Nextcloud Talk Desktop client based on Nextcloud Talk web application bundling ✨

• Nextcloud Server version 27 or higher.
• Nextcloud Talk version 17 or higher.

• Currently not supported:
  • Screen sharing (#11)
  • Contacts menu on user avatars menus (#34)
  • Setting User Status (#26)
  • Search (#30)
  • Untrusted certificate on Linux (#23)
  • Dark/light theme (#17)
• Works with limitations:
  • File viewer - opened in the default web-browser

# Install dependencies
npm ci

# Make .env file
cp .env.example .env

# Don't forget to configure ENV variables! 

Nextcloud Talk Desktop requires Nextcloud Talk source code.

Clone nextcloud/spreed and install dependencies:

# Clone in the repository root
git clone https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed

# Install dependencies
cd ./spreed/
npm ci

# Don't forget to return back
cd ../

Set TALK_PATH ENV variable or edit .env file:

TALK_PATH=/path/to/nextcloud-dev/apps/spreed/

# Start development server
npm start

#########################
# Package to executable #
#########################

# 🐧 Linux
npm run package:linux

# 🍏 Mac (Darwin)
npm run package:mac

# 🪟 Windows (win32)
npm run package:windows

#  All
npm run package:all

#########################
# Make ZIP distribution #
#########################

# 🐧 Linux
npm run make:linux

# 🍏 Mac (Darwin)
# Note: doesn't work on Windows, use WSL
npm run make:mac

# 🪟 Windows (win32)
npm run make:windows

#  All
npm run make:all

1. Create release/vX.X.X branch.
2. Update CHANGELOG.md.
   1. If a built-in Talk version is to be changed - add a note:

      ### Build-in Talk update
      
      Built-in Talk in binaries is updated to $(VERSION) Talk changelog: https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

3. Update package.json:
   • For minor update:

     npm version minor

   • For patch update:

     npm version patch

4. Create a release PR.
5. Merge the release PR.
6. Create and push a tag:

   git tag -a v$(version) -m "Tagging the $(version) release."
   git push origin v$(version)
   git push releases v$(version)

7. Draft a new release on GitHub in nextcloud-releases/talk-desktop
   1. Add release title: v$(version) - Talk v$(talkVersion), e.g. v0.10.0 - Talk 17.1.0-rc.1
   2. Choose a tag
   3. Add the respective CHANGELOG.md section
   4. Use the Generate release notes button and wrap put the result into

      ## What's Changed
      
      <details>
        <!-- Generated content -->
      </details>

8. Draft a new release on GitHub in nextcloud/talk-desktop
   1. Copy everything from the previous step
   2. Add:

      > 📥 Download Binaries on https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/talk-desktop/releases/tag/$(version)

9. Package release, specify version and platforms:

   npm run release:package -- --version $(version) --windows --linux --mac

10. Upload packages to the GitHub Releases on nextcloud-releases/talk-desktop
11. Publish both releases on GitHub Releases

See: https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed#contribution-guidelines