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{{Software|name=XChat
<Rating comment=false>
|author=Peter Zelezny
Rate This!
|logo=[[File:Xchat.png]]
1 (Hate it)
|homepage=http://xchat.org
2 (Dislike it)
|programming_language={{Programming languages/C}}<ref name="sourcecode">http://xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.0.tar.bz2</ref>
3 (It's ok)
|license={{Licenses/GPLv2}} (Linux), {{Licenses/Shareware}} (Windows)
4 (Like it)
|platform=Linux, Windows
5 (Love it)
|release=2.8.9<ref>http://xchat.org/</ref>
</Rating>
|status=Active
}}
'''XChat''' is a [[IRC client#Standalone desktop client|standalone IRC client]] for Linux and Windows. It is especially popular amongst Linux users which prefer [[IRC client#Graphical clients|graphical clients]]{{Source}}. XChat is open-source and although the official Windows version is Shareware<ref>http://xchat.org/files/binary/win32/readme.html</ref>, there are unofficial builds from the available source which attempt to offer free Windows versions<ref>http://silverex.org/</ref>.


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== Extensibility ==
The client has a plugin interface for C<ref>http://xchat.org/docs/plugin20.html</ref> and some scripting languages, e.g. Python<ref>http://xchat.org/docs/xchatpython.html</ref> or TCL<ref>http://www.scriptkitties.com/tclplugin/</ref> (although the latter is done through a third-party plugin).


'''XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.'''
== References ==
{{reflist}}


'''Website:'''
== See also ==
* http://www.xchat.org/
* [[HexChat]]
* A free windows compile of the source is available at http://silverex.org/


'''Key Features:'''
== External links ==
* You can write Plugins in C/C++ or scripts in many languages:
* [http://xchat.org Official website]
* C/C++ - [http://xchat.org/docs/plugin20.html C/C++ Plugin Interface]
* [http://www.hexchat.org/ HexChat, Unofficial and Free Version for Windows/Unix]
* Perl - [http://xchat.org/docs/xchat2-perl.html Perl Scripting Interface]
* Python - [http://xchat.org/docs/xchatpython.html Python Scripting Interface]
* TCL - [http://www.scriptkitties.com/tclplugin/ TCL Scripting]
* Lisp - [http://xchatlisp.sourceforge.net/ xchat-lisp]
* JavaScript - [http://unborn.ludost.net/xcdscript/ xcdscript - JavaScript plugin for XChat]
* Ruby - [http://xchat-ruby.sourceforge.net/ XChat-Ruby - Ruby language plugin]
* Falcon - [http://www.falconpl.org/index.ftd?page_id=prjs&prj_id=fxchat Falcon XChat - The Falcon programming language]


'''Platform:'''
[[Category:Software]][[Category:IRC clients]][[Category:Graphical IRC clients]][[Category:Standalone IRC clients]][[Category:C]][[Category:Active]]
* Unix, Linux, MacOS and Windows
 
'''License:'''
* GPL v2
 
'''Latest Stable Release:''' 2.8,
* [http://xchat.org/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.7f.exe Windows]  
* [http://xchat.org/files/binary/rpm/xchat-2.8.8-0.fc13.src.rpm Fedora GNU/Linux]
* [http://xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.8.tar.xz Source]

Latest revision as of 15:09, 5 December 2012

XChat
Xchat.png
Author(s): Peter Zelezny
Programming language: C[1]
Platform: Linux, Windows
Status: Active
License: GNU General Public License v2 (Linux), Shareware (Windows)
Latest release: 2.8.9[2]
Homepage: http://xchat.org

XChat is a standalone IRC client for Linux and Windows. It is especially popular amongst Linux users which prefer graphical clients[Source?]. XChat is open-source and although the official Windows version is Shareware[3], there are unofficial builds from the available source which attempt to offer free Windows versions[4].

Extensibility

The client has a plugin interface for C[5] and some scripting languages, e.g. Python[6] or TCL[7] (although the latter is done through a third-party plugin).

References

See also

External links