This repo hosts the flatpak version of Signal-Desktop

Signal-Desktop is a Private Messenger that links with your installed Android/iOS version of Signal.

Note that this is an unofficial redistribution.

flatpak install flathub org.signal.Signal

You can set the following environment variables:

• SIGNAL_DISABLE_GPU=1: Disables GPU acceleration
• SIGNAL_DISABLE_GPU_SANDBOX=1: Disables GPU sandbox
• SIGNAL_PASSWORD_STORE: Selects where the database key is stored. Valid options are:
  • basic Writes the key in plaintext to config.json. This is the default.
  • gnome-libsecret for X-Cinnamon, Deepin, GNOME, Pantheon, XFCE, UKUI, unity
  • kwallet for kde4
  • kwallet5 for kde5
  • kwallet6 for kde6

GPU acceleration may be need to be disabled:

flatpak override --user --env=SIGNAL_DISABLE_GPU=1 org.signal.Signal

Additionally, Nvidia devices may need the GPU sandbox disabled:

flatpak override --user --env=SIGNAL_DISABLE_GPU_SANDBOX=1 org.signal.Signal

Please only report issues in this repo that are specific to the flatpak version.

Issues that can be replicated in a stable release should be reported in the upstream repo. Make sure, that the reported issue is not flatpak-related.