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After you've installed, try adding GroupBot, and then invite some friends! Want to know more about the different clients? See our clients list.
After you've installed, try adding GroupBot, and then invite some friends! Want to know more about the different clients? See our clients list.
Note: support for more distros is coming soon. Experienced package maintainers wanted. Contact [email protected] for more info.
For distributions utilising the deb package format, you'll need to run the following commands to add our repository.
Please note that only Debian (Sid, Jessie and Stretch) and Ubuntu (Vivid and Wily) are officially supported. If your distribution is not supported you can find compilation instructions on client repos (check the clients page).
echo "deb https://pkg.tox.chat/debian nightly $(lsb_release -cs)" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tox.list wget -qO - https://pkg.tox.chat/debian/pkg.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https sudo apt-get update
And to install (for example) qTox:
sudo apt-get install qtox
Or, if you have Ubuntu with Unity:
sudo apt-get install qtox-unity
To see all available packages:
cat /var/lib/apt/lists/pkg.tox.chat* | grep "Package: "
The Tox Project overlay is in the official Layman list.
To add it:
layman -a tox-overlay
Then install your client of choice:
emerge --ask <client_name>
If you'd like to submit changes, or report issues, you can find the overlay on Github.
Toxcore, Toxic, and qTox are available in the Arch community repo. To install (for example) qTox:
pacman -S qtox
Alternatively there are some packages available in the AUR. To install (for example) µTox from the AUR:
yaourt -S utox
Supported PKGBUILDs are located here.
If you have an issue with Tox and you installed Tox using an AUR package, please compile that package from source before filing a bug report. If the issue appears to be on the Arch maintainer's side (eg: compiles from source fine, but the PKGBUILD fails), please contact the package maintainer and let them know!
This page contains links to the most recently built binaries for each Tox client. Keep in mind that these clients are alpha software under heavy development, and are probably not ready for day-to-day use. Because of how significantly the code is still changing, a professional audit hasn't yet been started. You will probably run into various usability bugs, and may even encounter dangerous security vulnerabilities.
That having been said, hundreds of people around the world have devoted time, effort, and resources to the project in an effort to make Tox as secure as possible. While open source projects are not immune to serious longstanding security vulnerabilities, their threat is greatly reduced, as the code is open for anyone to review. Over time, as Tox gets closer to being stable, a proper security audit will be conducted, and the code will be checked thoroughly for any possible security concerns.
Share the Love
This is where you tell your friends how awesome Tox is.
(These are all manual sharing links, no creepy tracking widgets.)
Tweet your friends:
Tired of worrying if someone's reading your conversations? Ditch Skype and other unsafe chat programs for #tox!
TweetPost on Facebook:
Whether it's corporations or governments, there's just too much digital spying going on today. Tox is easy-to-use software that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in. While other big-name services require you to pay for features, Tox is totally free and comes without advertising — forever.
ShareShare on Diaspora:
Join me on Tox, a distributed, encrypted, multimedia messenger!
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