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qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.
https://github.com/qTox/qTox

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qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.

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# This repository and qTox are unmaintained!



Due to a lack of resources, qTox is no longer maintained.



If someone with provable C++ experience and sufficient resources to maintain

qTox wants to take over I'm happy to discuss that. Meanwhile **be careful about

"official forks" of qTox** unless you read it here, they are probably not

official.



I want to take the time and thank all

[contributors](https://github.com/qTox/qTox/graphs/contributors) and

especially the long term contributors and founders:



- [anthonybilinski](https://github.com/anthonybilinski)

- [Diadlo](https://github.com/Diadlo)

- [iphydf](https://github.com/iphydf)

- [nurupo](https://github.com/nurupo)

- [tux3](https://github.com/tux3)

- [zetok](https://github.com/zetok)



It was fun working with all of you and I learned a lot!



`So long, and thanks for all the fish!` - [sudden6](https://github.com/sudden6)








qTox




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GPLv3+





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qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer instant messaging client using

the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.




 **[User Manual] |**

 **[Install/Build] |**

 **[Roadmap] |**

 **[Report bugs] |**

 **[Jenkins builds] |**

 **[Mailing list] |**

 **IRC:** [#[email protected]]



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Windows | Linux | OS X | FreeBSD

--------|-------|------|--------

**[64 bit release]**| **[Arch]**, **[Debian]**, **[Fedora]**, **[Gentoo]**, **[openSUSE]**, **[Ubuntu]** | **[Latest release]**  | **[Package & Port]**

[32 bit release]|**[AppImage]**, [Flatpak] | [Building instructions] |

[64 bit][64nightly], [32 bit][32nightly] nightly | [From Source], [Flatpak nightly], [AppImage nightly] | [Latest nightly] |



_**Bold** options are recommended._



Builds other than installer/packages don't receive updates automatically, so

make sure you get back to this site and regularly download the latest version of

qTox.



### Help us



If you're wondering how could you help, fear not, there are plenty of ways

:smile:



Some of them are:



* Spread the good word about qTox to make it more popular :smile:

* Have an opinion? Make sure to [voice it in the issues that need it] :wink:

* Fixing [easy issues] or [issues that need help]. Make sure to read

  [Contributing] first though :wink:

* [Testing] and [reporting bugs]

* [Translating, it's easy]

* [Reviewing and testing pull requests] – you don't need to be able to code to

  do that :wink:

* Take a task from our Roadmap below



### Roadmap



Currently qTox is under a feature freeze to clean up our codebase and tools.

During this time we want to prepare qTox for upcoming new features of toxcore.



The next steps are:



* move all toxcore abstractions into their own subproject

* write basic tests for this Core

* format the code base

* rethink our Issue tracker



The current state is tracked in the [Code cleanup] project.



### Screenshots

Note: The screenshots may not always be up to date, but they should give a good

idea of the general look and features.



![Screenshot 01](https://i.imgur.com/olb89CN.png)

![Screenshot 02](https://i.imgur.com/tmX8z9s.png)



### Features



- One to one chat with friends

- Group chats

- File transfers, with previewing of images

- Audio calls, including group calls

- Video calls

- ToxMe and Tox URI support

- Translations in over 30 languages

- Avatars

- Faux offline messages

- History

- Screenshots

- Emoticons

- Auto-updates on Windows and packages on Linux

- And many more options!



### Organizational stuff



Happens in both IRC channel [#[email protected]] and on [qTox-dev mailing list].

If you are interested in participating, **join the channel** and **subscribe to

the mailing list**.



There are [IRC logs] available.



### GPG fingerprints



List of GPG fingerprints used by qTox developers to sign commits, merges, tags,

and possibly other stuff.



Active qTox maintainers:



```

7EB3 39FE 8817 47E7 01B7  D472 EBE3 6E66 A842 9B99      - Anthony Bilinski

3103 9166 FA90 2CA5 0D05  D608 5AF9 F2E2 9107 C727      – Diadlo

CA92 21C5 389B 7C50 AA5F  7793 52A5 0775 BE13 DF17      - noavarice

DA26 2CC9 3C0E 1E52 5AD2  1C85 9677 5D45 4B8E BF44      – sudden6

141C 880E 8BA2 5B19 8D0F  850F 7C13 2143 C1A3 A7D4      – tox-user

2880 C860 D95C 909D 3DA4  5C68 7E08 6DD6 6126 3264      – tux3

```



Past qTox maintainers:



```

C7A2 552D 0B25 0F98 3827  742C 1332 03A3 AC39 9151      – initramfs

BA78 83E2 2F9D 3594 5BA3  3760 5313 7C30 33F0 9008      – zetok

F365 8D0A 04A5 76A4 1072  FC0D 296F 0B76 4741 106C      – agilob

1157 616B BD86 0C53 9926  F813 9591 A163 FF9B E04C      – antis81

1D29 8BC7 25B7 BE82 65BA  EAB9 3DB8 E053 15C2 20AA      – Dubslow

```



Windows updates, managed by `tux3`:



```

AED3 1134 9C23 A123 E5C4  AA4B 139C A045 3DA2 D773

```



[#[email protected]]: https://web.libera.chat/#qtox

[64 bit release]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/v1.17.6/setup-qtox-x86_64-release.exe

[32 bit release]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/v1.17.6/setup-qtox-i686-release.exe

[32nightly]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/nightly/qtox-nightly-i686-release.exe

[64nightly]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/nightly/qtox-nightly-x86_64-release.exe

[Flatpak]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/v1.17.6/qTox-v1.17.6.x86_64.flatpak

[Flatpak nightly]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/nightly/qTox-nightly.flatpak

[AppImage]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/v1.17.6/qTox-v1.17.6.x86_64.AppImage

[AppImage nightly]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/nightly/qTox-nightly.x86_64.AppImage

[Arch]: /INSTALL.md#arch

[Building instructions]: /INSTALL.md#os-x

[Contributing]: /CONTRIBUTING.md#how-to-start-contributing

[Debian]: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=qtox

[easy issues]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/labels/E-easy

[Latest release]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/v1.17.6/qTox.dmg

[Latest nightly]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/releases/download/nightly/qTox-nightly.dmg

[Fedora]: /INSTALL.md#fedora

[Gentoo]: /INSTALL.md#gentoo

[openSUSE]: /INSTALL.md#opensuse

[Install/Build]: /INSTALL.md

[IRC logs]: https://github.com/qTox/qtox-irc-logs

[issues that need help]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/labels/help%20wanted

[Jenkins builds]: https://build.tox.chat/

[Mailing list]: https://lists.tox.chat

[From Source]: /INSTALL.md#linux

[qTox-dev mailing list]: https://lists.tox.chat/listinfo/qtox-dev

[Package & Port]: /INSTALL.md#freebsd-easy

[Report bugs]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/wiki/Writing-Useful-Bug-Reports

[reporting bugs]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/wiki/Writing-Useful-Bug-Reports

[Reviewing and testing pull requests]: /CONTRIBUTING.md#reviews

[Roadmap]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/milestones

[Testing]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/wiki/Testing

[Translating, it's easy]: /translations/README.md

[User Manual]: /doc/user_manual_en.md

[Ubuntu]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=qtox

[voice it in the issues that need it]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/labels/I-feedback-wanted

[Code cleanup]: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/projects/3?fullscreen=true