commet commetchat
winget install --id=commetchat.commet -e Your space to connect
Commet is a Matrix client designed to provide a secure, privacy-focused chat experience with modern features. It emphasizes simplicity while offering robust functionality, making it ideal for users seeking reliable communication tools.
Key Features:
- End-to-End Encryption: Ensures private conversations remain confidential.
- Custom Emoji & Stickers: Enhances expression with customizable visuals.
- GIF Search Integration: Easily find and share popular GIFs.
- Threaded Conversations: Organize discussions into focused topics.
- Encrypted Room Search: Quickly locate encrypted spaces.
- Multi-Account Support: Manage multiple Matrix accounts seamlessly.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for privacy-conscious users, developers, and teams who value secure communication. Commet helps users maintain control over their data while enjoying a modern chat experience.
Commet can be installed via winget, ensuring easy setup on supported platforms.
README
Commet
Your space to connect
Commet is a client for Matrix focused on providing a feature rich experience while maintaining a simple interface. The goal is to build a secure, privacy respecting app without compromising on the features you have come to expect from a modern chat client.
Features
- Supports Windows, Linux, and Android (MacOS and iOS planned in future)
- End to End Encryption
- Custom Emoji + Stickers
- GIF Search
- Threads
- Encrypted Room Search
- Multiple Accounts
- Spaces
- Emoji verification & cross signing
- Push Notifications
- URL Preview
Translation
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Development
Commet is built using Flutter, currently v3.24.4
This repo currently has a monorepo structure, containing two flutter projects: Commet and Tiamat. Commet is the main client, and Tiamat is a sort of wrapper around Material with some extra goodies, which is used to maintain a consistent style across the app. Tiamat may eventually be moved to its own repo, but for now it is maintained here for ease of development.
Building
1. Install Flutter
2. Install Libraries
Commet requires some additional libraries to be built
sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build libgtk-3-dev libolm3 libmpv-dev mpv ffmpeg libmimalloc-dev
3. Fetch Dependencies
You will need to change directory in to commet, then fetch dependencies
cd commet
flutter pub get
4. Code Generation
We make use of procedural code generation in some parts of commet. As a rule, generated code will not be checked in to git, and will need to be generated before building.
To run code generation, run the script within the commet directory:
dart run scripts/codegen.dart
5. Building
When building Commet, there are some additional command line arguments that must be used to configure the build.
Required
| Argument | Valid Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PLATFORM | 'desktop', 'mobile', 'linux', 'windows', 'macos', 'android', 'ios', 'web' | Defines which platform to build for |
| BUILD_MODE | 'release', 'debug' | When building with 'debug' flag, additional debug information will be shown |
Optional
| Argument | Valid Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GIT_HASH | * | Supply the current git hash when building to show in info screen |
| VERSION_TAG | * | Supply the current build version, to display app version |
| BUILD_DETAIL | * | Can provide additional detail about the current build, for example if it was being built for Flatpak or Snap |
Example:
cd commet
flutter run --dart-define BUILD_MODE=debug --dart-define PLATFORM=linux