Axolotl is a complete cross-platform Signal client, compatible with the Ubuntu Phone and more. Unlike the desktop Signal client, Axolotl is completely autonomous and doesn't require you to have created an account with the official Signal application.
It is built upon presage and a VueJs frontend that runs in a tauri or a qml WebEngineView container.
Desktop client provisioning/syncing partially
There are still bugs and UI/UX quirks.
Axolotl can be installed through different means.
Package | Maintainer | Comment |
---|---|---|
nanu-c | For Ubuntu Touch | |
nanu-c | For Ubuntu desktop | |
olof-nord | https://github.com/flathub/org.nanuc.Axolotl | |
nanu-c | https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl/releases (Debian package in the Assets section) |
To find out how to build from source and install yourself, please see below.
--mode
tauri
: Default GUIubuntu-touch
: Ubuntu Touch GUIdaemon
: HeadlessIf you contribute new strings, please:
Translation is done by using the easygettext
module. Detailed instructions how strings are made translatable are given here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/easygettext.
In short words, either use the v-translate
keyword in the last tag enclosing the string or wrap your string in a <translate>
tag as the last tag.
If you need to make strings in the script section translatable, do it like this this.$gettext("string")
.
When adding new translatable strings with a PR, make sure to extract and update commands as instructed here. Then also commit the updated pot and po files containing the new strings.
examples:
<p v-translate>Translate me!</p>
instead of <p>Translate me!</p>
<p><strong v-translate>Translate me!</strong></p>
instead of <p><strong>Translate me!</strong></p>
<p v-translate>Translate me!</p><br/><p v-translate> Please...</p>
instead of <p>Translate me! <br/> Please...</p>
<div v-translate>Yes, I am translatable!</div>
instead of <div>No, I am not translatable!</div>
<div><translate>This is a free and open source Signal client written in golang and vuejs.</translate></div>
this.cMTitle = this.$gettext("I am a translatable title!");