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Browser extension for OpenPGP encryption with Webmail
https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope

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# Mailvelope

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mailvelope/mailvelope.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mailvelope/mailvelope)

Mailvelope is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox that allows secure email communication based on the OpenPGP standard. It can be configured to work with arbitrary Webmail provider.

## OpenPGP backends

Mailvelope uses the following OpenPGP implementation

- [OpenPGP.js](http://openpgpjs.org/) for the Chrome Extension and for the Firefox Addon

## Installation

Mailvelope is available in the Chrome Web Store:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kajibbejlbohfaggdiogboambcijhkke

For Firefox you can get it from addons.mozilla.org:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/mailvelope/

Or check the [releases](https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope/releases) section for latest builds of Firefox and Chrome installation packages.

## Client API

You can find the current [API Documentation](https://mailvelope.github.io/mailvelope) on GitHub pages. The version will correspond to the current master branch. A demo page with unit tests is available at: [https://demo.mailvelope.com](https://demo.mailvelope.com).

## Build instructions

If you don’t have grunt installed, yet:

npm install -g grunt-cli

and then get and build the sources:

git clone https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope.git
cd mailvelope
npm ci && grunt prod

#### Chrome

grunt dist-cr

The Chrome extension will be in `dist/mailvelope.chrome.zip`.

#### Firefox

grunt dist-ff

The Firefox web extension will be in `dist/mailvelope.firefox.zip`.

#### Development

Update your local repository:

# inside mailvelope folder
git checkout dev
git pull origin dev && grunt
# continue with 'grunt dist-cr' or 'grunt dist-ff'

There are a few more tasks/tools available:

* watch source code for changes and recompile if needed

`grunt watch`

* test the firefox plugin

```
node_modules/web-ext/bin/web-ext run --source-dir=./build/firefox
```

It is possible to reload the plugin on changes, run the `grunt watch` task on another console terminal

* reset repository

`grunt clean`

## Website

https://www.mailvelope.com

## Licence

Use of this source code is governed by the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE that can be found in the LICENSE file.

## About

Contact: Thomas Oberndörfer
Twitter: [@mailvelope](https://twitter.com/mailvelope)
Contributors: see [list on GitHub](https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope/graphs/contributors)