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Signal Desktop is an Electron application that links with SignalonAndroidoriOS.

You can install the beta version of Signal Desktop alongside the production version. The beta uses different data and install locations.

• Windows: First, downloadthis file and look for theurl property that specifies the location for the latest beta installer. Download the installer by constructing a final URL that looks like this:https://updates.signal.org/desktop/<installer location>. Then run the installer.
• macOS: First, downloadthis file and look for theurl property that specifies the location for the latest beta installer. Download the installer by constructing a final URL that looks like this:https://updates.signal.org/desktop/<package location>. Then unzip that package and copy the.app file into the/Applications folder using Finder.
• Linux: Follow the production instructions to set up the APT repository and runapt install signal-desktop-beta.

You can find answers to a number of frequently asked questions on oursupport site.Thecommunity forum is another good place for questions.

Please search for anyexisting issues that describe your bug in order to avoid duplicate submissions.

Interested in helping to translate Signal? Contribute here:

https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/signal-desktop

Please seeCONTRIBUTING.mdfor setup instructions and guidelines for new contributors. Don't forget to sign theCLA.

You can donate to Signal development through theSignal Technology Foundation, an independent 501c3 nonprofit.

This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software.BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted.Seehttp://www.wassenaar.org/ for more information.

The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms.The form and manner of this distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.

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