ZoiteChat

ZoiteChat IRC Client

Internet & CommunicationFree software· GPL-2.0-or-later13+
Updated 2 months agoActively maintained
Snap (recommended) Arch Linux Fedora openSUSEStandard: Stable Other builds: AppImage

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About

ZoiteChat is an easy to use yet extensible IRC Client based on Hexchat. It allows you to securely join multiple networks and talk to users privately or in channels using a customizable interface. You can even transfer files. ZoiteChat supports features such as: DCC, SASL, proxies, spellcheck, alerts, logging, custom themes, and Python/Perl scripts.

Changelog

- Added Python 3.8 compatibility for older Windows releases. - Added on-demand SASL password prompts, including renewed prompts after reconnecting. - Corrected NickServ authentication to use the decrypted password for the active network. - Made system theme matching the default and polished GTK3 theme integration. - Applied more settings changes immediately, reducing the need to restart ZoiteChat. - Added descriptive tooltips to the color picker choices and refined default text-event colors. - Stabilized channel tree font handling across palette and theme updates. - Corrected the chat scrollbar increment used by its arrow buttons. - Improved Windows URL launching through the native shell. - Restored expected minimize behavior when clicking ZoiteChat on the Windows taskbar.

Additional information

Project

Publisher
Nils Büchner
License
GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Latest release
July 28, 2026 (2 months ago)Actively maintained · 10+ releases in the last year
Release history
Last 10 releases
  • 2.19.0July 28, 2026
  • 2.18.3June 29, 2026
  • 2.18.2June 20, 2026
  • 2.18.1May 21, 2026
  • 2.18.0April 20, 2026
  • 2.18.0~pre6March 30, 2026
  • 2.18.0~pre5March 22, 2026
  • 2.18.0~pre4March 14, 2026
  • 2.18.0~pre3March 13, 2026
  • 2.18.0~pre2February 25, 2026
Languages
47 languages

Install

Available via
Snap · Arch Linux (3) · Fedora · openSUSE
All 6 packagings

Snap Store, AUR, AUR (AppImage build), AUR (Git build), Fedora, openSUSE

About this data

Sources
7 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (6)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Snap StoreZoiteChat2.19.1—GPL-2.0+ZoiteChat IRC Client
AURzoitechat2.19.1-1—GPL-2.0-or-laterGTK3 IRC client based on HexChat
AUR (AppImage build)zoitechat-appimage2.19.0-3Community repackGPL-2.0-only