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<h4 align="center">The streaming torrent client. For Mac, Windows, and Linux.</h4>
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<h4 align="center">The streaming torrent app. For Mac, Windows, and Linux.</h4>
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<p align="center">
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<a href="https://gitter.im/feross/webtorrent"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/gitter-join%20chat%20%E2%86%92-brightgreen.svg" alt="Gitter"></a>
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## Install
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**WebTorrent Desktop** is still under very active development. You can download the latest version from the [releases](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop/releases) page.
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Download the latest version of WebTorrent Desktop from
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[the official website](https://webtorrent.io/desktop/) or the
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[GitHub releases](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop/releases) page.
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## Screenshot
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**WebTorrent Desktop** is under very active development. You can try out the
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current (unstable) development version by cloning the Git repo. See the
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instructions below in the ["How to Contribute"](#how-to-contribute) section.
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## Screenshots
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<p align="center">
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<img src="https://webtorrent.io/img/screenshot-player3.png" alt="screenshot" align="center">
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<img src="https://webtorrent.io/img/screenshot-main.png" width="612" height="749" alt="screenshot" align="center">
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</p>
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## How to Contribute
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### Install dependencies
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### Get the code
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```
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$ git clone https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop.git
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$ cd webtorrent-desktop
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$ npm install
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```
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### Run app
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### Run the app
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```
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$ npm start
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```
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### Package app
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### Watch the code
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Restart the app automatically every time code changes. Useful during development.
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```
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$ npm run watch
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```
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### Package the app
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Builds app binaries for Mac, Linux, and Windows.
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To build for one platform:
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```
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$ npm run package -- [platform]
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$ npm run package -- [platform] [options]
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```
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Where `[platform]` is `darwin`, `linux`, `win32`, or `all` (default).
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- `portable` - Windows portable app
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- `all` - All platforms (default)
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Note: Even with the `--package` option, the auto-update files (.nupkg for Windows, *-darwin.zip for Mac) will always be produced.
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Note: Even with the `--package` option, the auto-update files (.nupkg for Windows,
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*-darwin.zip for Mac) will always be produced.
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#### Windows build notes
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To package the Windows app from non-Windows platforms, [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) needs
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to be installed.
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The Windows app can be packaged from **any** platform.
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On Mac, first install [XQuartz](http://www.xquartz.org/), then run:
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Note: Windows code signing only works from **Windows**, for now.
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Note: To package the Windows app from non-Windows platforms,
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[Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) needs to be installed. For example on Mac, first
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install [XQuartz](http://www.xquartz.org/), then run:
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brew install wine
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(Requires the [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) package manager.)
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#### Mac build notes
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The Mac app can only be packaged from **macOS**.
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#### Linux build notes
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The Linux app can be packaged from **any** platform.
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### Privacy
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WebTorrent Desktop collects some basic usage stats to help us make the app better. For example, we track how well the play button works. How often does it succeed? Time out? Show a missing codec error?
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WebTorrent Desktop collects some basic usage stats to help us make the app better.
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For example, we track how well the play button works. How often does it succeed?
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Time out? Show a missing codec error?
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The app never sends personally identifying information, nor does it track which swarms you join.
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The app never sends any personally identifying information, nor does it track which
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torrents you add.
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### Code Style
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