# Will the Desktop client be plattform independent? **URL:** \ **Category:** User Testing\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42 "2018-08-25T07:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![webratte](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/webratte/32/16_2.png) [@webratte](https://forum.delta.chat/u/webratte)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/1 "2018-08-25T07:51:12Z")
Hi everybody, I have seen there is a desktop client in developement. Will this client be plattform independent? Thank you for reply. Bye Webratte ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/2 "2018-08-25T08:20:42Z")
It is planned to release the desktop-client for Linux, Mac and Windows Technically, the desktop-client will be _portable_. It will be written in JavaScript and will be based on [Electron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)) using the deltachat-core-library via c-bindings to node.js. The bindings are already done, see [GitHub - deltachat/deltachat-node: Email-based instant messaging for Node.js.](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-node) and the work on user-interface [has just started](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop). (is this all correct? cc @ralphtheninja) Lots or work to do, help is very welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/3 "2018-08-25T08:33:58Z")
@compl4xx i also find minimal title lengths annoying. imho this leads to titles as _“Desktop client --h (why need the tile 15 charters? OK, here we go 😉)”_ - and does not force people to think about more words to describe their topic. i would suggest to use a much shorter minimal length, eg. 4 character. EDIT: changed the title from _“Desktop client --h (why need the tile 15 charters? OK, here we go 😉)”_ to _“Will the Deskop client be platform independent?”_ ---
**Author:** ![gargantuan](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/gargantuan/32/77_2.png) [@gargantuan](https://forum.delta.chat/u/gargantuan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/4 "2018-08-29T21:58:28Z")
Riot does this electron thing too, and it seems to work well but please make sure that you disable electron’s analytics for good. ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/5 "2018-08-30T09:43:23Z")
@gargantuan thank you for the hint. searching about “electron analytics” a bit, it seems as if they have to be explicitly _enabled_ - or are you aware of things that have to be _disabled_? ---
**Author:** ![ralphtheninja](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ralphtheninja/32/13_2.png) [@ralphtheninja](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ralphtheninja)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/6 "2018-08-31T09:09:10Z")
@r10s Yes, this is correct. ---
**Author:** ![n2b](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@n2b](https://forum.delta.chat/u/n2b)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/7 "2018-12-16T18:48:43Z")
What about DELTA.CHAT and NEXTCLOUD? I would love it, if there were an NC APP or an integration with existing NC Apps, as TALK. ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/will-the-desktop-client-be-plattform-independent/42/8 "2026-10-06T14:58:04Z")