# Install xaric with Homebrew

IRC client. Version 0.13.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:xaric
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install xaric
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:xaric
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.13.9
- **Source summary:** IRC client
- **Homepage:** <https://xaric.org/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T17:46:43-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- xaric (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.13.9
## Project history and usage

Xaric is a small Unix IRC client in the ircII family. Its own site describes it as a client similar to BitchX and ircII, forked from BitchX, and created by a group of IRC friends who wanted a simpler colored client.

### Project history

The public release history visible on GitHub includes 0.12.x tags carrying 2001 changelog text, including Rex Feany entries for the 0.12.0 and 0.12.1 releases. Later tags show continued maintenance through the 0.13 line, including SSL-related work in 0.13.0 in November 2005 and a 0.13.9 tag in February 2021.

Xaric's homepage remained deliberately modest about the project's scope: it emphasizes being simpler than related IRC clients rather than presenting a broad feature list. That positioning is the main source-backed history available for the project.

### How it is used

Xaric is used as a terminal IRC client for Unix-like systems. In package-manager terms it is a lightweight, old-school IRC client for users who want an ircII/BitchX-style interface with color and without a large scripting environment.

### Why package nerds care

Xaric is significant mostly as a preserved member of the classic Unix IRC-client lineage. Its package appeal is not broad adoption but continuity: a small GPL IRC client with releases spanning from early-2000s IRC culture into modern source-hosted maintenance.

### Timeline

- 2001: 0.12.x changelog entries show Rex Feany release work and maintenance.
- 2005: 0.13.0 tag notes SSL support work.
- 2006: 0.13.2 release tag appears in the public repository.
- 2021: 0.13.9 was released and listed as the latest version on the project site.

### Related projects

- The project explicitly places itself near ircII and BitchX; the homepage says Xaric was forked from BitchX.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/laeos/xaric>
- <https://github.com/laeos/xaric/tags>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laeos/xaric/master/README>
- <https://xaric.org/>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for xaric. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/xaric.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/xaric.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph