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I liked hexchat due to its ample customization possibilities.

What do you use that’s maintained and why?

  • MrBungle@lemmy.ca
    3·
    6 months ago

    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.

  • Nemoder@lemmy.ml
    3·
    6 months ago

    I use Quassel, it’s been a few years since any major updates but it still works great. I like that it has a server+client model that functions like a bouncer so you can move between machines without reconnecting to networks. It also allows all the configuration from the client’s GUI so you don’t have to remember commands to change anything.

      • solrize@lemmy.ml
        1·
        6 months ago

        Thanks. Did it need many updates? What stops anyone else from taking care of it? It’s a variant of xchat iirc? I stayed with regular xchat but didn’t realize there was much difference. Anyway, xchat works mostly fine.

        • rhabarba@feddit.orgBanned
          1·
          6 months ago

          Thanks. Did it need many updates?

          No.

          What stops anyone else from taking care of it?

          Please do. (Yes, I know: “Not me!”. That’s what everyone said.)

          It’s a variant of xchat iirc?

          Yes.

          • solrize@lemmy.ml
            1·
            6 months ago

            Well ok, what’s wrong with xchat? I’m using it happily, and if it stopped being maintained I’d probably keep using it. What happens if you just keep using hexchat?

            Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HexChat

            Description sounds like xchat, and xchat isn’t even mentioned in the comparison table. xchat on wikipedia redirects to hexchat.

            Added: looks like hexchat originally intended to improve xchat’s functionality under Windows. Yeah as a non-Windows user I couldn’t see spending time on that myself. Windows from what I can tell is pretty dead in its own right. I guess it still has users though.

  • vort3@lemmy.ml
    1·
    6 months ago

    I remember liking weechat but if you prefer GUI, quassel is also good.