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プロジェクトリンク

• ホームページ
• リポジトリ
• 上流ドキュメント
• パッケージマネージャページ

コマンドとエイリアス

• weechat
• weechat-curses
• weechat-headless

プロジェクトの歴史

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.

採用の歴史

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.

使われ方

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.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

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.

タイムライン

• 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.

ソース

• https://api.github.com/repos/weechat/weechat
• https://api.github.com/repos/weechat/weechat/releases?per_page=5
• https://weechat.org/
• https://weechat.org/about/history/
• https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html