Uplink
Privacy First, Modular, P2P messaging client built atop Warp.
Uplink is written in pure Rust with a UI in Dioxus (which is also written in Rust). It was developed to be a new foundation for the basic implementation of Warp features in a universal application.
The goal should be to build a hyper-customizable application that can run anywhere and support extensions.
Features
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Contributing
Guidelines for contributing are located in the CONTRIBUTING.md.
Prerequisites
You'll need to install the required dependencies for your system in order to build and develop on Uplink. See the table below for help installing them on your system. Mac setup depends on Homebrew.
| Distribution | Commands |
|---|---|
| Debian & Ubuntu | apt get -y libgtk-3-dev clang libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev pkg-config libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libappindicator3-dev protobuf-compiler |
| Arch | pacman -S gtk3 cmake protobuf |
| MacOS Homebrew | xcode-select --install, brew install protobuf cmake rustup-init gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav gst-rtsp-server gst-editing-services --with-orc --with-libogg --with-opus --with-pango --with-theora --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --enable-gtk3 |
| Windows | Install rust, git, cmake, llvm, ffmpeg, and protoc, see below |
Building from source
Linux
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Windows
Install the following
- rust obviously
- git
- cmake
- Protocol buffers (protoc in your path)
Then clone this repo and run cargo build. That's it. You will have a .exe file at .\target\debug\uplink.exe. cargo run does the same and runs the exe so try that too.
Mac
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Running
To run the app in dev mode simply run cargo run.
The executable has a few command line options that might come in handy:
--pathwhich changes the folder used for storage, currently it's .warp but later it will go somewhere else--titlewhich comes in handy if you have more than one window open
Extra Options
You can specify a window title and a custom path for storage which is useful for local AB testing.
cargo run -- --title "User 1" --path .user1
Note: You can also pass these options directly to the binary by omitting the
--.
Local Testing
To spawn multiple instances of the app execute the test script test/physical/launch_physical_test.sh. This will spawn two named windows with local cache files in a .temp directory.
Please also read through the Physical Testing Checklist and ensure functionality before submitting a PR.
Resetting Data
It's often necessary to reset your account for development, to do so just delete any .temp and .warp files within this project. Note that on most *nix based systems the .warp file is stored in your home directory unless otherwise configured.
Troubleshooting
If you see something about cmake or protoc then you likely need to install those and get them in your path. Often times just restarting your shell helps. Other errors are fixed with updating packages cargo update or getting the nightly rustup update; rustup default nightly or stable rustup update; rustup default stable version of rust.
If you have this error
Blocking waiting for file lock on package cache
the fix is
rm -rf ~/.cargo/.package-cache
Debugging
- run uplink as follows:
RUST_LOG=debug target/debug/uplink - in another terminal (by default
~/.warp/logs), tail the log file, follow it, and grep foruplink:tail -f <file_name> | grep uplink
Contributions
All contributions are welcome! Please keep in mind we're still a relatively small team and any work done to make sure contributions don't cause bugs or issues in the application is much appreciated.