HexChat
Internet & Communication
IRC Client
8 platformsArch Linux (recommended)
Debian
Ubuntu
Fedora
openSUSE
Void Linux
Slackware
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Standard: Git
Other builds: Python2
Arch Linux (recommended)
Screenshots & videos
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.
Additional information
Project
- Publisher
- Nils Büchner
- License
- GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
- Homepage
- zoitechat.org
- From the project
- Report a bugSource codeDocumentationContact
- 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)
| Source | Name | Version | Built by | License | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snap Store | ZoiteChat | 2.19.1 | — | GPL-2.0+ | ZoiteChat IRC Client |
| AUR | zoitechat | 2.19.1-1 | — | GPL-2.0-or-later | GTK3 IRC client based on HexChat |
| AUR (AppImage build) | zoitechat-appimage | 2.19.0-3 | Community repack | GPL-2.0-only | An easy to use graphical IRC (chat) client, based on HexChat (AppImage version) |
| AUR (Git build) | zoitechat-git | r4919.54514f49-1 | — | GPL-2.0-or-later | GTK3 IRC client based on HexChat |
| Fedora | zoitechat | 2.19.1 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later WITH cryptsetup-OpenSSL-exception | HexChat-based IRC client |
| openSUSE | zoitechat | 2.19.0 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later | A graphical IRC (chat) client, fork of HexChat |
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Add-ons
Plugins (3)
- zoitechat-plugins-lua — Plugin for ZoiteChat adds support for LUA scripts (openSUSE)
- zoitechat-plugins-perl — Plugin for ZoiteChat adds support for Perl scripts (openSUSE)
- zoitechat-plugins-python3 — Plugin for ZoiteChat adds support for Python3 scripts (openSUSE)