macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install weechatlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install weechatMacPorts ports tree · irc/weechat/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Installer weechat avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de weechat pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
Linux
Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add weechatAlpine Linux edge package indexes · weechat · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install weechatDebian stable package indexes · weechat · Source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install weechatFedora Rawhide package metadata · weechat · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#weechatnixpkgs package indexes · weechat · Source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S weechatArch Linux sync databases · weechat · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install weechatopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · weechat · Source: download.opensuse.org
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
Extensible IRC client
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- weechat
- weechat-curses
- weechat-headless
historique
Historique du projet et usages
WeeChat is a long-running terminal chat client whose name expands to "Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat." It began in 2003 as Sebastien Helleu's answer to a missing combination of free software, Linux support, text UI, real nicklist, and multi-language extensibility.
Historique du projet
The official history page dates the first line of code to June 2003 and the first public version, 0.0.1, to September 2003. Early releases added Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Aspell, DCC, proxy support, IPv6, SSL, and full UTF-8 support, establishing WeeChat as an extensible IRC client rather than a minimal terminal frontend.
A major rewrite landed in version 0.3.0 in September 2009 with the new weechat.org site, a new plugin API, and Tcl plugin support. Later milestones added SASL authentication, 256-color display, IRC proxy support, mouse support, relay protocol features, the script manager, secured data, trigger and exec plugins, and eventually headless mode.
Historique d'adoption
WeeChat became one of the standard terminal IRC clients for users who wanted the scriptability and persistence of Irssi-style workflows with a broad plugin system and modern UI affordances. Its official site emphasizes multi-server IRC, proxy support, IPv6, SASL, nicklist, DCC, smart filtering, split windows, customizable bars, and eight scripting languages.
The 2012 relay protocol and later remote-interface work helped WeeChat fit persistent-server setups where the client runs on a shell host and users connect from browsers, phones, GUI clients, Emacs, or another WeeChat instance. The 2021 move to XDG directories by default marked a packaging-friendly modernization of long-standing Unix config behavior.
Modes d'utilisation
Typical WeeChat usage is interactive and persistent: users connect to IRC networks, join channels, keep logs and buffers open, load scripts, configure bars and filters, and often run the client inside tmux or on a remote host. The secure-data and relay configuration files are central to real deployments because they hold server passwords, SASL credentials, and relay secrets.
For package-manager users, WeeChat is the installable terminal chat environment that can start simple and then grow through scripts, plugins, relay clients, and extensive configuration. It sits in the same cultural space as Irssi and ircII, but with an intentionally broad plugin API and remote-interface story.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
WeeChat matters because it is one of the rare terminal chat clients with more than two decades of continuous development and an official historical record of feature evolution. It is a package that system administrators, IRC regulars, and terminal-focused developers install once and then shape into a personal communications workstation.
Chronologie
- 2003-06: First line of code.
- 2003-09: Version 0.0.1, the first version, released.
- 2005-07: Proxy support, IPv6, and SSL added.
- 2009-09: Version 0.3.0 shipped major rewrite, new plugin API, Tcl plugin, and new weechat.org site.
- 2012-02: WeeChat relay protocol and remote-interface support added.
- 2014-08: Version 1.0 added Trigger and Exec plugins, bare display, hidden buffers, and unit tests.
- 2018-03: Headless mode added.
- 2021-06: XDG directories became the default.
Related projects
- WeeChat is commonly compared with other terminal IRC clients such as Irssi and ircII, and with bouncers or relay setups that keep chat sessions alive on remote hosts. Its relay ecosystem also connects it to mobile, browser, GUI, and editor-based front ends.
Sources
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Classificateur de risque
risque blue · confiance moyen · tool
Pourquoi
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signaux
- text:client
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- S’installe avec 12 dépendances d’exécution.
- Les métadonnées de compilation listent 4 dépendances de compilation.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/weechat~/.config/weechat~/.weechat
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/weechat/sec.conf~/.config/weechat/sec.conf~/.config/weechat/irc.conf~/.config/weechat/relay.conf~/.weechat/sec.conf
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
weechat | cli | exécutable global | |
weechat-curses | cli | exécutable global | |
weechat-headless | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
page générée2026-07-10
version du gestionnaire4.9.3
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-07-05
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://weechat.org/confiance none
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:weechat |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.9.3 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/weechat |
| Page d'accueil | https://weechat.org/ |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/weechat/weechat |
| Docs amont | https://weechat.org/doc |
| Licence | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Archive source | https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-4.9.3.tar.xz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-07-05T16:18:44Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | cjson, enchant, gettext, gnutls, libgcrypt, libgpg-error, lua, ncurses, python@3.14, ruby, tcl-tk, zstd |
| Dépendances de compilation | asciidoctor, cmake, gettext, pkgconf |
| Bibliothèques fournies par macOS | curl, perl |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | weechat |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
Debian apt95%
weechat 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client (metapackage)
sudo apt install weechat- Section: net
- Architecture: all
- 2 Dépendances
- 1 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-core 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - core files
sudo apt install weechat-core- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 3 Dépendances
- 1 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-curses 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - console client
sudo apt install weechat-curses- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 9 Dépendances
- 2 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-dev 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - development headers
sudo apt install weechat-dev- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-doc 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - documentation
sudo apt install weechat-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: weechat
- 1 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-guile 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - Guile plugin
sudo apt install weechat-guile- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-headless 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - headless client
sudo apt install weechat-headless- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 7 Dépendances
- 2 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-lua 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - Lua plugin
sudo apt install weechat-lua- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-perl 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - Perl plugin
sudo apt install weechat-perl- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-php 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - PHP plugin
sudo apt install weechat-php- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-plugins 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - plugins
sudo apt install weechat-plugins- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 9 Dépendances
- 4 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-python 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - Python 3 plugin
sudo apt install weechat-python- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-ruby 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - Ruby plugin
sudo apt install weechat-ruby- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Debian apt95%
weechat-tcl 4.6.3-1
Fast, light and extensible chat client - Tcl plugin
sudo apt install weechat-tcl- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: weechat
- 4 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Nix95%
weechat
nix profile install nixpkgs#weechat- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
Ubuntu apt95%
weechat 4.1.1-1build7
Fast, light and extensible chat client (metapackage)
sudo apt install weechat- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: all
- 2 Dépendances
- 1 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Weechat
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment