README.md

ALTER_desktop

Unofficial Nativefier desktop app for ALTER private messaging service. Currently only supported for linux-x64

Use at your own risk at the moment - as there are some oddities with npm that need resolved still. Consider this very alpha. You can try running this on other linux distributions, but it's not officially supported yet.

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1. Install npm

Skip if you have npm installed

Debian

sudo apt install npm nodejs

Fedora

sudo dnf install npm

Arch

sudo pacman -S npm

OpenSUSE

sudo zypper install npm

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2. Install ALTER_desktop

git clone https://github.com/reversesigh/alter_desktop.git
git checkout main
cd alter_desktop
chmod +x build && ./build

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3. For GNOME users. Install Tray Icons: Reloaded shell extension

GNOME Extensions - Tray Icons: Reloaded

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Summary

Create an unofficial ALTER desktop application by wrapping with nativefier.

Feel free to message me after installing and logging in to test it out: az4jnb2ngz

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