NAME

       weechat - the extensible chat client

SYNOPSIS

       weechat [-a|--no-connect] [-d|--dir <path>] [-t|--temp-dir] [-p|--no-plugin] [-P|--plugins <plugins>] [-r|--run-command <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 <path>
           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 <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 <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 <https://weechat.org/doc/>.

       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 © 2003-2023 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