]], [[C++]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform = [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture family|ARM]]
| size = 
| language = 
| language count = <!-- Number only -->
| language footnote = 
| genre = 
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0 only]] with OpenSSL linking exception
| website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} https://hexchat.github.io/index.html-->{{URL|hexchat.github.io}}
| standard = 
| AsOf = 
}}

'''HexChat''' is a discontinued [[Internet Relay Chat]] [[Client (computing)|client]] and is a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of ''XChat''. It has a choice of a [[tabbed document interface]] or tree interface, support for multiple [[Client–server model|servers]], and numerous configuration options. Both [[command-line interface|command-line]] and [[graphical user interface|graphical]] versions are available.<ref name="HexChatGitHub">{{Cite web|url=https://hexchat.github.io/news.html|title=News – HexChat|website=hexchat.github.io}}</ref><ref name="hcannounce">[https://hexchat.github.io/news/announcement.html Announcement of HexChat] Posted on 06 Jul, 2012</ref>

The client runs on [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Unix-like]] operating systems,<ref name="HexChatGitHub" /> and many [[Linux distributions]] include packages in their repositories.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shareware background|url=https://hexchat.github.io/shareware.html|website=hexchat.github.io}}</ref>

== History ==
The XChat-WDK (XChat Windows Driver Kit) project started in 2010 and was originally Windows-only.  The project's original goal was to merge itself with XChat, but evolved from just fixing Windows bugs to adding new features.  It started to make sense to support more platforms than Windows. On July 6, 2012, XChat-WDK officially changed its name to HexChat.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 6, 2012|title=Announcement|url=https://hexchat.github.io/news/announcement.html|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=HexChat - IRC client}}</ref>

The project was discontinued in early 2024, citing lack of maintainer availability.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 9, 2024|title=2.16.2, The Final Release|url=https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html|access-date=February 9, 2024|website=HexChat}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{Libera.chat|hexchat}} on [[Libera Chat]]

{{IRC clients}}

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