Gitter Desktop Client

This is the desktop client for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.

Latest Builds

For the official downloads, please visit https://gitter.im/apps.

Running The Development Version

The Gitter Desktop client is written using NW.js, but the only prerequisite is node.js for your platfrom.

1. clone this repo: git clone git@github.com:gitterHQ/desktop.git && cd desktop
2. install all dependencies: npm install
3. generate your own app oAuth credentials where the redirect url is app://gitter/oauth.html
4. start the app with your credentials:

• linux/osx: OAUTH_KEY=yourkey OAUTH_SECRET=yoursecret npm start
• windows cmd: set OAUTH_KEY=yourkey && set OAUTH_SECRET=yoursecret && npm start
• alternatively, put your keys and secrets in nwapp/oauth.json

Tray Icon on Ubuntu

To see the Gitter tray icon run:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gurqn/systray-trusty
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

More info here.

Enabling Logging on Windows

To enable logging on Windows, please follow this guide.

License

MIT