# Kotatogram – experimental [Telegram Desktop][telegram_desktop] fork.

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[![GitHub Workflow Status: Windows](https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/workflows/Windows./badge.svg?event=push)][actions]
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[![Preview of Kotatogram Desktop][preview_image]][preview_image_url]

Build instructions can be found [in `docs` folder][build]. Please note: only [32-bit Windows][building-msvc], [64-bit Windows][building-msvc-x64] and [Linux][building-cmake] build instructions are updated.

Original README with licenses could be found in [Telegram Desktop repository][telegram_desktop_readme].

## Download
Binaries can be downloaded from releases: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/releases

Latest stable version can be found here: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/releases/latest

## Builds
* Windows (installer and portable)
* Linux (64-bit)
  * [Flathub][flatpak]
  * Other repositories:<br>[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/kotatogram-desktop.svg)][repology]
* macOS

## Features
* Local folders
* Forward to multiple chats and forward without author
* Custom font
* Compact chat list
* Custom text replaces
* Change sticker size
* Adaptive chat bubbles
* and other smaller features.

Full list of features will rewritten later. Control branches were used to list features, but they are now deprecated and archived in [separate repo][archive].

## Contributing
Read [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing].

## Other links
* Website: https://kotatogram.github.io
* English Telegram channel: https://t.me/kotatogram
* Russian Telegram channel: https://t.me/kotatogram_ru
* Trello (on Russian, abandoned): https://trello.com/b/G6zetXOH/kotatogram-desktop

## Attribution
* Ghost icon (for deleted accounts) is taken from [official Android app](https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram).
* Icons for local folders mostly are [Material Design Icons](https://materialdesignicons.com/).

[//]: # (LINKS)
[telegram_desktop]: https://desktop.telegram.org
[releases]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/releases
[actions]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/actions
[telegram_desktop_readme]: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/dev/README.md
[repology]: https://repology.org/project/kotatogram-desktop/versions
[flatpak]: https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.kotatogram
[changelog]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/kotatogram_changes.txt
[preview_image]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/docs/assets/ktg_preview.png "Preview of Kotatogram Desktop"
[preview_image_url]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/docs/assets/ktg_preview.png
[contributing]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
[archive]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-archived
[build]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/docs
[win32]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/docs/building-win.md
[win64]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/docs/building-win-x64.md
[linux]: https://github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop/blob/dev/docs/building-linux.md