WEECHAT(1) WeeChat Manual WEECHAT(1) NAME weechat - the extensible chat client SYNOPSIS weechat [-a|--no-connect] [-d|--dir ] [-t|--temp-dir] [-p|--no-plugin] [-P|--plugins ] [-r|--run-command ] [-s|--no-script] [--upgrade] [debug-option...] [plugin:option...] weechat [-c|--colors] weechat [-h|--help] weechat [-l|--license] weechat [-v|--version] DESCRIPTION WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts. OPTIONS -a, --no-connect Disable auto-connect to servers when WeeChat is starting. -c, --colors Display default colors in terminal. --daemon Run WeeChat in background, as a daemon (works only with the command weechat-headless). --stdout Display log messages on standard output instead of writing them in log file (works only with the command weechat-headless, not compatible with option "--daemon"). -d, --dir Force a single directory for all WeeChat files (directory is created if not found). Four directories can be given, separated by colons (in this order: config, data, cache, runtime). If this option is not given, the environment variable WEECHAT_HOME is used (if not empty). -t, --temp-dir Create a temporary WeeChat home directory and delete it on exit (incompatible with option "-d"). The name of the directory is automatically built by WeeChat, with this template: "weechat_temp_XXXXXX" (where "XXXXXX" is random). It it created in the first available directory in this list: environment variable "TMPDIR", "/tmp" (may be different according to the operating system), environment variable "HOME", current directory. The temporary home directory has permissions 0700 (only owner can read, write and execute). -h, --help Display help. -l, --license Display WeeChat license. -p, --no-plugin Disable plugins auto-load. -P, --plugins Load only these plugins at startup (see /help weechat.plugin.autoload). If this option is given, the option weechat.plugin.autoload is not used. -r, --run-command Run command(s) after startup; many commands can be separated by semicolons, this option can be given multiple times. -s, --no-script Disable scripts auto-load. --upgrade Upgrade WeeChat using session files generated with command /upgrade -quit. -v, --version Display WeeChat version. plugin:option Option for a plugin. DEBUG OPTIONS WARNING: these options are for debug purposes only, DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION! --no-dlclose Do not call the function dlclose after plugins are unloaded. This is useful with tools like Valgrind to display stack for unloaded plugins. --no-gnutls Do not call the init and deinit functions of GnuTLS library. This is useful with tools like Valgrind and electric-fence, to prevent GnuTLS memory errors. --no-gcrypt Do not call the init and deinit functions of Gcrypt library. This is useful with tools like Valgrind, to prevent Gcrypt memory errors. PLUGIN OPTIONS For complete doc on plugin options, please look at plugins documentation in 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@irc.libera.chat/#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/.config/weechat/weechat.conf main WeeChat configuration file $HOME/.config/weechat/plugins.conf plugins configuration file $HOME/.config/weechat/sec.conf configuration file with secured data $HOME/.config/weechat/alias.conf configuration file for alias plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/buflist.conf configuration file for buflist plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/charset.conf configuration file for charset plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/exec.conf configuration file for exec plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/fifo.conf configuration file for fifo plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/fset.conf configuration file for fset plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/guile.conf configuration file for guile plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/irc.conf configuration file for irc plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/javascript.conf configuration file for javascript plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/logger.conf configuration file for logger plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/lua.conf configuration file for lua plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/perl.conf configuration file for perl plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/php.conf configuration file for php plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/python.conf configuration file for python plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/relay.conf configuration file for relay plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/ruby.conf configuration file for ruby plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/script.conf configuration file for script plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/spell.conf configuration file for spell plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/tcl.conf configuration file for tcl plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/trigger.conf configuration file for trigger plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/typing.conf configuration file for typing plugin $HOME/.config/weechat/xfer.conf configuration file for xfer plugin $HOME/.local/share/weechat/weechat.log WeeChat log file SEE ALSO weechat-headless(1) AUTHORS This manpage was written by Sébastien Helleu. COPYRIGHT WeeChat is written by Sébastien Helleu and contributors (complete list is in the AUTHORS.adoc file). Copyright © 2003-2022 Sébastien Helleu 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/about/support AUTHOR Sébastien Helleu WeeChat 3.5 WEECHAT(1)