Lotus CIandClaude Opus 5.5
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The README was upstream's: its download buttons and minisign key pointed at cinnyapp releases, so following it installed upstream Cinny and verified it against the wrong key. Point downloads at this repo's releases (NSIS exe, .deb, pacman package, AppImage), publish Lotus' updater key, and list the desktop features. Fixes #35 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017PCb59uY3UKqDqt7B6hzd5
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Lotus Chat desktop
The desktop app for Lotus Chat, Lotus Guild's
Matrix client (a fork of Cinny), built
with Tauri. The web client lives in the cinny/
submodule (LotusGuild/cinny).
Download
Builds are published on this repo's releases page: https://code.lotusguild.org/LotusGuild/cinny-desktop/releases/latest
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Windows | LotusChat-x86_64-setup.exe (NSIS installer) |
| Debian / Ubuntu | LotusChat-x86_64.deb, install with sudo apt install ./LotusChat-x86_64.deb |
| Arch | LotusChat-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst: download it, then sudo pacman -U LotusChat-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst |
| Other Linux | LotusChat-x86_64.AppImage |
There is no macOS build at the moment.
Updates and signatures
The app updates itself from
https://code.lotusguild.org/LotusGuild/cinny-desktop/releases/download/latest/release.json.
Updater bundles (.nsis.zip, .AppImage.tar.gz) are signed with minisign; the
.sig files sit next to them. Lotus Chat's public key (the base64-decoded
plugins.updater.pubkey in src-tauri/tauri.conf.json):
RWRZZdyii05/NUcz337A5SAbiZK+NPVDWuiL2mM5Jk1p/LfRmNfiZ/6l
To check a bundle by hand, base64-decode its .sig file and run
minisign -Vm LotusChat-x86_64-setup.nsis.zip -P RWRZZdyii05/NUcz337A5SAbiZK+NPVDWuiL2mM5Jk1p/LfRmNfiZ/6l -x <decoded.sig>.
Packages installed through apt or pacman are updated by downloading the new package from the releases page; the in-app updater says so instead of replacing files it doesn't own.
Desktop features
Beyond the web client:
- Tray: unread, call and update state; Do Not Disturb.
- Launch on login, with an optional start minimized.
- Closing the window: asks once whether to keep running in the tray or quit. A call in progress always goes to the tray.
- Taskbar / launcher: unread badge, attention flash, upload progress.
- Windows: rich notifications with Reply and Mark as read, Focus Assist sync, thumbnail toolbar (mute / deafen / end call), jump list, media keys (SMTC).
- System-wide push-to-talk and deafen keys that work while another app (a game) has focus.
- Keychain: a copy of your login is kept in the OS keychain.
- Calls: the call page runs on its own loopback origin, with WebView permissions scoped to it; where the WebView has no WebRTC (Linux WebKitGTK), "Open in browser" instead of a dead end.
- Linux: NVIDIA / Wayland rendering workarounds.
Local development
Set up Rust, Node.js and the build tools per the Tauri prerequisites, then:
git clone --recursive https://code.lotusguild.org/LotusGuild/cinny-desktop.git
cd cinny-desktop/cinny && npm ci && cd ..
npm ci
npm run tauri dev # development
npm run tauri build # release build