Fractal
Matrix messaging client
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Installing
Flatpak (recommended)
Fractal is available via Flatpak:
Software should open the .flatpakref file and install it.
Alternatively use the command below:
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gnome.Fractal.flatpakref
Packages
Your software distribution may offer you packages for Fractal:
Arch Linux: fractal
Building from source
Download tarballs of latest release.
Alternatively, clone latest development code using git:
git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal.git
See README.md file for futher instructions.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Fractal have encryption support? Will it ever?
Fractal does not currently have encryption support, but there is an initiative for it.
The current effort is to create a monolithic module for Fractal to interact with. Said module will handle all cryptographic tasks. The goal is to reduce the amount of work required for implementing end-to-end encryption by having one thing to interact with, instead of a huge API surface.
Code and further information for this module can be found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/metaolm.
- Can I run Fractal with the window closed?
Currently Fractal does not support this. Fractal is a GNOME application, and accordingly adheres GNOME guidelines and paradigms. This will be revisited if or when GNOME gets a "Do Not Disturb" feature.
Getting in touch
Talk with our user and developer community via our:
Chat: #fractal-gtk at matrix.org (Riot)
Bug reporting
Test Fractal and its development version and submit your issues:
Contributing
Creating or improving:
- Packaging: make the latest releases available for your distribution
Programming
Contribute code to fix existing bugs:
Read Newcomers guide to get started
Start working on one of the newcomers issues