bigtelegramdesktopw/telegram-desktop repository overview

⁠Telegram Desktop⁠ – Official Messenger

This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the alpha version of the official desktop client for the Telegram⁠ messenger, 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 (portable⁠)
• macOS 10.12 and above⁠
• OS X 10.10 and 10.11⁠
• Linux static build for 64 bit⁠ (32 bit⁠)
• Snap⁠
• Flatpak⁠

⁠Old system versions

Version 1.8.15 was the last that supports older systems

• Windows XP and Vista⁠ (portable⁠)
• OS X 10.8 and 10.9⁠
• OS X 10.6 and 10.7⁠

⁠Third-party

• Qt 5.12.8, 5.6.2 and 5.3.2 slightly patched (LGPL⁠)
• OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.1 (OpenSSL 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)
• Mapbox Variant (BSD License⁠)
• Range-v3 (Boost License⁠)
• Open Sans font (Apache License 2.0⁠)
• Vazir font (License⁠)
• Emoji alpha codes (MIT License⁠)
• Catch test framework (Boost License⁠)
• xxHash (BSD License⁠)
• QR Code generator (MIT License⁠)
• CMake (New BSD License⁠)
• Hunspell (GPL⁠)

⁠Build instructions

• Visual Studio 2019⁠
• Xcode 11⁠
• CMake on GNU/Linux⁠