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Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts
https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak

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Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts

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YakYak

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> Desktop client for Google Hangouts *(not Google Hangouts Chat, which is a [different](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/issues/1037) thing)*



![sshot](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/123929/16032313/cdba46c2-3204-11e6-912f-a72fef60563a.png)



(This app is in no way associated with or endorsed by Google)



## Install it



We provide [prebuilt binaries](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/releases) for macOS, Linux 32 / 64 and Windows 32 / 64. This is the [latest release](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/releases/latest)



Check out our wiki for [additional installation methods](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/wiki)



We love [bug reports](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/issues)!



## What does it do:



* Send/receive chat messages

* Send/receive SMS/MMS (Project Fi / Google Voice) -- basic functionality

* Create/change conversations (rename, add people)

* Leave/delete conversation

* Notifications (using native OS notifications)

  * Toggle notifications on/off

* Drag-drop, copy-paste or attach-button for image upload.

* Hangupsbot sync room aware (no bot name, proper user pics)

* Show inline images

* Send presence/focus/typing/activeclient to behave like a proper client

* History scrollback

* Video/audio integration (open in chrome)

* Focus/typing indications (mainly a design issue. keep it clean)

* Offer alternative color schemes

* Translations in 22 languages so far:

  * English / Portuguese _(Portugal and Brazil)_ / French / Spanish / Czech / German / Polish / Russian / Hebrew / Ukrainian / Slovenian / Korean / Tamil / Romanian / Swedish / Japanese / Italian / Danish / Bengali / Slovak / Turkish / Arabic / Telugu / Finnish /Breton / Simplified chinese

  * We're looking for volunteers to translate the app to new languages



![sshot1](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/123929/16032393/991d63f8-3205-11e6-98bf-31f1b57cdc96.png)



![sshot2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/123929/16032394/9e2ac08e-3205-11e6-81cc-fd4cb37441b5.png)



**NOTE**



Yakyak may show up as iOS Device and Google may alert you that *"some iOS Device is trying to use your account"*. This is normal as yakyak is an unofficial client and it mimics the behaviour of an iOS device in order to establish a communication with Google Hangout APIs.



## Credits



#### Main authors



* [André Veríssimo](https://github.com/averissimo)

* [Davide Bertola](https://github.com/davibe)

* [Martin Algesten](https://github.com/algesten)



#### Contributors



* [David Banham](https://github.com/davidbanham)

* [Max Kueng](https://github.com/maxkueng)

* [Arnaud Riu](https://github.com/arnriu)

* [Austin Guevara](https://github.com/austin-guevara)

* [Mathias Tillman](https://github.com/HomerSp)



## Developing



This is an open source project. Please help us!



It is written in coffeescript (nodejs) based on

[hangupsjs](https://github.com/algesten/hangupsjs) using

[trifl](http://algesten.github.io/trifl/) on top of

[electron (atom shell)](https://github.com/electron/electron).



### How can you help?



You can improve YakYak in many ways:



* Core functionality

* Interface *(example: new themes only require choosing less than 20 colors)*

* Bug fixing

* Translations *(new translation only need 117 strings)*



Send a pull request, start a conversation with a

[new issue](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/issues/new) or participate on a

 [ongoing conversation](https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak/issues).



### Setup



Requirements:



- Node.js (v4 or v6)



```bash

$ npm install

$ npm run gulp

```



### Continuous build



```bash

$ npm run gulp watch

```



### Run it



```bash

$ npm run electron app

```



### Build Binaries for Deployment



*Supported platforms:* Windows (*win32*), Mac OS X (*darwin*), Linux (*linux*)



*Suported architectures:* 64-bits (*x64*), 32-bits (*ia32*)



```bash

# Building for all platforms and architectures

$ npm run deploy



# You can also build specific builds by using

#  deploy:-

# example:

$ npm run deploy:darwin-x64

```



If you have [fpm](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm) installed (`gem install fpm`), you can also build RPM, Deb, or Arch packages:



```bash

$ npm run deploy:linux-x64:rpm

$ npm run deploy:linux-x64:deb

$ npm run deploy:linux-x64:pacman

```



*note:* if you are building *Windows* binaries in *Linux* or *Mac OS X*, Wine (1.6 or higher) must be installed. It also requires a 32-bit Wine installation when building Windows 32-bit binary.



### Structure



| Location  | Description                              |

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

| `src/`    | Is where sources live                    |

| `src/ui/` | Holds renderer code (client side)        |

| `dist/`   | Everything is compiled to this directory |



### Acknowledgement



- All the users and developers of YakYak

- ["You wouldn't believe"](https://notificationsounds.com/notification-sounds/you-wouldnt-believe-510) as the 'new message' sound for some platforms and is licensed under CC