HexChat is an IRC client for Windows and UNIX-like operating systems.
This build is dedicated to the latest Apple Silicon version of macOS. See IRCHelp.org for information about IRC in general.
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Apple Silicon macOS Bundle

• Added a macOS app bundle workflow using gtk-mac-bundler with Homebrew prefixes.
• Updated the bundle manifest to use Homebrew opt paths and .dylib plugin extension.
• Fixed the macOS launcher script locale handling and app name resolution.
• Made post-install scripts resilient when icon/desktop tools are missing.
• Ensured OpenSSL headers are included in the common dependency set for builds.
• Patched gtk-mac-bundler to run on Python 3 and to handle translations cleanly.
• Removed duplicate GTK/GLib/Pango Cellar copies from the bundle to avoid class/type collisions.
• Rewrote install-name references from Cellar to opt for GTK, Pango, GLib, OpenSSL, and libxcb.
• Re-signed all Mach-O binaries and the app bundle after install-name fixes.

Build macOS Bundle Run the one-step build script from the repo root:

osx/build-macos.sh