These Windows builds of XChat are listed by activity and the builder's name or organization. Unless otherwise specified, builds listed are unofficial, free (available at no cost, built with code licensed under the GPL), and have plugin capability. Included scripting language and other plugins are listed. Plugins are compatible with any build.
If you know of or are participating in a build not listed, please let us know on the XChat forum and at #xchat @ freenode.
| feature\build | Zed (official) | SilvereX | zerostress | Sergio | SoftMile | Daemon404 | Psyon | Sencesa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | $20 US/AU (active) | free (active) | free (active) | free (inactive, 2.6.x) | free (inactive, 2.6.x) | free (discontinued, 2.6.x) | free (inactive, 2.4.x) | free (inactive, 2.4.x) |
| GTK | static | shared | shared | static | dynamic | static | dynamic | dynamic |
| scripting | Perl, Python, Tcl | Perl, Tcl, Ruby | - | Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby | Python | Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby | _ | Perl |
| plugins | exec, dns | exec, dns, Winamp | - | dns, xTray, Winamp | xTray | exec, dns, xTray, Winamp, uptime | _ | exec, dns |
| other | free trial, SSL, DCC64, DCC server, spelling, emoticons, faster text rendering, and more... | SSL, ipv6 | - | SSL | SSL | SSL, DCC64, DCC server | _ | SSL |
--cfgdir command-line argument.
set command. XChat only uses the conf files to save its configuration on exit. Changes made while it is running will be lost, and errors in conf file formats (like mismatched line endings) can lead to data loss.
dccserver command).
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