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HexChat

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Summary

HexChat is an IRC client[1]. HexChat has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: free software[3]
  • Based on: XChat[4]
  • Developer: FLOSS contributor[5], Berke Viktor[6]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0[7]
  • Programmed in: C[8]
  • Operating system: Linux[9], Microsoft Windows[10], macOS[11], Unix-like operating system[12]
  • Software version identifier: 2.10.1[13], 2.10.2[14], 2.12.1[15], 2.12.1-2[16], 2.12.2[17], 2.12.3[18], 2.12.4[19], 2.12.0[20], 2.10.0[21], 2.14.0[22], 2.14.1[23], 2.14.2[24], 2.14.3[25], 2.16.0[26]
  • Commons category: HexChat[27]
  • Inception: March 29, 2010[28]
  • Official website: https://hexchat.github.io[29]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat[30]
  • Replaces: XChat[31]
  • Issue tracker URL: https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues[32]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: GTK[33]
  • IRC channel URL: irc://chat.freenode.net/hexchat[34], irc://irc.libera.chat/hexchat[35]
  • Discontinuation date: February 9, 2024[36]
  • Software quality assurance: continuous integration[37]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hexchat.readthedocs.org. Retrieved . hexchat.readthedocs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . hexchat.readthedocs.io. hexchat.readthedocs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Retrieved . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Retrieved . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Retrieved . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Retrieved . hexchat.readthedocs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . openhub.net. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . hexchat.github.io. Retrieved . hexchat.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Portableapps id → internet/hexchat-portable
    Imported from → —
    Operating system → Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS +1
    Discontinuation date → +2024-02-09T00:00:00Z
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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