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nchat Another yet Telegram client
5.19.18 net-im Σ=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 5.17.26Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: osa@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-10-24 14:15:04
Last Update: 2026-10-05 14:12:36
Commit Hash: 0b76328
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/d99kris/nchat
Description: #
nchat is a terminal-based chat client with support for Telegram and WhatsApp. WhatsApp part of the application hasn't been ported yet.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port
Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/nchat-5.19.18/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/nchat-5.19.18/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/nchat-5.19.18/MIT
  4. bin/nchat
  5. lib/libduchat.so
  6. lib/libncutil.so
  7. lib/libtdclientshared.so
  8. lib/libtgchat
  9. lib/libtgchat.so
  10. share/man/man1/nchat.1.gz
  11. share/nchat/themes/ayu-dark/color.conf
  12. share/nchat/themes/ayu-dark/usercolor.conf
  13. share/nchat/themes/basic-color/color.conf
  14. share/nchat/themes/basic-color/usercolor.conf
  15. share/nchat/themes/catppuccin-mocha/color.conf
  16. share/nchat/themes/catppuccin-mocha/usercolor.conf
  17. share/nchat/themes/default/color.conf
  18. share/nchat/themes/default/usercolor.conf
  19. share/nchat/themes/dracula/color.conf
  20. share/nchat/themes/dracula/usercolor.conf
  21. share/nchat/themes/espresso/color.conf
  22. share/nchat/themes/espresso/usercolor.conf
  23. share/nchat/themes/gruvbox-dark-hard/color.conf
  24. share/nchat/themes/gruvbox-dark-hard/usercolor.conf
  25. share/nchat/themes/gruvbox-dark/color.conf
  26. share/nchat/themes/gruvbox-dark/usercolor.conf
  27. share/nchat/themes/solarized-dark-higher-contrast/color.conf
  28. share/nchat/themes/solarized-dark-higher-contrast/usercolor.conf
  29. share/nchat/themes/templates/iterm2-color-schemes/nchat-color.conf
  30. share/nchat/themes/templates/iterm2-color-schemes/nchat-usercolor.conf
  31. share/nchat/themes/templates/iterm2-color-schemes/README.md
  32. share/nchat/themes/tokyo-night/color.conf
  33. share/nchat/themes/tokyo-night/usercolor.conf
  34. share/nchat/themes/tomorrow-night/color.conf
  35. share/nchat/themes/tomorrow-night/usercolor.conf
  36. share/nchat/themes/zenbones-dark/color.conf
  37. share/nchat/themes/zenbones-dark/usercolor.conf
  38. share/nchat/themes/zenburned/color.conf
  39. share/nchat/themes/zenburned/usercolor.conf
  40. @owner
  41. @group
  42. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • nchat>0:net-im/nchat
  • For LIB depends:
    • libduchat.so:net-im/nchat
    • libncutil.so:net-im/nchat
    • libtdclientshared.so:net-im/nchat
    • libtgchat.so:net-im/nchat
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/net-im/nchat/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install net-im/nchat
  • pkg install nchat
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: nchat
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1791206871 SHA256 (d99kris-nchat-v5.19.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 69c3cf421871059f6726c58999d58a11f5a5a45a19828799a276c8b424992f52 SIZE (d99kris-nchat-v5.19.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 8316569
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
nchat
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest5.19.185.19.18--5.19.18
FreeBSD:14:quarterly5.17.265.17.26--5.17.26
FreeBSD:15:latest5.19.185.19.18n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly5.17.265.17.26n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest5.19.185.19.18n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  2. ninja : devel/ninja
  3. gperf : devel/gperf
  4. libncurses.so.6 : devel/ncurses
  5. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
Runtime dependencies: #
  1. libncurses.so.6 : devel/ncurses
  2. python3.12 : lang/python312
Library dependencies: #
  1. libreadline.so.8 : devel/readline
  2. libsqlite3.so : databases/sqlite3
There are no ports dependent upon this port #
Configuration Options: #
No options to configure
Options name: #
net-im_nchat
USES: #
cmake gperf localbase:ldflags ncurses:port python:run pkgconfig readline shebangfix ssl sqlite
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/d99kris/nchat/tar.gz/v5.19.18?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 11 #

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
5.19.18
05 Oct 2026 14:12:36
commit hash: 0b76328fbdecdee1b72f6aac26fec430d5ee15e7commit hash: 0b76328fbdecdee1b72f6aac26fec430d5ee15e7commit hash: 0b76328fbdecdee1b72f6aac26fec430d5ee15e7commit hash: 0b76328fbdecdee1b72f6aac26fec430d5ee15e7 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update from 5.17.26 to 5.19.18

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.17.26...v5.19.18

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.17.26
18 Jul 2026 14:42:43
commit hash: 6479dcc6cb7457ff8e640f11dd9141197c8ebac0commit hash: 6479dcc6cb7457ff8e640f11dd9141197c8ebac0commit hash: 6479dcc6cb7457ff8e640f11dd9141197c8ebac0commit hash: 6479dcc6cb7457ff8e640f11dd9141197c8ebac0 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update: 5.16.9 -> 5.17.26

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.16.9...v5.17.26

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.16.9
27 Jun 2026 16:58:35
commit hash: 3e08e35f76fe99462a7bcd6af8fddc22f7d17563commit hash: 3e08e35f76fe99462a7bcd6af8fddc22f7d17563commit hash: 3e08e35f76fe99462a7bcd6af8fddc22f7d17563commit hash: 3e08e35f76fe99462a7bcd6af8fddc22f7d17563 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update: 5.15.26 -> 5.16.9

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.15.26...v5.16.9

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.15.26
17 May 2026 13:48:10
commit hash: 88b79bd7e0e93e6689f9dab9996a31db43684c6fcommit hash: 88b79bd7e0e93e6689f9dab9996a31db43684c6fcommit hash: 88b79bd7e0e93e6689f9dab9996a31db43684c6fcommit hash: 88b79bd7e0e93e6689f9dab9996a31db43684c6f files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update: 5.14.44 -> 5.15.26

The themes installation has been removed for some reason, and because
of their usefulness it's better to resurrect such functionality.  In
addition to that, add templates installation as well.

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.14.44...v5.15.26

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.14.44
09 Apr 2026 15:11:56
commit hash: d15be6b53d81e5e5c71f5153b159ca7a75e7bdb6commit hash: d15be6b53d81e5e5c71f5153b159ca7a75e7bdb6commit hash: d15be6b53d81e5e5c71f5153b159ca7a75e7bdb6commit hash: d15be6b53d81e5e5c71f5153b159ca7a75e7bdb6 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update: 5.13.17 -> 5.14.44

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.13.17...v5.14.44

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.13.17
22 Feb 2026 23:39:56
commit hash: 9ede2add1db320ddef9b458d319498d8508b12f6commit hash: 9ede2add1db320ddef9b458d319498d8508b12f6commit hash: 9ede2add1db320ddef9b458d319498d8508b12f6commit hash: 9ede2add1db320ddef9b458d319498d8508b12f6 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update: 5.12.21 ->  5.13.17

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.12.21...v5.13.17

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.12.21
31 Dec 2025 21:52:51
commit hash: b22e9186a457f921b49758a83fbc9c9fbfe7bd03commit hash: b22e9186a457f921b49758a83fbc9c9fbfe7bd03commit hash: b22e9186a457f921b49758a83fbc9c9fbfe7bd03commit hash: b22e9186a457f921b49758a83fbc9c9fbfe7bd03 files touched by this commit		 Piotr Kubaj (pkubaj) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: fix pkg-plist on powerpc / powerpc64

CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:104 (message):
  Telegram requires little endian, auto-disabling.
5.12.21
28 Dec 2025 17:22:47
commit hash: ea92403bf745fb7b6d12f85035ad0ae24b500d28commit hash: ea92403bf745fb7b6d12f85035ad0ae24b500d28commit hash: ea92403bf745fb7b6d12f85035ad0ae24b500d28commit hash: ea92403bf745fb7b6d12f85035ad0ae24b500d28 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update 5.11.32 -> 5.12.21

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.11.32
16 Nov 2025 12:52:13
commit hash: faa81d6846f2f7bc669592c67919b9318fc0e5b4commit hash: faa81d6846f2f7bc669592c67919b9318fc0e5b4commit hash: faa81d6846f2f7bc669592c67919b9318fc0e5b4commit hash: faa81d6846f2f7bc669592c67919b9318fc0e5b4 files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: update 5.10.15 -> 5.11.32

ChangeLog:	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat/compare/v5.10.15...v5.11.32

Sponsored by:	tipi.work
5.10.15
24 Oct 2025 15:15:28
commit hash: 07fdc662b818b13e50e6cab18258f0edb4d3a84fcommit hash: 07fdc662b818b13e50e6cab18258f0edb4d3a84fcommit hash: 07fdc662b818b13e50e6cab18258f0edb4d3a84fcommit hash: 07fdc662b818b13e50e6cab18258f0edb4d3a84f files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: remove needless components

Those are artifacts are related to Whatsup support, which hasn't
been ported yet.
5.10.15
24 Oct 2025 14:10:32
commit hash: 998357027104206b0fd14792ef297aed8e51660fcommit hash: 998357027104206b0fd14792ef297aed8e51660fcommit hash: 998357027104206b0fd14792ef297aed8e51660fcommit hash: 998357027104206b0fd14792ef297aed8e51660f files touched by this commit		 Sergey A. Osokin (osa) search for other commits by this committer 
net-im/nchat: add new port

nchat is the terminal-based Telegram/WhatsApp client.
The WhatsApp support hasn't been ported yet.

Connect to the build.

Number of commits found: 11

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