Software:WeeChat
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 WeeChat 3.4 with the default configuration | |
| Developer(s) | Sébastien Helleu |
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| Initial release | June 26, 2003 |
| Stable release | 4.2.1 (January 22, 2024[1]) [±] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD, OS X, GNU Hurd, Microsoft Windows (using Cygwin) |
| Size | 17.2 MB |
| Available in | 14 languages[2] |
| Type | IRC client |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
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,[3] a web frontend) through the use of the relay plugin.[4]
Features
WeeChat's features include:[5]
- 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).[6]
Binary packages and builds of WeeChat are available for installation as well as the source code for self compilation.[7] This includes most Linux distributions and BSD package management systems, such as Debian,[8] Ubuntu,[9] Mandriva Linux,[10] Fedora,[11] Gentoo Linux,[12] Arch Linux,[13] FreeBSD via the FreeBSD Ports system, OpenBSD via the Ports collection, as well on NetBSD via Pkgsrc.[14]
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.[15]
See also
References
- ↑ "Version 4.2.1". weechat.org. https://weechat.org/news/146/20240122-Version-4.2.1/.
- ↑ "WeeChat translations". https://weechat.org/doc/devel/.
- ↑ "Glowing Bear - A web client for WeeChat". glowing-bear.org. https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear.
- ↑ Helleu, Sébastien. "WeeChat user's guide" (in en). https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html#relay_plugin.
- ↑ "WeeChat :: about :: Features". weechat.org. https://weechat.org/about/features/.
- ↑ "WeeChat in Cygwin". weechat.org. 2013-10-19. https://weechat.org/news/77/20131019-WeeChat-in-Cygwin/.
- ↑ "WeeChat: Downloads". weechat.org. 2009-03-04. https://weechat.org/download.
- ↑ "Debian: WeeChat packages". packages.debian.org. http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=weechat&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all.
- ↑ "Ubuntu: WeeChat packages". packages.ubuntu.org. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=weechat&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all.
- ↑ "Mandriva: WeeChat packages". mandriva.com. http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/rpms/Application/weechat.
- ↑ "Fedora: WeeChat packages". fedoraproject.org. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/weechat.
- ↑ "Gentoo: WeeChat packages". gentoo.org. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-irc/weechat.
- ↑ "Arch Linux: WeeChat packages". archlinux.org. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=weechat.
- ↑ "FreeBSD Ports: WeeChat". freebsd.org. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/irc/weechat/.
- ↑ Brown, Martin (2005-09-07). "Free IRC clients : Choosing the best IRC client for your needs". Free Software Magazine (7). http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_irc?page=0%2C1. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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