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About WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms like Linux, Unix, BSD, GNU Hurd, Mac OS X and Windows (Bash/Ubuntu and Cygwin).

WeeChat is:
  • modular: a lightweight core with optional plugins
  • multi-protocols architecture (mainly IRC)
  • extensible with C, Python, Perl, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme, Javascript and PHP
  • fully documented and translated into several languages
  • a free program released under the GPLv3 license
  • an active project with a large community for scripts.

Latest stable version of WeeChat is 2.0.1, released on Dec 20, 2017.

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You can help the WeeChat project in many ways:
  • translation: software, documentation and this web site
  • code: tests, bug reports, ideas for new features and patches
  • donation: any contribution is appreciated and important for motivation.
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More ››Latest news

Dec 28, 2017 Donations via Liberapay
Dec 20, 2017 Version 2.0.1
Dec 3, 2017 Version 2.0
Sep 23, 2017 Version 1.9.1 (security release)
Jun 25, 2017 Version 1.9
May 13, 2017 Version 1.8
Apr 22, 2017 Version 1.7.1 (security release)
Jan 15, 2017 Version 1.7

More ››Upcoming events

Mar 4, 2018 Version 2.1
Jun 17, 2018 Version 2.2
Sep 29, 2018 Version 2.3
Jan 6, 2019 Version 2.4