Overview

Hyperspace Desktop is a client for the fediverse, written in TypeScript and React. It allows users to socialize and communicate with their friends on ActivityPub-powered social networks like Mastodon and Pleroma. With a clean and customizable design, Hyperspace Desktop offers a responsive and streamlined experience for Mac users. Users can switch between accounts, customize themes, and utilize features such as a powerful toot composer with media uploads, emojis, and polls.

Features

• Clean, responsive, and streamlined design
• Support for switching between accounts
• Customization options including themes, masonry layout, and infinite scrolling
• Powerful toot composer with media uploads, emojis, and polls
• Activity and recommended views for insight on the community/instance

Installation

To install Hyperspace Desktop, follow these steps:

1. Download the necessary tools and packages:

   • Node.js v10 or later
   • (macOS-only) Xcode 10 or higher

2. Clone the repository from GitHub.

3. In the app directory, install all package dependencies by running the following command:

   npm install
   

4. Testing Changes:

   • To start a local server, run:

   npm start
   

   The server will be hosted at https://localhost:3000.

   • To test the desktop application (ensure “desktop” is set as the location key in config.json), run:

   npm run electron:build
   

5. Building a Release:

   • To build a release, run:

   npm run build
   

6. Building Desktop Apps:

   • To build the desktop apps for all platforms, run:

   npm run build:desktop-all
   

   This will also run npm run build before building.

   • To build the desktop app for Windows, run:

   npm run build:win
   

   • To build the desktop apps for macOS, run:

   npm run build:mac
   

Summary

Hyperspace Desktop is a desktop client for the fediverse that allows users to socialize and communicate on ActivityPub-powered social networks. With its clean and customizable design, users can browse timelines, switch between accounts, and utilize features such as a powerful toot composer. Installation instructions are provided for downloading and building Hyperspace Desktop on major desktop platforms.