iMe Desktop – alternative desktop application client for the messaging service powered by the Telegram API

This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the alpha version of the alternative desktop client for the iMe Messenger & Crypto Wallet, based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol.

The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception, the license is available here.

Supported systems

The latest version is available for

• Windows 7 and above (64 bit) (portable)
• Windows 7 and above (32 bit) (portable)
• macOS 10.12 and above
• Linux static build for 64 bit

Third-party

• Qt 6 (LGPL) and Qt 5.15 (LGPL) slightly patched
• OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.1 (OpenSSL License)
• WebRTC (New BSD License)
• zlib 1.2.11 (zlib License)
• LZMA SDK 9.20 (public domain)
• liblzma (public domain)
• Google Breakpad (License)
• Google Crashpad (Apache License 2.0)
• GYP (BSD License)
• Ninja (Apache License 2.0)
• OpenAL Soft (LGPL)
• Opus codec (BSD License)
• FFmpeg (LGPL)
• Guideline Support Library (MIT License)
• Range-v3 (Boost License)
• Open Sans font (Apache License 2.0)
• Vazir font (SIL Open Font License 1.1)
• Emoji alpha codes (MIT License)
• Catch test framework (Boost License)
• xxHash (BSD License)
• QR Code generator (MIT License)
• CMake (New BSD License)
• Hunspell (LGPL)

Build instructions

• Windows (32-bit) (64-bit)
• macOS
• GNU/Linux using Docker