@[email protected] to [email protected] • 28 days agoWhat's Your Favorite IRC Client, and Why?message-square69fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down12
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minus-square@dkclink7•28 days agoI use Hexchat. It’s a fine GUI a client, simple and reliable. I use a ZNC bouncer so no need to keep a CLI client running 24/7.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•28 days agoJust to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives. https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html
minus-square56!linkfedilink12•28 days agoHas IRC been getting many new features recently? It kind of feels like the sort of thing where software can become “finished”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•28 days agoI mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it’s possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.
minus-squarechameleonlinkfedilink2•28 days agoIRCv3 has extended IRC quite a bit over the past decade, fixing a lot of minor pain points if clients support the fixed versions of the protocol.
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish1•28 days agoIRC keeps evolving constantly. In fact it’s one of the few protocols without a fixed spec.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•28 days agoAw drat. That sucks. Thanks for pointing that out
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•28 days agoSame. Hexchat + znc = peak of software development
I use Hexchat. It’s a fine GUI a client, simple and reliable. I use a ZNC bouncer so no need to keep a CLI client running 24/7.
Just to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives.
https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html
Has IRC been getting many new features recently? It kind of feels like the sort of thing where software can become “finished”.
I mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it’s possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.
IRCv3 has extended IRC quite a bit over the past decade, fixing a lot of minor pain points if clients support the fixed versions of the protocol.
IRC keeps evolving constantly. In fact it’s one of the few protocols without a fixed spec.
Aw drat. That sucks. Thanks for pointing that out
Same. Hexchat + znc = peak of software development