for debian 13.1 xfce
I liked hexchat due to its ample customization possibilities.
What do you use that’s maintained and why?
Hexchat dead? I just checked on Sid and it’s available. Heck, I forgot I had it installed.
I still use hexchat, it works fine.
Irssi - used it first in college and never looked for anything else
I use Quassel, it’s been a few years since any major updates but it still works great. I like that it has a server+client model that functions like a bouncer so you can move between machines without reconnecting to networks. It also allows all the configuration from the client’s GUI so you don’t have to remember commands to change anything.
I use catgirl
Most IRC users these days selfhost https://thelounge.chat/
Never heard of it
I type really fast into a telnet session like the good lord intended!
Pong irc.2600.net
I no longer use IRC; when I did, I used KVIrc near the end, which seems to still be getting releases.
When I last needed to get on IRC I used pidgin, because it’s what worked.
I remember liking weechat but if you prefer GUI, quassel is also good.
I still use hexchat… suppose i shouldn’t since it’s not being updated anymore. But, I’ve tried a bunch and it’s the only one i like.
It will probably keep working fine for years. Eventually some dependency will become incompatible and it will no longer build though.
I moved to weechat. It is terminal only. I had setup some keybindings either ways on hexchat to navigate faster via keyboard between channels / servers and weechat can replicate them (albeit it takes a little time to read documentation in this case). Many folks also are hard on users of irssi but weechat met my simplistic needs.
Not to mention almost any distro will have a packaged version of weechat in its repos.
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What happened to hexchat? I use xchat but maybe that’s dead too.
