X-Chat

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A typical X-Chat session showing an active conversation in the #wikipedia channel.

An X-Chat for Windows session showing the common GTK GUI interface to X-Chat. The user list is on the right and unread conversation tabs are red.

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X-Chat, commonly written XChat or xchat, is one of the most popular IRC clients for Unix-like systems. It is also available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X (via an offshoot of the project, called X-Chat Aqua, which keeps in sync with the main development branch and is much more popular than the official version maintained by the Fink project). It has a choice of a tabbed or tree interface, support for multiple servers, and a high level of configurability. Both command line and graphical versions are available, although use of the graphical version far outweighs use of the command line version. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License and uses the GTK+ toolkit for its interface.

[edit] Shareware controversy

As of August 23, 2004, the official Windows build of X-Chat has become shareware, and must be purchased for USD$20 or AUD$25 after a 30-day trial period. There has been a great deal of discussion about the legality of this move. Since the X-Chat project has not required copyright assignment, the maintainer of the X-Chat project does not actually hold copyright to the entirety of the code. While he has offered to remove and rewrite any patches, provided the author of the patches asks him to, there are many who feel that he is still in violation of the GPL, especially since the code for the shareware enforcement is not disclosed. Unofficial Windows builds of X-Chat are made available (at no cost) by contributors, who maintain binaries of the latest release, and also compile frequently from CVS.

[edit] See also

Free software Portal

• List of IRC clients
• Comparison of IRC clients

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Portable X-Chat Aqua (site) - X-Chat IRC client for Mac OS X

[edit] Support

• X-Chat website
  • FAQ
  • Forum
  • linuxquestions.org wiki, Information beyond the FAQ
• X-Chat Aqua website
• X-Chat support channel on freenode
• X-Chat support channel on efnet

[edit] Unofficial versions and builds

• X-Chat Aqua for Mac OS X
• X-Chat Gnome

[edit] Windows builds (GPL)

• X-Chat on Windows Build Lineup

Builds that are still being updated:

• Paces build
• Sergio's build
• SilvereX build (alternate)

Builds that are no longer being updated:

• SoftMile.com build
• Daemon404 build
• Stryker build
• Sencesa Build
• Jensge Build
• Psyon build
• Pu7o build

[edit] Third-party plugins

[edit] Programming languages

• Tcl Plugin for X-Chat
• Ruby Plugin for X-Chat
• Common Lisp Plugin for X-Chat
• Scheme Plugin for X-Chat
• DMDScript (ECMAScript) Plugin for X-Chat

[edit] System tray

• xTray for X-Chat on Windows
• Systray for Windows and Linux (sourceforge project page)