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{{Software|name=HexChat
{{Software|name=HexChat
|homepage=http://www.hexchat.org
|homepage=http://hexchat.github.io
|programming_language={{Programming languages/C}}
|programming_language={{Programming languages/C}}
|license={{Licenses/GPLv2}}
|license={{Licenses/GPLv2}}
|platform=Linux, Windows
|platform=Linux, Windows
|release=2.9.4<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/home/downloads</ref>
|release=2.12.4<ref>http://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html</ref>
|status=Active
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'''HexChat''' is a fork of [[XChat]] which is free for Linux and Windows<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/home</ref> originally created as an alternative to the Shareware nature of XChat for Windows<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/home/shareware-background</ref>. It was originally named XChat-WDK, but changed it's name because it went far beyond being a simple Windows only version of XChat and efforts to merge into XChat officially hit a dead-end<ref>https://www.facebook.com/HexChat/posts/386623631396756</ref>. By comparison with the Original XChat and the Unofficial XChat Windows Build, HexChat added several very needed features to XChat<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/home/comparison</ref> while simplifying the initial interface for beginners<ref>https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/blob/master/share/doc/faq.md</ref>. '''HexChat''' also boasts a large number of guides including Installation<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/home/installation</ref>, Quick Start<refhttp://www.hexchat.org/home/quick-start-guide</ref>, Tips and Tricks<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/tips-tricks</ref> and even Developer Guides<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/developers</ref>. It also provides several libraries<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/libraries</ref> for the Windows version and commonly needed addons<ref>http://www.hexchat.org/addons</ref> making the ideal replacement for XChat.  
'''HexChat''' is a fork of [[XChat]] which is free for Linux and Windows.<ref>http://hexchat.org/index.html</ref> It was originally named XChat-WDK and was created as an alternative to the Shareware version of XChat for Windows,<ref>http://hexchat.github.io/shareware.html</ref> but changed its name because it went far beyond being a simple Windows only version of XChat and efforts to merge into XChat officially hit a dead-end.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/HexChat/posts/386623631396756</ref>  
 
== Differences from XChat ==
By comparison with the Original XChat and the Unofficial XChat Windows Build, HexChat added several very needed features to XChat while simplifying the initial interface for beginners.<ref>https://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html</ref> HexChat also boasts a large number of guides including Installation,<ref>http://hexchat.github.io/home/installation</ref> Quick Start,<ref>http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started.html</ref> Tips and Tricks<ref>http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tips.html</ref> and even Developer Guides.<ref>http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/developers.html</ref> It also provides several commonly needed addons<ref>https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat-addons</ref> making it the ideal replacement for XChat.
 
== Also See ==
* [[XChat]] (Inactive)


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
* [[XChat]]


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Latest revision as of 00:40, 7 June 2017

HexChat

Programming language: C
Platform: Linux, Windows
Status: Active
License: GNU General Public License v2
Latest release: 2.12.4[1]
Homepage: http://hexchat.github.io

HexChat is a fork of XChat which is free for Linux and Windows.[2] It was originally named XChat-WDK and was created as an alternative to the Shareware version of XChat for Windows,[3] but changed its name because it went far beyond being a simple Windows only version of XChat and efforts to merge into XChat officially hit a dead-end.[4]

Differences from XChat

By comparison with the Original XChat and the Unofficial XChat Windows Build, HexChat added several very needed features to XChat while simplifying the initial interface for beginners.[5] HexChat also boasts a large number of guides including Installation,[6] Quick Start,[7] Tips and Tricks[8] and even Developer Guides.[9] It also provides several commonly needed addons[10] making it the ideal replacement for XChat.

Also See

References

  1. ↑ http://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html
  2. ↑ http://hexchat.org/index.html
  3. ↑ http://hexchat.github.io/shareware.html
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/HexChat/posts/386623631396756
  5. ↑ https://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html
  6. ↑ http://hexchat.github.io/home/installation
  7. ↑ http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/getting_started.html
  8. ↑ http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tips.html
  9. ↑ http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/developers.html
  10. ↑ https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat-addons
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