lbry-desktop/README.md
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build: bump electron from 1.7.13 to 1.8.4 (#1268)
* build: bump electron from 1.7.13 to 1.8.4

* docs: add Windows build tools as a prerequisite on Windows
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LBRY App

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The LBRY app is a graphical browser for the decentralized content marketplace provided by the LBRY protocol. It is essentially the lbry daemon bundled with an UI using Electron.

App screenshot

Installing

We provide installers for Windows, macOS, and Debian-based Linux.

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Our releases page also contains the latest release, pre-releases, and past builds.

To install from source or make changes to the application, continue reading below.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

One-time Setup

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Run $ yarn

Running

The app can be run from the sources using the following command:

$ yarn dev

Build

Run $ yarn build.

We use electron-builder to create distributable packages.

Contributing

Please read our contributing manual for details on how to develop for the project and the process of submitting pull requests.

Internationalization

If you want to help to translate the lbry-app, you can copy the en.json file in /dist/locales/ and modify the values while leaving the keys as their original English strings. An example for this would be: "Skip": "Überspringen", Translations should automatically show up in options.

License

MIT © LBRY