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kdeltachat - DeltaChat desktop client built with Kirigami (git.sr.ht)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is DeltaChat desktop client but not with the default Electron. Compile instructions for Debian, Arch Linux and openSUSE. One Linux distribution has this packaged : NixOS, package name kdeltachat-unstable. The software developer is also active in the DeltaChat forum. Posting this here to give this project some more attention cause it would be nice to see less Electron and more Kirigami (or Tauri ?).

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are there any screenshots? Didn't find any in the link nor Google.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I've compiled kdeltachat yesterday and it is different from the default Electron based Deltachat desktop app. At startup it immediately shows a big configuration screen inviting the user to fill in email address, SMTP port and a lot more text fields. The default Deltachat app looks polished and much nicer for "normies". Ignoring and closing that configuration part and it looks like a simple Qt app without much colors so I guess it the app is a work in progress. Maybe I'll provide some screen shots later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Show us screenshots instead of telling us how the client looks like!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I am not alone wanting to see screenshots of softwares before even installing them. If you refuse to provide screenshots because someone is not saying please, expect many will not try your DeltaChat client. Over and out.

[–] obsoleszenz 2 points 7 months ago

https://delta.chat/assets/home/screenshots/desktop.png

The electron version. The qt version is still early in development i think.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Compile it yourself! File a bug report with the software developer! (I'm just the messenger of this post) I've shared the web link of the project for people who dislike having too many Electron based applications on their computer, like people using older hardware. You may be fine with the Electron based one, screen shots of that here : https://delta.chat/en/