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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>XChat: Multiplatform Chat Program</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <link rel=icon type="image/png" href="/img/xchatlogo.png"> <link rel=STYLESHEET href="/xchat.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div id=head> <div id=logo> <img src="/img/xchatlogo2.png" width=128 height=62 alt="XChat Logo"> Windows & Linux Chat Program </div> <div id=version> <table border=0> <tr> <td align=center> <a href="/windows/"><img src="/img/windows.jpg" width=16 height=15 alt=WIN></a> </td> <td align=center> <a href="/files/binary/rpm/?M=A"><img src="/img/fedora.jpg" width=16 height=15 alt=FED></a> </td> <td align=center> <a href="/files/source/2.8/?N=D"><img src="/img/source.jpg" width=16 height=15 alt=SRC></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <small> <a href="/windows/">Windows: 2.8.9</a> </small> </td> <td> <small> <a href="/files/binary/rpm/?M=A">Fedora: 2.8.8</a> </small> </td> <td> <small> <a href="/files/source/2.8/?N=D">Source: 2.8.8</a> </small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id=lefthalf> <div class=heading3>Extras</div> <ul id=menu> <li><a href="/screenshots/">Screenshots</a></li> <li><a href="/cvs/">Report Bugs</a></li> <li><a href="http://forum.xchat.org/">Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/faq/">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/donate/">Donations</a></li> </ul> <small><br><br>Supporters:</small> <div id=sponsors> <br> <a href="http://www.backlinksrocket.com/">Backlinksrocket</a> <br><br> <a href="http://dirgeobiz.com/">dirgeobiz</a> <br><br> <a href="https://www.directory.net/legal" target="_blank" title="Top Legal Resources">Top Legal Resources</a> <br><br><br> </div> </div> <div id=navdiv> <ul id=headnav> <li><a class=round href="/">NEWS</a></li> <li><a class=bg href="/download/">DOWNLOAD</a></li> <li><a class=bg href="http://forum.xchat.org/">FORUM</a></li> <li><a class=bg href="/docs/">DOCS</a></li> <li><a class=bg href="/contact/">CONTACT</a></li> </ul> <div id=payload> <div class=heading1>What is XChat?</div> <table cellpadding=4> <tr> <td> XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible. <br> <br> <p align=right> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <a href="/docs/start/">Read the quick start guide...</a> </p> </td> <td> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> </td> </tr> </table> <div class=heading2>Latest News</div> <div class=date> 28-Aug-2010</div> <blockquote> A new release of XChat for Windows is available today: 2.8.9. See this <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=5694">forum post</a> for a list of changes or to leave comments. </blockquote> <div class=date> 30-May-2010</div> <blockquote> Released a new version for Linux/Unix today: 2.8.8, see this <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=5515">forum post</a> for a list of changes or to leave comments. </blockquote> <div class=date> 16-Aug-2009</div> <blockquote> Released a new version for Windows: 2.8.7f. <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.7f.exe">Download</a> | <a href="/files/binary/win32/readme.html#2">Changes</a> | It includes a few small touch-ups, including a speed-up in loading scrollback logs. </blockquote> <div class=date> 18-Jan-2009</div> <blockquote> Released another little bug-fix update of XChat for Windows: 2.8.7e. <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.7e.exe">Download</a> | <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4553">Forum thread</a> </blockquote> <div class=date> 30-Dec-2008</div> <blockquote> Released a little bug-fix update of XChat for Windows: 2.8.7d. Enjoy... </blockquote> <div class=date> 14-Jun-2008</div> <blockquote> XChat for Windows users are advised to upgrade to <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.7c.exe">2.8.7c</a> due to a security issue. This affects people browsing the web with Internet Explorer while XChat is running. The problem does not exist if Firefox is your default browser. </blockquote> <div class=date> 11-Jun-2008</div> <blockquote> After some complaining and whining from a few people about how long it's taking, we've finally released a new Linux version: <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=15859">2.8.6</a>, enjoy. </blockquote> <div class=date> 20-Mar-2008</div> <blockquote> A major new version of XChat for Windows has been released today: 2.8.7. Some of the new features including screenshots are listed in this <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4107">forum post</a>. <i>Update 15/Apr/08:</i> This version has now been superseded by 2.8.7a. <i>14/Jun/08:</i> This version has now been superseded by <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.7c.exe">2.8.7c</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 11-Dec-2007</div> <blockquote> Released XChat <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=3990">2.8.5e</a>, a smaller conservative release. A highlight in this version is being able to use <a href="http://xchat.org/files/binary/win32/readme.html#9">OpenSSL</a> again. It should also be noted that Windows 98/ME support has now been <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=3989">dropped</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 03-Nov-2007</div> <blockquote> XChat 2.8.5c is out today. This is a bug fix release, which includes a fix to the problem a few people reported, connecting to a sBNC or ZNC via SSL. </blockquote> <div class=date> 05-Oct-2007</div> <blockquote> Released a minor update for Windows: <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=3890">2.8.5b</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 01-Jul-2007</div> <blockquote> Released a new version for Linux/Unix today: 2.8.4, which has similar features (ability to move the tree and userlist) to the Windows release a few weeks ago (see youtube video below). See this <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=13820">forum post</a> for a list of changes or to leave comments. </blockquote> <div class=date> 24-Jun-2007</div> <blockquote> Released <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.5a.exe">2.8.5</a> for Windows. See this <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=13768">forum post</a> for a list of changes or to leave comments. The most notable improvement is probably the moveable components, that is, you can move the userlist and tree around to different positions with the mouse [youtube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpfRHDtG778">video</a>]. A release for GNU/Linux with similar features will follow soon. </blockquote> <div class=date> 17-Jun-2007</div> <blockquote> Development is under way to standardise a IRC services protocol. We will be supporting an effort at <a href="http://www.irc-plus.org">irc-plus.org</a> and I urge all IRC server authors to get involved. This is all designed to make registering nick-names and logging in to IRC easier for end-users. That is, with a GUI, without having to remember complicated commands. </blockquote> <div class=date> 13-May-2007</div> <blockquote> Released <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.3e.exe">2.8.3e</a>, a small update. <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=3615">(Change Log and Comments)</a> </blockquote> <div class=date> 15-Apr-2007</div> <blockquote> Oops. Forgot to mention <a href="/download/">2.8.2 for Linux</a> was released about two weeks ago.<br> Also today is <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.3e.exe">2.8.3e</a> for Windows with improved <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=3557">alert settings</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 13-Mar-2007</div> <blockquote> Released a bug fix version: <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.3c.exe">2.8.3c</a>. The automatic crash reporting that was added in previous versions has allowed us to fix lots of rare crash bugs, which should make this release one of the most stable yet. <b><i>Update 19/3:</i></b> Updated links to version 2.8.3c. </blockquote> <div class=date> 23-Feb-2007</div> <blockquote> Released a new version for Windows: <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.3a.exe">2.8.3</a>. It has been shrunk down to a small and efficient 0.9 MB! Also included are new features like <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=3442">combined tree/userlist</a> and a few bug fixes. <a href="/files/binary/win32/readme.html#2">Full change log</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 27-Jan-2007</div> <blockquote> Released an update: <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.8.1b.exe">xchat-2.8.1b.exe</a> / <a href="/windows/">Windows page</a>.<br> This version has been shrunk down to only 1.14 MB! <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=12572">Changes and Comments</a>. <br><b><i>Update 30/1:</i></b> Updated links to version 2.8.1b. </blockquote> <div class=date> 12-Jan-2007</div> <blockquote> A new XChat for Windows release is ready for download: <a href="/windows/">2.8.1</a>. <br>For a list of changes and to add comments, try the forum link here. <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=12420">Changes and Comments</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 03-Jan-2007</div> <blockquote> Happy new year! Happy new <a href="/files/source/2.8/">XChat 2.8.0</a>! Currently only available for Unix/Linux. A new Windows version will follow some time in the near future. <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=12357">Comments</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 05-Dec-2006</div> <blockquote> Development is underway on a new series: 2.8.x. Currently you can <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=12183">test 2.7.90 on Linux</a>, feedback would be appreciated. The major addition in this version is system-tray integration. It's already quite stable and usable. </blockquote> <div class=date> 18-Oct-2006</div> <blockquote> Released a new Windows release: 2.6.9.  <a href="/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.6.9b.exe">xchat-2.6.9b.exe</a> | <a href="/files/binary/win32/readme.html#2">Change Log</a> </blockquote> <div class=date> 16-Oct-2006</div> <blockquote> 2.6.8 for Linux/Unix has been released today! Check the highlights in the <a href="changelog.txt">Change Log</a>. <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=11802">Comments</a> <br> Source tarball: <a href="/files/source/2.6/xchat-2.6.8.tar.bz2">xchat-2.6.8.tar.bz2</a>   Fedora 5/6 RPM: <a href="/files/binary/rpm/">xchat-2.6.8-0.i686.rpm</a> </blockquote> <div class=date> 21-Aug-2006</div> <blockquote> The forums are temporarily in read-only mode due to a server problem. We hope to have them back up as soon as possible. <i><b>Update:</b></i> All fixed and running again. </blockquote> <div class=date> 12-Aug-2006</div> <blockquote> A few security web sites are reporting a 'Denial of Service' vulnerability in XChat <= 2.6.7 for Windows. This is incorrect, 2.6.7 is not affected, nor is 2.6.5, 2.6.3 or any recent version. <b><i>9/9/6 Update:</i></b> <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=11022#11022">Details</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 25-Jul-2006</div> <blockquote> A new Windows release, 2.6.7 is now available. The windows specific <a href="/files/binary/win32/readme.html">readme file</a> has all the details. </blockquote> <div class=date> 17-Jul-2006</div> <blockquote> Released a new Linux/Unix version today: 2.6.6. Some explanation on how to get spelling support <a href="http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?p=10809">is here</a>. </blockquote> <div class=date> 08-Jun-2006</div> <blockquote> Versions 2.6.4 for Linux/Unix and 2.6.5 for Windows are out! <br> Links: <a href="/download/">download</a> | <a href="changelog.txt">*ix changes</a> | <a href="/files/binary/win32/readme.html">windows changes</a> </blockquote> <div class=date> 27-Mar-2006</div> <blockquote> Versions 2.6.2 for Linux/Unix and 2.6.3 for Windows are out! The RPM files are now for FC5. <br> Links: <a href="/download/">download</a> | <a href="changelog.txt">*ix changes</a> | <a href="/files/binary/win32/readme.html">windows changes</a> </blockquote> <div class=date> 06-Jan-2006</div> <blockquote> Released updates 2.6.1 for Unix and 2.6.1c for Windows. Some improvements have been made in the 2.6.x series in usability, with this <a href="/docs/start/">Quick Start Guide</a> showing how easy it is to login to IRC now. </blockquote> </div> <center> <font size="-10">Copyright © 1997-2015. This file last updated Sat Aug 28 09:15:17 UTC 2010</font> </center> </div> </body> </html>