Flatsonar

XChat

by XChat

The classical IRC client

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher Archived GPL-2.0 v2.8.8
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About

XChat is an IRC client which supports different features such as multiple servers, configuration options and file transfers.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • unrestricted access to the session D-Bus (all your running apps)
    --socket=session-bus
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • keeps .xchat2 between runs
    --persist=.xchat2

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • io.github.Xchat is not under a namespace Flatsonar can check
    publisher:namespace
  • fetches from xchat.org over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes
    source:insecure-url

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.