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# Fractal
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Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects.
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* Come to talk to us on Matrix: <https://matrix.to/#/#fractal-gtk:matrix.org>
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* Main repository: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal/>
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## Installation instructions
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Flatpak is the recommended installation method. You can get the official
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Fractal Flatpak on Flathub.
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<a href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Fractal">
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<img src="https://flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-i-en.png" width="190px" />
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</a>
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## Build Instructions
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### Flatpak
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Flatpak is the recommended way of building and installing Fractal.
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First you need to make sure you have the GNOME SDK and Rust toolchain installed.
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```
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# Add Flathub and the gnome-nightly repo
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flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists gnome-nightly https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-nightly.flatpakrepo
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# Install the gnome-nightly Sdk and Platform runtime
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flatpak install --user gnome-nightly org.gnome.Sdk org.gnome.Platform
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# Install the required rust-stable extension from Flathub
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flatpak install --user flathub org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable//18.08
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```
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Then you go ahead and build Fractal.
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```
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flatpak-builder --user --install fractal org.gnome.Fractal.json
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```
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### GNU/Linux
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If you decide to ignore our recommendation and build on your host system,
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outside of Flatpak, you will need Meson and Ninja (as well as Rust and Cargo).
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```sh
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meson . _build --prefix=/usr/local
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ninja -C _build
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sudo ninja -C _build install
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```
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### macOS
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```sh
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brew install gtk+3 dbus bash adwaita-icon-theme
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# empirically needs 3.22.19 or later of gtk3+
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# ...and run configure as:
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/usr/local/bin/bash -c "meson . _build --prefix=/usr/local"
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ninja -C _build
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sudo ninja -C _build install
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```
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### Translations
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Fractal is translated by the GNOME translation team on
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[Damned lies](https://l10n.gnome.org/).
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If you want to add *a new language* you should update the file
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`fractal-gtk/po/LINGUAS` and add the code for that language
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to the list.
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Get the pot file from [the Fractal module page on Damned lies](https://l10n.gnome.org/module/fractal/).
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### Password Storage
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Fractal uses [Secret Service](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/secret-storage-spec/)
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to store the password so you should have something providing
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that service on your system. If you're using GNOME or KDE
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this should work for you out of the box with gnome-keyring or
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ksecretservice.
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## Supported m.room.message (msgtypes)
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msgtypes | Recv | Send
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-------- | ----- | ------
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m.text | Done | Done
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m.emote | Done | Done
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m.notice | |
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m.image | Done | Done
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m.file | Done | Done
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m.location | |
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m.video | Done | Done
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m.audio | Done | Done
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Full reference in: <https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client\_server/r0.2.0.html#m-room-message-msgtypes>
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## Frequently Asked Questions
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* Does Fractal have encryption support? Will it ever?
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Fractal does not currently have encryption support, but
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there is an initiative for it.
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The current effort is to create a monolithic module for Fractal to interact with.
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Said module will handle all cryptographic tasks.
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The goal is to reduce the amount of work required for implementing end-to-end encryption
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by having one thing to interact with, instead of a huge API surface.
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Code and further information for this module can be found at [World/metaolm](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/metaolm).
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* Can I run Fractal with the window closed?
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Currently Fractal does not support this. Fractal is a
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GNOME application, and accordingly adheres GNOME
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guidelines and paradigms. This will be revisited if or
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when GNOME gets a "Do Not Disturb" feature.
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## The origin of Fractal
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This project is based on Fest <https://github.com/fest-im/fest>, formerly called ruma-gtk.
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Instead of using RUMA Client, Fractal calls directly to the matrix.org
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REST API.
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The first version of this project was called guillotine, based on French revolution,
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in relation with the Riot client name, but it's a negative name so we decide
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to change for a math one.
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The name Fractal was proposed by Regina Bíró.
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