xchat-gnome seems to be in low-maintenance mode, 2 commits in Q2 2016 (https://git.gnome.org/browse/xchat-gnome/ https://git.gnome.org/browse/xchat-gnome/). I

xchat-gnome seems to be in low-maintenance mode, 2 commits in Q2 2016 (https://git.gnome.org/browse/xchat-gnome/ https://git.gnome.org/browse/xchat-gnome/). I tried hexchat, and I don't remember why, I didn't like it so much. I'll give it another try I suppose.