Wallops 2.2 Released

posted on february 2nd, 2026
with tags mac, release, retrocomputing, and wallops

A new release of my Wallops IRC client is available:

  • wallops-2.2.sit (StuffIt 3 archive)
    SHA256: adc2b473664ec0960b5b028335566831dd69f4a1de40f79e22bf1337292cca88
    SHA1: 603c5080c41a0d5752cae49a08376db4e18628b1

This update includes a number of new features and bugfixes:

  • Auto-connect with the last saved settings on startup, if they are available, unless the Command key is held down
  • Add support for sending Pushover notifications when the user's nick is mentioned or directly messaged, when a screen saver is detected to be running; sends to Pushover's API over plain-text HTTP
  • Improve nick highlighting when the user's nick is not at the beginning of the line
  • Speed up parsing of nicknames when joining large channels
  • Add support for the /monitor command which is sent directly to the server
  • Fix bug that may have caused a crash when initially connecting, and when reconnecting
Questions or comments?
Please feel free to contact me.