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nheko
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[![Chat on Matrix](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-on%20matrix-blue.svg)](https://matrix.to/#/#nheko:matrix.org)
[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3-red.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
[![AUR: nheko-git](https://img.shields.io/badge/AUR-nheko--git-blue.svg)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nheko-git)
The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for [Matrix] that
feels more like a mainstream chat app ([Riot], Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client.
### Features
Most of the features you would expect from a chat application are missing right now
but we are getting close to a more feature complete client.
Specifically there is support for:
- Joining & leaving rooms
- Sending & receiving images and emoji.
- Typing notifications.
### Installation
There are pre-built nigtly releases [here](https://github.com/mujx/nheko/releases/tag/nightly) for Linux ([AppImage](https://appimage.org/)), Mac and Windows.
#### Arch Linux
```bash
pacaur -S nheko-git
```
#### Fedora
```bash
sudo dnf copr enable xvitaly/matrix
sudo dnf install nheko
```
#### Gentoo Linux
```bash
sudo layman -a matrix
sudo emerge -a nheko
```
### Build Requirements
- Qt5 (5.7 or greater). Qt 5.7 adds support for color font rendering with
Freetype, which is essential to properly support emoji.
- CMake 3.1 or greater.
- [LMDB](https://symas.com/lightning-memory-mapped-database/).
- A compiler that supports C++11.
- Clang 3.3 (or greater).
- GCC 4.8 (or greater).
##### Arch Linux
```bash
sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-tools cmake gcc fontconfig lmdb
```
##### Gentoo Linux
```bash
sudo emerge -a ">=dev-qt/qtgui-5.7.1" media-libs/fontconfig
```
##### Ubuntu (e.g 14.04)
```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt58-trusty
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qt58base qt58tools cmake liblmdb-dev
```
##### OSX (Xcode 8 or later)
```bash
brew update
brew install qt5 lmdb
```
N.B. you will need to pass `-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5`
to cmake to point it at your qt5 install (tweaking the path as needed)
### Building
Clone the repo with its submodules
```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mujx/nheko
```
or
```bash
git clone https://github.com/mujx/nheko
cd nheko
git submodule update --init
```
and then use the following
```bash
cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release # Default is Debug.
make -C build
```
The `nheko` binary will be located in the `build` directory.
#### Nix
Download the repo as mentioned above and run
```bash
nix-build
```
in the project folder. This will output a binary to `result/bin/nheko`.
You can also install nheko by running `nix-env -f . -i`
### Contributing
Any kind of contribution to the project is greatly appreciated. You are also
encouraged to open feature request issues.
### Screens
Here is a screen shot to get a feel for the UI, but things will probably change.
![nheko](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/5iydk5r3b9zyycd/nheko-ui.png)
### Third party
- [Emoji One](http://emojione.com)
- [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/)
- [Open Sans](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans)
[Matrix]:https://matrix.org
[Riot]:https://riot.im