HexChat - Open source, multi-platform IRC client

[Specular]

Thought I'd share this here, as I was surprised when nothing came up in a search. It's an open source IRC client for Windows and Linux, with experimental OSX support.

HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. Since XChat is open source, it’s perfectly legal. For more info, please read the Shareware background.

HexChat was originally called XChat-WDK which in turn was a successor of freakschat. For more info, please read the announcement.

In the installer (both x86 and x64 versions available) there's a portable install checkbox option, which states it contains everything in the app directory.

I've checked with RegFromApp to see if there was any registry activity and nothing showed up. Seems portable.

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[Midas]

Nice find.

I was surprised when nothing came up in a search.

If you meant TPFC is lacking IRC clients in general, check http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=75 (and possibly http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=74, too)...

[webfork]

Cool, thanks for the heads-up. Been a long time since I've seen anything new on the IRC client front. But where is it writing settings?

[Specular]

Nice find.

If you meant TPFC is lacking IRC clients in general, check http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=75 (and possibly http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=74, too)...

Yea, there's a cross-over with most IM clients. Actually I was just surprised as I'd heard HexChat mentioned many times in searches as a good IRC client, and when I discovered it had a portable option I naturally expected something to pop up on PF

Tried installing it again under Sandboxie, changed a few settings and it didn't appear to write anywhere else according to the sandbox. Unless I'm missing something it seems portable, so I might submit it to the collection later.

Cool, thanks for the heads-up. Been a long time since I've seen anything new on the IRC client front. But where is it writing settings?

It creates a 'config' folder in the app directory where the settings are stored.

[Specular]

And added to the database here. Let me know what you think. First submission so be nice

[webfork]

And added to the database here. Let me know what you think. First submission so be nice

Looks good, thanks for doing that.

Edit: here's PA thread on HexChat.

[Napiophelios]

When I first run this application, it opens a little media player window but doesnt do anything
also it creates alot of registry entries for windows mediaplayer and "FlowerSoft"

maybe because I have never opened WMP i am not sure

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\FlowerSoft]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\FlowerSoft\WMPA]
"Auto"=dword:00000000
"Volume"=dword:00000032

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Health]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Tasks]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Tasks\NowPlaying]
"InitFlags"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"AutoMetadataLastResetTime"=dword:1ac34a29
"LibraryHasBeenRun"=dword:00000000
"MediaLibraryCreateNewDatabase"=dword:00000000
"MLSChangeIndexList"=dword:00000000
"MLSChangeIndexMusic"=dword:00000000
"MLSChangeIndexOther"=dword:00000000
"MLSChangeIndexPhoto"=dword:00000000
"MLSChangeIndexVideo"=dword:00000000
"SyncPlaylistsAdded"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\HME]
"LocalLibraryID"="{108343B9-D205-48BB-8640-C30FC22BC2C9}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\ProxySettings]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\ProxySettings\HTTP]
"ProxyBypass"=dword:00000000
"ProxyExclude"=""
"ProxyName"=""
"ProxyPort"=dword:00000050
"ProxyStyle"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\ProxySettings\RTSP]
"ProxyBypass"=dword:00000000
"ProxyExclude"=""
"ProxyName"=""
"ProxyPort"=dword:0000022a
"ProxyStyle"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\VideoSettings]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\WMSDK]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\WMSDK\General]
"ComputerName"="PEG_ASUS"
"UniqueID"="{5B97EA50-3CF3-440D-9348-296EBA9890F0}"
"VolumeSerialNumber"=dword:c88ced7c

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\WMSDK\Namespace]
"DTDFile"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\HNIC\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Windows Media\\11.0\\WMSDKNS.DTD"
"LocalBase"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\HNIC\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Windows Media\\11.0\\WMSDKNS.XML"
"LocalDelta"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\HNIC\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Windows Media\\11.0\\WMSDKNSD.XML"
"RemoteDelta"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\HNIC\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Windows Media\\11.0\\WMSDKNSR.XML"

[Specular]

When I first run this application, it opens a little media player window but doesnt do anything
also it creates alot of registry entries for windows mediaplayer and "FlowerSoft"

maybe because I have never opened WMP i am not sure

That's very odd. Nothing else popped up when I launched HexChat, and also can't find the 'FlowerSoft' entries in my registry.

Did you install from the official downloads page, and if so did you add any additional plugins/options during or after install?

[Napiophelios]

oops I didnt follow the instructions

I extracted it with Uniextract and seen the "portable mode" file and went with it,
and yeah I had all the xtra plugins going.

when following the instructions and having only default plugins
its perfectly portable