BChat 0.4.0

Handle IRC as a bee does a flower. A modern, safe IRC client for Windows by BajuBesi Labs.

BChat 0.4.0 knows when you're behind a bouncer, logs in without a password, and makes ChanServ easy, with the new bee hexagon logo.

Highlights

• Bouncer detection: BChat knows when it's talking to ZNC, soju or psyBNC and says so once. What ZNC plays back shows under one grey line with the times it was really said, then Now live, so nothing shows twice. Hover the network to see the bouncer and how long you've been online
• Log in with a certificate (SASL EXTERNAL): no password stored or sent. Make New makes one on your PC, Add to NickServ registers it, and BChat logs in with it from then on
• ChanServ Access in the nick menu: give someone auto-op (@) or auto-voice (+), or take it away, without typing services commands. BChat shows what they have now and the exact line it sends (Anope and Atheme)
• Skip the server's welcome message and short join and part lines, both off until you turn them on
• /partall leaves every channel at once, /online shows how long you've been connected, /motd shows the welcome message any time
• New logo: the BajuBesi bee hexagon, on the app, the taskbar and the installer

Update

BChat 0.1.0, 0.2.0 and 0.3.0 offer this update by themselves: look for Update after Help. It checks the signature and installs when you quit.

Install

Download BChat-0.4.0-setup.exe from this release and run it. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you: choose More info → Run anyway. Some antivirus programs may also stop it; see the README.

VirusTotal: none of the 66 antivirus engines that scanned the installer flagged it.

bchat-update.json is the signed update file BChat reads; you don't need to download it.

Free, no ads. If you like it: support BChat on Ko-fi.

BChat 0.3.0

Handle IRC as a bee does a flower. A modern, safe IRC client for Windows by BajuBesi Labs.

BChat 0.3.0 adds the tools mIRC users reach for every day, plus modern IRC's replies and typing, while keeping the calm XChat 2 look.

Highlights

• One-click problem reports: after a crash or a freeze BChat offers to send a report, and Help → Report a Problem... sends one any time. You see what is sent first; nicks, channels, addresses and passwords are replaced, and chat text is never included
• Daily logs and a Logs window: a new log file every day, Window → Logs... to read and search them, and an optional clean-up of old days. Logging stays off until you turn it on, and BChat asks how long to keep them
• Nick colours by nick, address or host, and an Address Book with notes for the people you know
• Channel Central: topic, modes, bans, exceptions and invites in one window (double-click in a channel's text, or /channel)
• /timer and /alias, with $1, $2-, $nick, $chan and |
• Reply to a line (right-click, or Alt+R) and see who is typing, on networks that support it. Showing your own typing is off until you turn it on
• Double-click a nick in the nick list to open a private chat, like mIRC
• Start with Windows puts itself back if something removed it

Update

BChat 0.1.0 and 0.2.0 offer this update by themselves: look for Update after Help. It checks the signature and installs when you quit.

Install

Download BChat-0.3.0-setup.exe from this release and run it. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you: choose More info → Run anyway. Some antivirus programs may also stop it; see the README.

VirusTotal: none of the 70 antivirus engines that scanned the installer flagged it.

bchat-update.json is the signed update file BChat reads; you don't need to download it.

Free, no ads. If you like it: support BChat on Ko-fi.

BChat 0.2.0

Handle IRC as a bee does a flower. A modern, safe IRC client for Windows by BajuBesi Labs.

BChat 0.2.0 brings the everyday comforts veterans expect from the big clients, while keeping the calm XChat 2 look.

Highlights

• Network List: 21 Popular Networks, each checked for encryption, one click to connect. Your Favourite Networks get their own group on top
• Channel history: on networks that keep it, see what was said before you joined or while you were away
• irc:// links from your browser open in BChat (it asks first)
• Favourite channels with Join on Connect, and highlight rules like mIRC's (words, wildcards, nicks, channels, colour and sound)
• Multi-line input with Shift+Enter, and a paste window that shows what a long paste will send
• /np shares the song you're playing (off until you turn it on, music only) and can announce each new song; /sysinfo shares your PC's specs
• Nick menu: Ignore, Kick with Reason, CTCP (Ping, Time, Version) and Slap! with a random line from your own list
• Invite bar, Friends window with /notify, rejoin after a kick (optional), WhoIs on new private chats, and a Local page for your own address
• Calmer buttons, sharper menu ticks, and a lag meter you can actually read

Update

BChat 0.1.0 offers this update by itself: look for Update after Help. It checks the signature and installs when you quit.

Install

Download BChat-0.2.0-setup.exe below and run it. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you: choose More info → Run anyway. Some antivirus programs may also stop it; see the README.

bchat-update.json is the signed update file BChat reads; you don't need to download it.

Free, no ads. If you like it: support BChat on Ko-fi.

BChat 0.1.0

Handle IRC as a bee does a flower. A modern, safe IRC client for Windows by BajuBesi Labs.

This is the first release of BChat, in the classic XChat 2 style.

Highlights

• Classic XChat 2 layout: channel tree, nick list with status lights, topic bar
• Six themes: Catppuccin Mocha (default), Macchiato, Frappé, Latte, One Dark Pro and Dracula
• Signed self-updates: BChat only installs updates signed by BajuBesi Labs
• Safety: asks before risky links and DCC files, checks server certificates, keeps passwords in Windows Credential Manager
• Notifications, tray, first-start welcome, Python plugins

Install

Download BChat-0.1.0-setup.exe below and run it. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn you: choose More info → Run anyway. Some antivirus programs may also stop it; see the README.

bchat-update.json is the signed update file BChat reads; you don't need to download it.

Free, no ads. If you like it: support BChat on Ko-fi.