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# [Telegram Desktop][telegram_desktop] Official Messenger
This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the alpha version of the official desktop client for the [Telegram][telegram] messenger, based on the [Telegram API][telegram_api] and the [MTProto][telegram_proto] secure protocol.
The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception, the license is available [here][license].
## Supported systems
* Windows XP - Windows 10 (**not** RT)
* Mac OS X 10.8 - Mac OS X 10.10
* Mac OS X 10.6 - Mac OS X 10.7 (separate build)
* Ubuntu 12.04 - Ubuntu 14.04
* Fedora 22
## Third-party libraries
* Qt 5.3.2 and 5.5.0, slightly patched ([LGPL](http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/lgpl.html))
* OpenSSL 1.0.1g ([OpenSSL License](https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html))
* zlib 1.2.8 ([zlib License](http://www.zlib.net/zlib_license.html))
* libexif 0.6.20 ([LGPL](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.en.html))
* LZMA SDK 9.20 ([public domain](http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html))
* liblzma ([public domain](http://tukaani.org/xz/))
* OpenAL Soft ([LGPL](http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html))
* Opus codec ([BSD license](http://www.opus-codec.org/license/))
* FFmpeg ([LGPL](https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html))
* Open Sans font ([Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html))
## Build instructions
* [Visual Studio 2013][msvc]
* [XCode 6.4][xcode]
* [XCode 6.4 for OS X 10.6 and 10.7][xcode_old]
* [Qt Creator 3.2.0 Ubuntu][qtcreator]
## Projects in Telegram solution
* ### Telegram
[Telegram Desktop][telegram_desktop] messenger
* ### Updater
A little app, that is launched by Telegram when update is ready, replaces all files and launches it back.
* ### Packer
Compiles given files to single update file, compresses it with lzma and signs with a private key. It is not built in **Debug** and **Release** configurations of Telegram solution, because private key is inaccessible.
* ### Prepare
Prepares a release for deployment, puts all current files to deploy/{version} folder.
**Windows**:
* tsetup{version}.exe installer
* Telegram.exe
* Telegram.pdb (debug info for crash minidumps view)
* tupdate{updversion} binary lzma update archive
**Mac**:
* tsetup{version}.dmg
* Telegram.app
* tmacupd{updversion} binary lzma update archive
* ### MetaEmoji
Creates four sprites and text2emoji replace code
* SourceFiles/art/emoji.png
* SourceFiles/art/emoji_125x.png
* SourceFiles/art/emoji_150x.png
* SourceFiles/art/emoji_200x.png
* SourceFiles/art/emoji_250x.png
* SourceFiles/gui/emoji_config.cpp
* ### MetaStyle
From two files and two sprites
* Resources/style_classes.txt
* Resources/style.txt
* SourceFiles/art/sprite.png
* SourceFiles/art/sprite_200x.png
Creates two other sprites, four sprite grids and style constants code
* SourceFiles/art/sprite_125x.png
* SourceFiles/art/sprite_150x.png
* SourceFiles/art/grid.png
* SourceFiles/art/grid_125x.png
* SourceFiles/art/grid_150x.png
* SourceFiles/art/grid_200x.png
* GeneratedFiles/style_classes.h
* GeneratedFiles/style_auto.h
* GeneratedFiles/style_auto.cpp
* ### MetaLang
Creates from languagepack file `Resources/lang.txt` language constants code and language file parse code:
* GeneratedFiles/lang.h
* GeneratedFiles/lang.cpp
[//]: # (LINKS)
[telegram]: https://telegram.org
[telegram_desktop]: https://desktop.telegram.org
[telegram_api]: https://core.telegram.org
[telegram_proto]: https://core.telegram.org/mtproto
[license]: LICENSE
[msvc]: MSVC.md
[xcode]: XCODE.md
[xcode_old]: XCODEold.md
[qtcreator]: QTCREATOR.md