https://github.com/weechat/weechat

The extensible chat client.
https://github.com/weechat/weechat

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The extensible chat client.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/weechat/weechat
• Owner: weechat
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2014-03-03T08:08:02.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-21T06:24:04.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T15:04:12.546Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: c, chat, client, extensible, irc, javascript, lua, perl, php, python, ruby, scheme, scripting, tcl
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://weechat.org
• Size: 226 MB
• Stars: 2,960
• Watchers: 77
• Forks: 331
• Open Issues: 429
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS.md

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README

        
# WeeChat



  



[![Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-follow-blue.svg)](https://hostux.social/@weechat)

[![Diaspora*](https://img.shields.io/badge/diaspora*-follow-blue.svg)](https://diasp.eu/u/weechat)

[![X](https://img.shields.io/badge/x-follow-blue.svg)](https://x.com/WeeChatClient)

[![Devel blog](https://img.shields.io/badge/devel%20blog-follow-blue.svg)](https://blog.weechat.org/)

[![Slant](https://img.shields.io/badge/slant-recommend-28acad.svg)](https://www.slant.co/topics/1323/~best-irc-clients-for-linux)

[![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/help-donate%20%E2%9D%A4-ff69b4.svg)](https://weechat.org/donate/)

[![CI](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/actions)

[![Code coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/weechat/weechat/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/weechat/weechat)

**WeeChat** (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems.\

It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts.

Homepage: [https://weechat.org/](https://weechat.org/)

## Features

- **Modular chat client**: WeeChat has a lightweight core and optional [plugins](https://weechat.org/doc/weechat/user/#plugins). All plugins (including [IRC](https://weechat.org/doc/weechat/user/#irc)) are independent and can be unloaded.

- **Multi-platform**: WeeChat runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, GNU/Hurd, Haiku, macOS and Windows (Bash/Ubuntu and Cygwin).

- **Multi-protocols**: WeeChat is designed to support multiple protocols by plugins, like IRC.

- **Standards-compliant**: the IRC plugin is compliant with RFCs [1459](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1459), [2810](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2810), [2811](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2811), [2812](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2812), [2813](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2813) and [7194](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7194).

- **Small, fast, and very light**: the core is and should stay as light and fast as possible.

- **Customizable and extensible**: there are a lot of options to customize WeeChat, and it is extensible with C plugins and [scripts](https://weechat.org/scripts/) ([Perl](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/perl/), [Python](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/python/), [Ruby](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/ruby), [Lua](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/lua/), [Tcl](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/tcl/), [Scheme](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/guile/), [JavaScript](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/javascript/) and [PHP](https://weechat.org/scripts/language/php/)).

- **Fully documented**: there is comprehensive [documentation](https://weechat.org/doc/weechat/), which is [translated](https://weechat.org/doc/weechat/dev/#translations) into several languages.

- **Developed from scratch**: WeeChat was built from scratch and is not based on any other client.

- **Free software**: WeeChat is released under [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html).



  



On WeeChat's website you can find [more screenshots](https://weechat.org/about/screenshots/).

## Installation

WeeChat can be installed using your favorite package manager (recommended) or by compiling it yourself.\

For detailed instructions, please check the [WeeChat user's guide](https://weechat.org/doc/weechat/user/#install).

## Semantic versioning

WeeChat is following a "practical" semantic versioning, see file [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#semantic-versioning).

## Copyright

Copyright © 2003-2024 [Sébastien Helleu](https://github.com/flashcode)

This file is part of WeeChat, the extensible chat client.

WeeChat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.

WeeChat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with WeeChat.  If not, see .