kchat-desktop

Infomaniak fork of the mattermost desktop app modified to work with our internal API as part of the kSuite.

⚠️ This project is still in beta.

Running the project

Prerequisites

• Node 16

Desktop integration

• Server dropdown for access to multiple servers
• Dedicated tabs for Channels, Boards and Playbooks
• Desktop Notifications
• Badges for unread channels and mentions
• Deep Linking to open links directly in the app
• Runs in background to reduce number of open windows

npm install

Running in dev mode

npm run watch

Running in virtual machine with Linux

1 - DL VirtualBox (version 7.0 for me)

2 - Click on New, define a name and select the ISO (ubuntu-22.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso or other)

3 - Save root identifier.

4 - Let default parameters.

Installation finished, setup env.

1 - If the terminal doesn’t run, use tty (ctrl+ alt + F5).

2 - Grant sudo permission if needed:

• start root session : su root

• add vboxuser(or your username) to sudo group: adduser vboxuser sudo

3 - DL VSCode (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/?dv=linux64_deb)

4 - Install with Software install (open with … software install)

5 - Now, you can use the terminal from VSCode if needed.

6 - Setup SSH key, pull repo, and run app.

Certificates

For MacOS certificates, see the internal gitlab wiki