Articles tagged `#news`

news

• Halloy 2026.7 released, with a new Windows installerHalloy 2026.7 continues the monthly-ish cadence of the best modern IRC client — and swaps the Windows MSI for a per-user installer. Update paths for every platform.
• HexChat dropped from Debian testing, two years after its final releaseDebian has removed HexChat from testing, and Flathub has delisted it — the slow packaging goodbye that follows a discontinued upstream. What HexChat users on Linux should expect next.
• mIRC 7.84 releasedThirty-one years in, mIRC keeps shipping: 7.84 is out with the usual mix of fixes and refinements. Where to get it, and why the update cadence itself is the story.
• Palaver has disappeared from the App StorePalaver, one of the last classic native iOS IRC clients, was quietly removed from the App Store in early January. What its users should do, and what is left for IRC on iPhone.
• Textual, the macOS IRC client, has been sunsetAfter fifteen years, Textual's developer has archived the repository and ended development. The final release is 7.2.7. What existing users should know, and where new Mac users should look instead.
• The Lounge 4.5 is out — and now requires Node 22The Lounge 4.5 drops Node 18 support and requires Node 22 or newer. What self-hosters need to check before upgrading, and the patch releases that followed.
• WeeChat 4.9.4 fixes two serious relay and logger vulnerabilitiesWeeChat 4.9.4 is a security release: an authentication bypass in the relay plugin and a path traversal in the logger. If you run a relay — and relay users are exactly who this hits — update now.