for debian 13.1 xfce
I liked hexchat due to its ample customization possibilities.
What do you use that’s maintained and why?
I still use hexchat, it works fine.
Irssi - used it first in college and never looked for anything else
what’s wrong with irssi?
Nothing IMO, but Weechat is probably a better choice if you’re not already happy with irssi.
If Hexchat is in Trixie repository (which seem to be the case) it will be maintained across its lifecycle which will be a couple of years. If you’re fine with receiving security patches only, then there is no need to swap the client. As for myself I’ll stick to Hexchat as well for the time being since it just works.
Konversation is pretty nice
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.
Weechat.
Or if you’re feeling nastalgic, BitchX.
Or if you want to be more modern, Matrix with the mautrix-signal bridge and Element as a client. This is what I do so I can combine all my chat apps into one.
Most IRC users these days selfhost https://thelounge.chat/
Most? Is that based on the results of a survey or something?
It is based on what I’ve seen lately when I look at /whois. It is not meant to be ground truth, I use it myself and my friends have recommended it to me
I no longer use IRC; when I did, I used KVIrc near the end, which seems to still be getting releases.
ERC, because I use GNU Emacs anyway.
Awww. Hexchat is dead?? NO! I don’t use IRC anymore, but when i did, one of the first things i’d install on a new install was Hexchat.
I type really fast into a telnet session like the good lord intended!
Pong irc.2600.net
I recently started using Halloy and really like it
I use catgirl
Hexchat dead? I just checked on Sid and it’s available. Heck, I forgot I had it installed.
