diff --git a/hexchat/.footprint b/hexchat/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45256848d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hexchat/.footprint
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/hexchat
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/hexchat-plugin.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/checksum.so
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/fishlim.so
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/perl.so
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/python.so
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/sysinfo.so
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/python/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/python/_hexchat.py
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/python/hexchat.py
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/hexchat/python/xchat.py
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/hexchat-plugin.pc
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/applications/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/applications/io.github.Hexchat.desktop
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icons/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/io.github.Hexchat.png
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/io.github.Hexchat.svg
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/hexchat.1.gz
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/metainfo/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/metainfo/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml
diff --git a/hexchat/.signature b/hexchat/.signature
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index 000000000..f68162355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hexchat/.signature
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF3013ZvnRnwfEBCFj84T1d27iP28bbQhJVuIRQDdqY0/5Bbse3pFv+HpycHy+jIxWWSS348R0ZmTZ+qD2tutCDA0=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 882e776807268e215be8599569bd1bfe92c364c6f29b76897f68185b470ad392
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 1128f3865497966bb9cc536d9d1532b9eb22a1752ecba04b2a394ac791b9c00d
+SHA256 (hexchat-2.16.1.tar.xz) = a7e497da71df419daf9855582d51c723a2611de25d5e97b5efc33fe78da5c4c7
diff --git a/hexchat/Pkgfile b/hexchat/Pkgfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e79211d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hexchat/Pkgfile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Description: GTK+ based IRC client
+# URL: https://hexchat.github.io/
+# Maintainer: unmaintained
+# Depends on: gtk iso-codes python3-cffi xorg-libxdamage
+# Optional: dbus-glib desktop-file-utils enchant libcanberra libnotify libproxy lua pciutils
+
+name=hexchat
+version=2.16.1
+release=1
+source=(https://dl.hexchat.net/hexchat/$name-$version.tar.xz)
+
+build() {
+  prt-get isinst lua && PKGMK_HEXCHAT+=' -D with-lua=lua' || PKGMK_HEXCHAT+=' -D with-lua=false'
+  prt-get isinst libcanberra || PKGMK_HEXCHAT+=' -D libcanberra=disabled'
+  prt-get isinst dbus-glib || PKGMK_HEXCHAT+=' -D dbus=disabled'
+
+  prt-get isinst pciutils && PKGMK_HEXCHAT+=' -Dwith-sysinfo=true'
+
+  meson setup build $name-$version $PKGMK_HEXCHAT \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --buildtype=plain \
+    --wrap-mode nodownload \
+    -D b_lto=true \
+    -D b_pie=true
+  meson compile -C build -j ${JOBS:-1}
+  DESTDIR=$PKG meson install -C build
+
+  rm -r $PKG/usr/share/locale
+}