WeeChat stands for "Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat".
“ In early 2003, I looked for an IRC client with following features:
And thus WeeChat was born, on June 2003. ”
| Date | Version | Features |
|---|---|---|
| 06/2003 | First line of code. | |
| 09/2003 | 0.0.1 | First version. |
| 01/2004 | 0.0.4 | Perl plugin. |
| 03/2005 | 0.1.1 | Dcc chat and file, fifo plugin. |
| 05/2005 | 0.1.2 | Python plugin. |
| 07/2005 | 0.1.3 | Proxy support, IPv6, SSL. |
| 11/2005 | 0.1.6 | Full UTF-8 support. |
| 01/2006 | 0.1.7 | Ruby plugin. |
| 03/2006 | 0.1.8 | Lua plugin. |
| 08/2006 | 0.2.0 | Aspell plugin. |
| 03/2007 | 0.2.4 | Incremental text search in buffers. |
| 09/2007 | 0.2.6 | Last version before a major rewrite of WeeChat. |
| 09/2009 | 0.3.0 | New site weechat.org, major rewrite of WeeChat with new plugin API, tcl plugin. |
| 04/2010 | 0.3.2 | SASL authentication. |
| 01/2011 | 0.3.4 | 256 colors, irc proxy, rmodifier, redirection of irc commands. |
| 05/2011 | 0.3.5 | Dynamic allocation and attributes for colors. |
| 10/2011 | 0.3.6 | Mouse support, cursor mode. |
| 02/2012 | 0.3.7 | Guile plugin, support of python 3.x, weechat protocol in relay (remote interfaces), URL transfer in API. |
| 09/2012 | 0.3.9 | Plugin "script" (scripts manager), SSL in relay. |
| 01/2013 | 0.4.0 | Command /eval, aspell suggestions, IPv6 in relay, irc backlog in relay. |
| 05/2013 | 0.4.1 | Multiple layouts, auto-unmask IRC joins, WebSocket support in relay. |
| 10/2013 | 0.4.2 | Secured data, search of regular expression in buffer with text emphasis, dynamic day change message. |
| 02/2014 | 0.4.3 | Gaps in buffers numbers, IPv6 for DCC file/chat, command /print. |
| 08/2014 | 1.0 | Trigger and Exec plugins, bare display, hidden buffers, unit tests. |
| 05/2015 | 1.2 | Javascript plugin, IRC SASL mechanism "ecdsa-nist256p-challenge". |
| 01/2016 | 1.4 | Inherited values in options. |
| 05/2017 | 1.8 | Plugin "buflist" (list of buffers). |
| 12/2017 | 2.0 | Fset plugin (fast set of WeeChat and plugins options), PHP plugin. |
| 03/2018 | 2.1 | Headless mode, creation of buffers with commands /buffer and /print. |
| 07/2018 | 2.2 | Indexed ban list in IRC plugin, support of IRCv3.2 Client Capability Negotiation, invite-notify and chghost. |
| 10/2018 | 2.3 | Add hook "line". |
| 02/2019 | 2.4 | Add support of TOTP (Time-based One Time Password). |
| 06/2019 | 2.5 | Add support of UNIX socket in Relay plugin. |
| 09/2019 | 2.6 | Use Python 3 by default. |
| 12/2019 | 2.7 | Add calculation of expression in evaluation of expressions, add colors in log files, add filters on IRC raw buffer. |
| 03/2020 | 2.8 | Add support of password hash in API and weechat relay protocol (PBKDF2, SHA256, SHA512). |
| 07/2020 | 2.9 | Add handshake, nonce, completion in weechat relay protocol, add background color for inactive bars, support of multiple lines in command line. |
| 11/2020 | 3.0 | Opt-in option to download scripts from weechat.org. |
| 03/2021 | 3.1 | Integration of secured data with external password manager, add edition of filters. |
| 06/2021 | 3.2 | Use XDG directories by default, add IRC SASL SCRAM mechanisms, add options to customize commands executed on system signals received. |
| 09/2021 | 3.3 | Plugin typing, enable all IRC capabilities by default. |
| 12/2021 | 3.4 | Add command /toggle, improve IRC message parser. |
| 03/2022 | 3.5 | Add command /autojoin, add IRC option "autojoin_dynamic", add IRC tags in messages displayed, add Zstandard compression support in Relay plugin (weechat protocol). |
| 07/2022 | 3.6 | Add command /item, add bar item "spacer". |
| 10/2022 | 3.7 | Add log file rotation and compression, add option -save in command /upgrade, add key alt+backspace. |
| 01/2023 | 3.8 | Add commands /allbuf and /hotlist, improve case insensitive comparisons, add identifier in buffer lines, add trigger regex command to translate chars. |
| 06/2023 | 4.0.0 | Practical semantic versioning, 256 colors by default, multiline support, human readable key bindings, many identifiers case sensitive, TLS used by default. |
| 10/2023 | 4.1.0 | Buffer for /list output, buffer properties auto-saved in configuration, passive DCC. |
| 01/2024 | 4.2.0 | Add incremental search in commands history, add optional tag for ignored IRC messages, add support of RGB colors in IRC messages, use milliseconds for IRC anti-flood, add syntax highlighting in evaluated expressions. |
| 05/2024 | 4.3.0 | Add relay "api" (HTTP REST API), add command /remote to connect to remote WeeChat relay servers, add support of SGR mouse events. |
| 08/2024 | 4.4.0 | Add auto-reconnection to remote relay, add build information (command-line parameter), change IPv6 option in IRC servers and proxies (disable/auto/force), add export of channels in IRC list buffer, add option "addreplace" in many commands. |