winget install --id squidowl.halloyAbout Halloy
Halloy is an open-source IRC client written in Rust, with the Iced GUI library. It aims to provide a simple and fast client for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms.
What's new in 2026.7.2
Added: - Add clear buffer shortcut to title bar - Indicate in query if user is offline in its title bar Fixed: - Issue where large window size could cause Halloy to crash in certain scenarios - Correctly support RPL_METADATASYNCLATER - Issue where input box could lose focus after a filehost, reply, or reaction modal - Issue where a buffer could jitter in certain particular scroll positions - Minor issues where input tooltips could fail to reflect current caret position, highlight the correct active argument, show when first the input is first loaded, etc - Show Display in Configuration docs menu - Document that servers.<name>.username setting will fall back to servers.<name>.nickname if not set - Nick completion tooltip no longer shows when there is only a single match Changed: - buffer.reply.insert_nick no longer inserts nick when replying in query buffers or to yourself - Input tooltips are aligned with the input (i.e. inset when text_input.nickname.enabled = true) - servers.<name>.sasl.plain.username setting will fall back to servers.<name>.nickname if not set - Replace the Windows MSI package with a per-user Inno Setup installer Thanks: - Contributions: @luca020400, @englut, @furudean - Feature requests: @G00S - Bug reports: wwWraith, @skizzerz, @ncfavier, @account1009
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.7.2 | Unknown | Added: - Add clear buffer shortcut to title bar - Indicate in query if user is offline in its title bar Fixed: - Issue where large window size could cause Halloy to crash in certain scenarios - Correctly support RPL_META... |
| 2026.7.1 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Fixed: - Panic when a reply contains a multibyte character near the start of message - Ensure messages don't get formatted if channel has +c mode (colour filter) - User hig... |
| 2026.7.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Support for IRCv3 reply client tag - Support for IRCv3 draft/message-redaction - Support for IRCv3 metadata display-name, avatar, pronouns, homepage, color, status... |
| 2026.6.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Files can be uploaded to server using `soju.im/FILEHOST` (see the [file uploads guide](https://halloy.chat/guides/filehost) for details) - `typing` - Per-server `t... |
| 2026.5.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Setting to limit reaction display length (buffer.channel.message.max_reaction_display) and maximum length (buffer.channel.message.max_reaction_chars) - Emoji and c... |
| 2026.4.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Support for the IRCv3 react client tag. - Correctly record window size if window is maximized Fixed: - High CPU usage when opening very large buffers - Window stat... |
| 2026.3.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Support requesting window attention (setting urgency) for notifications (notifications.<type>.request_attention) - Default server message pseudo-type, allowing the... |
| 2026.2.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added_ - Settings to disable (selectively, or for the entire server) confirmation of delivery for sent messages - Setting to adjust inner spacing and outer padding for pane... |
| 2026.1.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Added Open URL entry to URL context menus - Setting to not hide consecutive if previous message was a image preview - Channel discovery buffer to view all channels... |
| 2025.12.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Ability to exclude previews from specific server messages (e.g. topic, part, quit) - Ability to expand & contract condensed messages via left-click - Ability to hi... |
| 2025.11.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Fixed: - Regression when loading chat history in a channel Thanks: - Bug reports: @Erroneuz |
| 2025.10.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - /sysinfo command to send system information to current buffer - Copy URLs from context menu by right-clicking on links - Settings to condense multiple consecutive... |
| 2025.9.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Added different unread icons for highlights vs regular unread messages - Setting to change icons for unread messages and unread highlight messages - Setting to cha... |
| 2025.8.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: -Clear buffers with /clear command - Notification indicator on sidebar menu for application updates and file transfers Fixed: - Nicknames in query was always shown a... |
| 2025.7.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Ability to ignore nicknames on server level or on a per-channel basis - Ability to truncate nicknames in buffer - New option to customize the appearance of offline... |
| 2025.6.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - New application icon - Show channel mode in panel if available - Configuration options for font weight and bold weight - /delay <seconds> command that can be used... |
| 2025.5.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ Added: - Ability to show a modal prompt before opening a URL - WHOIS command now accepts optional server parameter - CTCP requests through commands and user context - Title... |
| 2025.4.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.chat/ (Yes, we got a new fancy domain!) Added: - All toast notifications now display the server name - Server messages (join, part, etc.) are now user-aware and will color nickna... |
| 2025.3.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.squidowl.org/. Added: - Highlights by regex and words - Time remaining is now displayed during file transfers - Sidebar now automatically adjusts its width based on content - Abi... |
| 2025.2.0 | Unknown | Find full documentation at https://halloy.squidowl.org/. Added: - Emoji picker accessible via : in text input - Automatically replace :shortcode: with corresponding emoji - Added an option to show or hide images in previ... |