The Telegram client for the Windows 10 platform, built by the community for the community.

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1. First, check that you have the necessary tools installed.
2. Go to https://my.telegram.org/apps and register a new app.
3. Clone the repo git clone --recursive https://github.com/UnigramDev/Unigram.git.
4. Create a new file inside Unigram/Unigram/Unigram.Api and name it Constants.Secret.cs:

namespace Telegram.Api
{
    public static partial class Constants
    {
        static Constants()
        {
            ApiId = your_api_id;
            ApiHash = "your_api_hash";
        }
    }
}

5. Replace your_api_id and your_api_hash with the data obtained from step 2.

The following tools and SDKs are mandatory for the project development:

• Visual Studio 2017, with
  • .NET Native
  • .NET Framework 4.7 SDK
  • NuGet package manager
  • Universal Windows Platform tools
  • Windows 10 SDK 15063

Can I use Visual Studio 2015?

The app uses the following NuGet packages to work:

• Autofac
• HockeySDK.UWP
• Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform
• Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Uwp.Managed
• Newtonsoft.Json
• Portable.BouncyCastle
• System.Reactive
• Template10
• Universal.WinSQLite
• Win2D.uwp

The project also relies on libogg, libopus, libopusfile and libwebp that are included in the repository.

Check out the Features list and see what Unigram has to offer and what is yet to come.

Is there a release schedule?

Have a bug or a feature request? Please first read the issue guidelines and search for existing and closed issues. If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please open a new issue.

Please read through our contributing guidelines. Included are directions for opening issues, bug and feature requests, and notes on pull requests.

Get updates on Unigram's development and chat with the project maintainers and community members.

• Follow @UnigramApp on Twitter.
• Like and follow Unigram on Facebook.
• Join the official group Unigram Insiders.
• Join the official channel Unigram News.

We want to especially thank these people for their help and knowledge while building Unigram

Telegram Desktop

• https://twitter.com/telegramdesktop

Gregory Klyushnikov

• https://github.com/grishka

Copyright © 2016-2017 Unigram Authors.

Unigram is free software: you can redistribute it and / or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Unigram is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Unigram. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.