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Install xaric with Homebrew

IRC client. Version 0.13.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install xaric

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

IRC client

Commands and aliases

  • xaric

history

Project history and usage

Xaric is a small Unix IRC client in the ircII family. Its own site describes it as a client similar to BitchX and ircII, forked from BitchX, and created by a group of IRC friends who wanted a simpler colored client.

Project history

The public release history visible on GitHub includes 0.12.x tags carrying 2001 changelog text, including Rex Feany entries for the 0.12.0 and 0.12.1 releases. Later tags show continued maintenance through the 0.13 line, including SSL-related work in 0.13.0 in November 2005 and a 0.13.9 tag in February 2021.

Xaric's homepage remained deliberately modest about the project's scope: it emphasizes being simpler than related IRC clients rather than presenting a broad feature list. That positioning is the main source-backed history available for the project.

How it is used

Xaric is used as a terminal IRC client for Unix-like systems. In package-manager terms it is a lightweight, old-school IRC client for users who want an ircII/BitchX-style interface with color and without a large scripting environment.

Why package nerds care

Xaric is significant mostly as a preserved member of the classic Unix IRC-client lineage. Its package appeal is not broad adoption but continuity: a small GPL IRC client with releases spanning from early-2000s IRC culture into modern source-hosted maintenance.

Timeline

  • 2001: 0.12.x changelog entries show Rex Feany release work and maintenance.
  • 2005: 0.13.0 tag notes SSL support work.
  • 2006: 0.13.2 release tag appears in the public repository.
  • 2021: 0.13.9 was released and listed as the latest version on the project site.

Related projects

  • The project explicitly places itself near ircII and BitchX; the homepage says Xaric was forked from BitchX.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for xaric. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
xariccliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.13.9
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://xaric.org/

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://xaric.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:xaric
Version0.13.9
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xaric
Homepagehttps://xaric.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/laeos/xaric
Upstream docshttps://xaric.org/
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://xaric.org/software/xaric/releases/xaric-0.13.9.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:06:41-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@4
Uses from macOSncurses
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namexaric
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openssl@4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • catgirlShares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking.
  • epic5Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking.
  • ngircdShares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking.
  • senpaiShares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking.
  • zncShares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking.
  • irssiShares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment