<s>
HexChat	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Relay	I-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
client	B-Protocol
that	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
XChat	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
a	O
tabbed	O
document	O
interface	O
or	O
tree	O
interface	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
servers	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
numerous	O
configuration	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
command-line	B-Application
and	O
graphical	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	B-Protocol
runs	O
on	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
include	O
packages	O
in	O
their	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XChat-WDK	O
(	O
XChat	B-Protocol
Windows	O
Driver	O
Kit	O
)	O
project	O
started	O
in	O
2010	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
Windows-only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
original	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
merge	O
itself	O
with	O
XChat	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
evolved	O
from	O
just	O
fixing	O
Windows	O
bugs	O
to	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
XChat-WDK	O
officially	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
HexChat	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
