Software:WeeChat

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Short description: IRC client
WeeChat
Weechat logo.png
WeeChat 3.4 screenshot.png
WeeChat 3.4 with the default configuration
Developer(s)Sébastien Helleu
Initial releaseJune 26, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06-26)
Stable release4.2.1 (January 22, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-01-22)[1]) [±]
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, BSD, OS X, GNU Hurd, Microsoft Windows (using Cygwin)
Size17.2 MB
Available in14 languages[2]
TypeIRC client
LicenseGPL-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]

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

  1. "Version 4.2.1". weechat.org. https://weechat.org/news/146/20240122-Version-4.2.1/. 
  2. "WeeChat translations". https://weechat.org/doc/devel/. 
  3. "Glowing Bear - A web client for WeeChat". glowing-bear.org. https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear. 
  4. Helleu, Sébastien. "WeeChat user's guide" (in en). https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html#relay_plugin. 
  5. "WeeChat :: about :: Features". weechat.org. https://weechat.org/about/features/. 
  6. "WeeChat in Cygwin". weechat.org. 2013-10-19. https://weechat.org/news/77/20131019-WeeChat-in-Cygwin/. 
  7. "WeeChat: Downloads". weechat.org. 2009-03-04. https://weechat.org/download. 
  8. "Debian: WeeChat packages". packages.debian.org. http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=weechat&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all. 
  9. "Ubuntu: WeeChat packages". packages.ubuntu.org. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=weechat&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all. 
  10. "Mandriva: WeeChat packages". mandriva.com. http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/rpms/Application/weechat. 
  11. "Fedora: WeeChat packages". fedoraproject.org. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/weechat. 
  12. "Gentoo: WeeChat packages". gentoo.org. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-irc/weechat. 
  13. "Arch Linux: WeeChat packages". archlinux.org. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=weechat. 
  14. "FreeBSD Ports: WeeChat". freebsd.org. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/irc/weechat/. 
  15. 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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