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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><br> HexChat 2.16.0 unter <a href="Arch_Linux" title="Arch Linux">Arch Linux</a>
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<td><b><a href="Softwareentwickler" title="Softwareentwickler">Entwickler</a></b>
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<td>Berke Viktor
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<td>2009
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<td><span class="wikidata-content">2.16.2<sup id="cite_ref-_c4700c5ed539ef70_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-_c4700c5ed539ef70-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-_9b7558c9b54e53b0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-_9b7558c9b54e53b0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> <br> (<span class="wikidata-content">7. Februar 2024</span>)
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<td><a href="IRC-Client" title="IRC-Client">IRC-Client</a>
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<td><a href="GPLv2" class="mw-redirect" title="GPLv2">GPLv2</a> (<a href="Freie_Software" title="Freie Software">freie Software</a>)
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<td>ja
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<td class="hintergrundfarbe5" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.github.io/">hexchat.github.io</a> (englisch)
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<p><b>HexChat</b> ist ein <a href="Freie_Software" title="Freie Software">freier</a> <a href="IRC-Client" title="IRC-Client">IRC-Client</a> basierend auf <a href="XChat" title="XChat">XChat</a>. Im Februar 2024 wurde bekannt gegeben, dass es sich bei der Version 2.16.2 um die finale Version handle und die Weiterentwicklung durch den Maintainer damit enden werde.
</p><p>HexChat verfügt über eine grafische Oberfläche und ist für die Betriebssysteme <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> und <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> verfügbar.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Die Version für macOS wird jedoch seit Ende 2014 nicht mehr weiterentwickelt (letzte Version 2.10.2).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Das Programm ist in 53 Sprachen verfügbar.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Durch die inoffizielle Einstellung und die Offenlegung des Quellcodes von XChat gründete Berke Viktor 2009 das Projekt HexChat, an dem insgesamt elf Entwickler gearbeitet haben.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Das Programm wurde seitdem in vielen Teilen weiterentwickelt und bietet Schnittstellen für Plugins, die in den Programmiersprachen <a href="Perl_(Programmiersprache)" title="Perl (Programmiersprache)">Perl</a> und <a href="Python_(Programmiersprache)" title="Python (Programmiersprache)">Python</a> geschrieben werden können.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dadurch können im Programm weitreichende Anpassungen vorgenommen werden.
</p><p>HexChat unterstützt alle gängigen Erweiterungen im IRC-Bereich. Hierzu zählen <a href="Direct_Client-to-Client" title="Direct Client-to-Client">DCC</a> Chat/Transfer, <a href="SASL" class="mw-redirect" title="SASL">SASL</a> und <a href="X.509" title="X.509">X.509</a>-basierte Anmeldungen, benutzerdefinierte <a href="CTCP" class="mw-redirect" title="CTCP">CTCP</a>-Nachrichten, <a href="Proxy_(Rechnernetz)" title="Proxy (Rechnernetz)">Proxys</a>, Rechtschreibprüfung, Hervorhebungen und Designanpassung.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.github.io">HexChat</a> Website des Projekts (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest">Dokumentation</a> (englisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-_c4700c5ed539ef70-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-_c4700c5ed539ef70_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html"><cite style="font-style:italic"><span lang="en">2.16.2, The Final Release</span></cite>.</a> 9. Februar 2024 (abgerufen am 11. Februar 2024).</span>
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<li id="cite_note-_9b7558c9b54e53b0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-_9b7558c9b54e53b0_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html"><cite style="font-style:italic"><span lang="en">HexChat ChangeLog</span></cite>.</a> 7. Februar 2024 (abgerufen am 11. Februar 2024).</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html">Downloads</a> (alle Plattformen)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dl.hexchat.net/hexchat/osx/">Versionarchiv OS X</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html">Version OS X</a> (Bekanntmachung in Abschnitt OS X)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.transifex.com/hexchat/hexchat/">Übersetzungsprogramm des Projekts</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/orgs/hexchat/people">Mitwirkende auf GitHub</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers.html#scripting">offiziell unterstützte Scriptsprachen</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.github.io/themes.html"><i>Themes – HexChat.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 11. Mai 2019</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AHexChat&rft.title=Themes+%E2%80%93+HexChat&rft.description=Themes+%E2%80%93+HexChat&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fhexchat.github.io%2Fthemes.html"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alle Implementationen im <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html">Changelog von HexChat</a></span>
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