Whalebird

Whalebird is a mastodon client for desktop application. If you want to use release build, please download from release page.

Feature

• An interface like slack
• Notify to desktop
• Streaming
• Many keyboard shortcuts
• Manage multiple accounts

Shortcuts

	Mac	Linux, Windows
Toot, Reply	Cmd + Enter	Ctrl + Enter
Change accounts	Cmd + 1, 2, 3...	Ctrl + 1, 2, 3...
Jump to another timeline	Cmd + k	Ctrl + k
Open new toot window	Cmd + n	Ctrl + n

Install

Mac

You can download .dmg from release page.

Please wait for distribute in Mac app store, I'm preparing.

Linux

You can download .deb or .rpm from release page. If you do not want to use package manager, please download .tar.bz2 file and docompress it.

Windows

You can download .msi from release page.

Development

# clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktop.git
$ cd whalebird-desktop

# install dependencies
$ npm install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:9080
$ npm run dev

Release

Binary

When you build release packages, please use electron-builder.

# for linux
$ npm run build:linux

# for mac
# This command automatically loads the Developer ID Application certificate from your keychain.
$ npm run build:mac

AppStore

Please prepare certificates on your Apple developer console. The following keys are required:

• Mac App Distribution: 3rd Party Mac Developer Application: NAME (TEAM_ID)
• Mac Installer Distribution: 3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: NAME (TEAM_ID)

and register your KeyChain.

Then, create a Mac App ID like org.whalebird.desktop.

$ npm run build:mas

# This command automatically loads the certificates from you keychain.
$ ./appStore.sh

After that, the .pkg file is created under ./packages.

License

The software is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.