WeeChat is a light, fast, multilingual, curses-based multiplatform IRC client.

WeeChat supports:
    DCC files and chats, multi-server connections, background connections,
    IPv6, SSL, proxy, auto-reconnection, DCC2, nicklist, window splitting,
    FIFO pipe for remote control, Aspell, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby,
    nick auto-completion, lag indication, auto-logging and client upgrades
    without dropping connections.

WeeChat will be built with support for Perl, Python and Ruby scripting.

WeeChat documentation and manpages will not be built by default. They can be
enabled by setting DOC=ON, provided that ruby/rubygem-asciidoctor is installed.