5.2.6 "Quasar"

A new bugfix release KVIrc 5.2.6 "Quasar" has been released.

A few bugs were fixed, including potential app crashes.
Windows users will be delighted to see that KVIrc correctly follows the operating system's dark mode theme when enabled.
Please note that we have added an additional Windows binary based on Qt5 that still supports Windows 7.
Updated sound effects to use newer Qt library, cleaned up older audio backends (ESD, aRts), made Qt be preferred over Phonon, which is also becoming outdated.

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at #kvirc@Libera.chat

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

5.2.4 "Quasar"

A couple of month has passed, and 5.2.4 is available.

This is mostly a bugfix release, including some quality of life improvements for Wayland users on GNU/Linux and Windows users running KVirc as a "portable" app. It also includes an important fix for a crash related to the undo/redo functionality. As a goodie, a new "Vertical line margin" option has been added to the ircview to make your ASCII art look better than ever.

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at
#kvirc@Libera.chat

EDIT: additional builds for Intel Macs and Windows 7 64 bit has been added.
Support for old hardware/software is fading away, but we'll try to keep these available as long as we can.

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

5.2.2 "Quasar"

Here we go again: 5.2.2 is ready.

This release introduces the use of Qt version 6 on all platforms.
This adds better support for recent operating systems like Windows 10/11 and macOS, fixing a few long standing issues.
Since 5.2.0 a few critical bugfixes has been added, including fixes for crashes and memory leaks.

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at #kvirc@Libera.chat

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

NOTE: Packages are being built right now, will be published here as soon as they are ready

5.2.0 "Quasar"

KVIrc 5.2.0 "Quasar" has been released.

This release contains changes from the last 5 years of development, including:

• Support for the latest version of upstream libraries: Qt5.15/6.6, KDE5/6, OpenSSL 1.x/3.x
• Wayland support
• Fix for some nasty crash bugs
• an improved font rendering engine able to represent complex characters like emojis with ligatures
• a reworked tray icon that now follows your OS style
• better support for solanum ircd (Libera net)

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at #kvirc@Libera.chat

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

5.2.0-beta3

Long time overdue, the first refresh of KVIrc 5.x is now taking form.
This is a beta of what will eventually be released as 5.2.0.
But, there's still some work to do before the final release.

Users and developers are encouraged to test this beta and report any problem.
If you detect an already known problem, just add a comment on the relevant issue.
Generic feedback about the new release can be reported at #2576

Translators, now it's the right time to translate your language, please check Transifex/KVIrc and update any untranslated string.

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at #kvirc@Libera.chat

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

5.2.0-beta2

Long time overdue, the first refresh of KVIrc 5.x is now taking form.
This is a beta of what will eventually be released as 5.2.0.
But, there's still some work to do before the final release.

Users and developers are encouraged to test this beta and report any problem.
If you detect an already known problem, just add a comment on the relevant issue.
Generic feedback about the new release can be reported at #2576

Translators, now it's the right time to translate your language, please check Transifex/KVIrc and update any untranslated string.

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at #kvirc@Libera.chat

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

5.2.0-beta1

Long time overdue, the first refresh of KVIrc 5.x is now taking form.
This is a beta of what will eventually be released as 5.2.0.
But, there's still some work to do before the final release.

Users and developers are encouraged to test this beta and report any problem.
If you detect an already known problem, just add a comment on the relevant issue.
Generic feedback about the new release can be reported at #2576

Translators, now it's the right time to translate your language, please check Transifex/KVIrc and update any untranslated string.

For every need, or even just for some small talking, come and say hi at #kvirc@Libera.chat

Have fun!
The KVIrc Development Team

5.0.0 "Aria"

It took quite some time, but here it is: an official stable 5.0.0.

Since the beta1 release several bugs were fixed and the codebase has been
polished a quite lot. The last stable release was more than six years ago,
so the changes are really too many to be listed. You're encouraged to upgrade
and just try it out.

Most prominent contributors to this release are @IceN9ne, @wodim, @Stanzilla,
@DarthGandalf, @Dessa, @staticfox, @AndrioCelos and @craftwar: Honor and Glory! :)
As usual, developers hang around #kvirc@Freenode. Come in and say hi!

Have fun!
Szymon Stefanek and The KVIrc Development Team

5.0.0-beta1

After some years and a couple of alpha releases we have a beta.
Well.. it's marked "beta" but you'll probably find it pretty much stable.
Several people have worked on the codebase and ultimately on this release.
Many of them hang daily around #kvirc@Freenode. Come and say hi! :)

Have fun!
Szymon Stefanek and The KVIrc Development Team

4.2.0 "Equilibrium"

Finally, a new major milestone version of KVIrc is released!

Two years has passed since the original KVIrc 4 release. While the original
4.0 code was put in maintenance mode, a lot of time has been dedicated to merge
new features inside KVIrc. Today we present the result of this development.

Support for new os/architectures:

• Mac OSX support, clang support
• 64-bit Windows support
• improved FreeBSD integration
• even an esperimental OS/2 patch is available

More scripting power:

• the interface to the popup subsystem has been rewritten: the new popup module
• a new interface to the userlist: the userlist module
• a new webView class that embeds a webkit
• improved SQL classes
• a new trayicon KVS class
• added a default script manager to restore default scripts without overwriting
  custom user scripts
• lots of new functions: $file.time(), $insideAlias(), $log.export(),
  $file.diskspace(), $isBot(), $gender(), $context.connectionStartTime,
  $context.lastMessageTime, $listtimers(), $window.isDocked, $aliasBody(),
  $file.readBytes(), $file.writeBytes(), window.savePropertiesAsDefault,
  $chan.modeParam(), ...
• new certificate related functions: $dcc.getSSLCertInfo(), $certificate(),
  $str.evpSign(), $str.evpVerify()

A lot of new misc features:

• a module to support FiSH irc encryption
• smart logging paths using KVS
• medialayer support: VLC, Spotify, Totem, Clementine, ...
• a rewritten log viewer module
• dynamic support for custom channel modes

As usual, we'd like to thank all the people supporting KVIrc development and its
userbase. A big hug to the resident users of #kvirc@Freenode for their continuous
effort on bridging the gap between developers and users.

Have fun :)
Szymon Stefanek and The KVIrc Development Team