About:
X-Chat is a fully-featured graphical IRC client using the GTK toolkit. Optionally it can be compiled to use GNOME and Perl scripting.

Author:
Peter Zelezny <zed [at] mentasm [dot] com> [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.42/10.00 (48 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.xchat.org/
Tar/BZ2:
http://xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.6.tar.bz2
Changelog:
http://www.xchat.org/changelog.txt
RPM package:
http://www.xchat.org/files/binary/rpm/
Debian package:
http://packages.debian.org/xchat
OS X package:
http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=xchat
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://xchat.cvs.sourceforge.net/
Mailing list archive:
http://www.xchat.org/mailinglist/

Trove categories: [change]

[Environment]		X11 Applications
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]		Communications :: Chat :: Internet Relay Chat

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	2.8.6	03-Sep-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Aqua A native Cocoa version for Mac OS X.	0.11.0	10-Nov-2003	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Development	2.1.1	13-Aug-2004	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
2.8.6	Minor bugfixes	03-Sep-2008 14:30
2.8.2	Major feature enhancements	20-Jun-2007 18:11
2.6.0	Minor feature enhancements	15-Nov-2005 01:07
2.4.1	Minor bugfixes	20-Dec-2004 01:28
2.0.10	Minor bugfixes	13-Aug-2004 07:04
2.0.8	N/A	12-Apr-2004 20:23
2.0.5	Minor bugfixes	22-Sep-2003 13:28
2.0.4	Major bugfixes	05-Aug-2003 10:51
2.0.0	N/A	11-Feb-2003 15:45
1.8.10	Minor bugfixes	08-Aug-2002 10:12

 Articles referencing this project

Red Hat: Updated xchat package fixes SOCKSv5 proxy security issue by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Oct 27th 2004 12:35 Red Hat: An updated X-Chat package fixes vulnerability in Socks-5 proxy by Patrick Lenz , in Security Fri, Apr 30th 2004 08:22 Debian: New xchat packages fix arbitrary code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Apr 21st 2004 08:23 BitlBee: IRC vs. Instant Messengers by Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski , in Project Reviews Sat, Jan 31st 2004 00:00

Red Hat: Updated xchat packages fix /dns vulnerability by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Jun 5th 2002 03:27 Red Hat: Updated xchat packages available by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Jan 16th 2002 00:53 Debian: New XChat packages fix potential IRC session hijacking by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sat, Jan 12th 2002 08:41

 Comments

[»] XChat 80x15 button
by shockzor - Jun 13th 2005 23:20:58

I made a 80x15 button for XChat. Button

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[»] 1.3.10 still fails
by Shaman - Jan 4th 2000 11:58:28

Undefined Symbol setenv.o First referenced in file menu.o

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[»] Slow new text widget
by Julian Morrison - Dec 28th 1999 13:35:14

The new text widget is a good idea, and I like it - except that it's so slow. Specifically it needs to redraw a lot faster, as fast as the normal GTK widget, if it's not to be a real annoyance.

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[»] Fails to compile on Solaris
by Shaman - Dec 8th 1999 10:53:01

This version (1.3.8) fails to compile on solaris with a setenv.o error.

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[»] Version 1.1.9 is already out
by Artemis3 - Aug 27th 1999 01:35:35

Try here:

http://xchat.org/files/beta/xchat-1.1.9.tar.bz2

Indeed i think this IRC client is great.
Keep up the good work! :)

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