Based on the XChat IRC client, the app comes with extensive scripting capabilities with Python and Perl, and is available in multiple languages. It includes features such as Spellcheck, Proxies, SASL, DCC, and more. It was initially known as XChat-WDK, which itself was a successor to freakschat.
HexChat is an IRC client based application for XChat. The program is highly scriptable with Python and Perl and is translated in multiple languages. It supports Spellcheck, Proxies, SASL, DCC and more. HexChat was originally called XChat-WDK which in turn was a successor of freakschat.
