pip3 install --user emoji
git clone https://github.com/agustinhenze/hexchat-emojifier
cd hexchat-emojifier
cd ~/.config/hexchat/addons
ln -s $OLDPWD/emojifier.py .

I must confess, I love emojis 🤦! And when I was chatting on IRC I really missed them... This plugin will let you use emojis on hexchat. It has a basic emoji autompleter and no more doc than that for now. PRs are welcomed