] image:https://weechat.org/media/images/weechat_logo_large.png[align="center"] pass:[
] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/diaspora*-follow-blue.svg["Diaspora*", link="https://diasp.eu/u/weechat"] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-follow-blue.svg["Mastodon", link="https://hostux.social/@weechat"] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-follow-blue.svg["Twitter", link="https://twitter.com/WeeChatClient"] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/devel%20blog-follow-blue.svg["Devel blog", link="https://blog.weechat.org/"] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/slant-recommend-28acad.svg["Slant", link="https://www.slant.co/topics/1323/~best-irc-clients-for-linux"] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/help-donate%20%E2%9D%A4-ff69b4.svg["Donate", link="https://weechat.org/donate/"] image:https://travis-ci.org/weechat/weechat.svg?branch=master["Build Status", link="https://travis-ci.org/weechat/weechat"] image:https://codecov.io/gh/weechat/weechat/branch/master/graph/badge.svg["Code coverage", link="https://codecov.io/gh/weechat/weechat"] *WeeChat* (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts. Homepage: https://weechat.org/ == Features * *Modular chat client*: WeeChat has a lightweight core and optional https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html#plugins[plugins]. All plugins (including https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html#irc_plugin[IRC]) are independent and can be unloaded. * *Multi-platform*: WeeChat runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, GNU/Hurd, Haiku, macOS and Windows (Bash/Ubuntu and Cygwin). * *Multi-protocols*: WeeChat is designed to support multiple protocols by plugins, like IRC. * *Standards-compliant*: the IRC plugin is compliant with RFCs https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459[1459], https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2810[2810], https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2811[2811], https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812[2812] and https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2813[2813]. * *Small, fast and very light*: the core is and should stay as light and fast as possible. * *Customizable and extensible*: there are a lot of options to customize WeeChat, and it is extensible with C plugins and https://weechat.org/scripts/[scripts] (https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/perl/[Perl], https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/python/[Python], https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/ruby[Ruby], https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/lua/[Lua], https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/tcl/[Tcl], https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/guile/[Scheme], https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/javascript/[JavaScript] and https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/language/php/[PHP]). * *Fully documented*: there is comprehensive https://weechat.org/doc/[documentation], which is https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_dev.en.html#translations[translated] into several languages. * *Developed from scratch*: WeeChat was built from scratch and is not based on any other client. * *Free software*: WeeChat is released under https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html[GPLv3]. pass:[] image:https://weechat.org/media/images/screenshots/weechat/medium/weechat_2013-04-27_phlux_shadow.png[align="center"] pass:[
] On WeeChat's website you can find https://weechat.org/about/screenshots/[more screenshots]. == Install === Dependencies Following packages are *required*: * CMake * libncurses * libcurl * zlib * libgcrypt Following packages are optional: * for i18n: gettext * for SSL: gnutls, ca-certificates * for spell checking: aspell or enchant * for scripting: python, perl, ruby, lua, tcl, guile, libv8 (javascript), php * for building doc and man page: asciidoctor * for building tests: C++ compiler, CppUTest For a complete list of dependencies and versions recommended, please look at https://weechat.org/files/doc/devel/weechat_user.en.html#dependencies[user's guide]. === Compile WeeChat can be built with https://cmake.org/[CMake] (recommended) or autotools. [NOTE] Only CMake is officially supported to build WeeChat. You should only use autotools if you are not able to use CMake. + Building with autotools requires more dependencies and is slower than with CMake. * Installation in system directories (requires _root_ privileges): ---- $ mkdir build $ cd build $ cmake .. $ make $ sudo make install ---- * Installation in custom directory (for example your home): ---- $ mkdir build $ cd build $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/directory $ make $ make install ---- For more information or installation with autotools, please look at https://weechat.org/files/doc/devel/weechat_user.en.html#compile_with_autotools[user's guide]. === Run tests Following packages are *required* to compile tests: * libcpputest-dev * C++ compiler Tests must be enabled when compiling WeeChat: ---- $ cmake .. -DENABLE_TESTS=ON ---- They can be launched after compilation from the build directory: ---- $ ctest -V ---- == Copyright Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Sébastien Helleu