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Bettergram – Official Messenger

This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the official desktop client for the Bettergram 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

• Windows XP - Windows 10 (not RT)
• Mac OS X 10.8 - Mac OS X 10.11
• Ubuntu 12.04 - Ubuntu 18.10
• Fedora 22 - Fedora 29
• Snappy

Third-party

• Qt 5.3.2 and 5.6.2, slightly patched (LGPL)
• OpenSSL 1.0.1g (OpenSSL License)
• zlib 1.2.8 (zlib License)
• libexif 0.6.20 (LGPL)
• 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)
• Emoji alpha codes (MIT License)
• Catch test framework (Boost License)
• xxHash (BSD License)

Build instructions

• Build instructions
• Visual Studio 2017
• Xcode 10
• GYP/CMake on GNU/Linux