Weechat

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WeeChat
DeveloperSébastien Helleu
ReleaseJune 26, 2003 (2003-06-26)
Stable release
4.9.2[1][2] Edit this on Wikidata / 7 June 2026
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, BSD, OS X, GNU Hurd, Microsoft Windows (using Cygwin)
Size17.2 MB
Available in14 languages[3]
TypeIRC client
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websiteweechat.org Edit this on Wikidata
Repository

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,[4] a web frontend) through the use of the relay plugin.[5]

Features

WeeChat's features include:[6]

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).[7]

Binary packages and builds of WeeChat are available for installation as well as the source code for self compilation.[8] This includes most Linux distributions and BSD package management systems, such as Debian,[9] Ubuntu,[10] Mandriva Linux,[11] Fedora,[12] Gentoo Linux,[13] Arch Linux,[14] FreeBSD via the FreeBSD Ports system, OpenBSD via the Ports collection, as well on NetBSD via Pkgsrc.[15]

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.[16]

See also

References

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  3. "WeeChat translations". WeeChat. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. "Glowing Bear - A web client for WeeChat". github.com. glowing-bear.org. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. Helleu, Sébastien. "WeeChat user's guide". weechat.org. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  6. "WeeChat :: about :: Features". weechat.org. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  7. "WeeChat in Cygwin". weechat.org. 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  8. "WeeChat: Downloads". weechat.org. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  9. "Debian: WeeChat packages". packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  10. "Ubuntu: WeeChat packages". packages.ubuntu.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  11. "Mandriva: WeeChat packages". mandriva.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  12. "Fedora: WeeChat packages". fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  13. "Gentoo: WeeChat packages". gentoo.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  14. "Arch Linux: WeeChat packages". archlinux.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  15. "FreeBSD Ports: WeeChat". freebsd.org. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  16. Brown, Martin (2005-09-07). "Free IRC clients : Choosing the best IRC client for your needs". Free Software Magazine (7). Retrieved 2014-01-28.