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= WEECHAT(1)
:doctype: manpage
:lang: en

== NAME

weechat - the extensible chat client

== SYNOPSIS

[verse]
'weechat' [-a|--no-connect] [-d|--dir <path>] [-p|--no-plugin] [-r|--run-command <command>] [-s|--no-script] [--upgrade] [plugin:option...]
'weechat' [-c|--colors]
'weechat' [-h|--help]
'weechat' [-l|--license]
'weechat' [-v|--version]

== DESCRIPTION

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client.

It is modular (lightweight core with plugins), multi-protocols (IRC and Jabber),
extensible with C and scripts written in several languages.

== OPTIONS

include::cmdline_options.en.asciidoc[]

== PLUGIN OPTIONS

For complete doc on plugin options, please look at plugins documentation in
https://weechat.org/doc[WeeChat user's guide].

With irc plugin, you can connect to temporary server with an URL like:

    irc[6][s]://[[nickname][:password]@]server[:port][/#channel1[,#channel2...]]

To join WeeChat IRC channel support with nick "mynick":

    irc://mynick@chat.freenode.net/#weechat

IPv6 address can be enclosed in brackets to add a port after address, for
example:

    irc://mynick@[2001:db8:0:85a3::ac1f:8001]:6668/#test

== FILES

$HOME/.weechat/weechat.conf::
    main WeeChat configuration file

$HOME/.weechat/plugins.conf::
    plugins configuration file

$HOME/.weechat/sec.conf::
    configuration file with secured data

$HOME/.weechat/alias.conf::
    configuration file for 'alias' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/aspell.conf::
    configuration file for 'aspell' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/charset.conf::
    configuration file for 'charset' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/exec.conf::
    configuration file for 'exec' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/irc.conf::
    configuration file for 'irc' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/logger.conf::
    configuration file for 'logger' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/relay.conf::
    configuration file for 'relay' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/script.conf::
    configuration file for 'script' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/trigger.conf::
    configuration file for 'trigger' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/xfer.conf::
    configuration file for 'xfer' plugin

$HOME/.weechat/weechat.log::
    WeeChat log file

== AUTHORS

This manpage was written by Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>.

== COPYRIGHT

WeeChat is written by Sébastien Helleu and contributors (complete list is in
the AUTHORS.asciidoc file).

Copyright (C) 2003-{sys:date "+%Y"} Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>

WeeChat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

Please read the COPYING file for more information.

Web: <https://weechat.org/>

== SUPPORT / REPORTING BUGS

For help or a bug report: <https://weechat.org/dev/support>