Development with the Avalonia UI is now in a branch on the main GMDC Repo.
[DEPRECATED] GroupMe Desktop Client Avalonia is an in-progress port of GroupMe Desktop Client to the cross-platform Avalonia UI Framework. GroupMe Desktop Client Avalonia is a unofficial, modular, open-source, configurable client for using the GroupMe chat service.
For usage on Windows, check out GroupMe Desktop Client, which is stable and suitable for daily use.
Different color theme options are also supported in GMDCA.
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GroupMe Desktop Client Avalonia offers offline searching functionality. Messages are downloaded and indexed, allowing for a variety of search filters and speedy performance.
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GroupMe Desktop Client Avalonia supports displaying multiple chats simultaneously, side-by-side. The number of chats that can be opened both normally, and in collapsed-sidebar mode is fully user configurable.
GroupMe Desktop Client Avalonia includes tight integration with Windows 10's Notification system.
GMDCA is built using C#/Avalonia running on .NET Core 3.1. All external dependencies are included as NuGet packages, and included projects, so no special steps are required to build a copy of GMDCA using Visual Studio.
Visual Studio 2019 is recommended, with the .NET Core 3.1 SDK installed. No additional steps are required, just clone the repository and run a Build from within Visual Studio.
GMDCA can also be compiled on Linux using the dotnet CLI.
- Install .NET Core 3.1 SDK. Directions are available from Microsoft here.
- Clone the repository and begin a build with the commands:
git clone https://github.com/alexdillon/GroupMeClientAvalonia/
cd GroupMeClientAvalonia/
dotnet publish GroupMeClientAvalonia -r linux-x64 --self-contained trueThe resulting binary will be stored in the GroupMeClientAvalonia\GroupMeClientAvalonia\bin\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\linux-x64\ folder, with the binary named GroupMeClientAvalonia. It can be ran from either the terminal, or by double-clicking the executable from the GUI.
GMDCA is also compatible with macOS, and has been tested on Catalina with Visual Studio 2019 for Mac.
GroupMeClientApi is a custom C# Library created specifically for GroupMe Desktop Client in order to interact with the GroupMe API. While it was created for use with GMDC, it is fully open-source and usable for a variety of applications!
GroupMeClient is the stable, daily-use-ready GroupMe Client on which GroupMe Desktop Client Avalonia is based. GMDC is feature rich, compatible with most versions of Windows, and actively updated.