# OnionShare Desktop ## Building OnionShare Start by getting the source code and changing to the `desktop` folder: ```sh git clone https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare.git cd onionshare/desktop ``` Make sure you have Python 3 installed. If you're using Windows or macOS, install the latest version of 3.11 [from python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/). For Windows, make sure to check the box to add python to the path on the first page of the installer. Make sure you have [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) installed: ``` pip3 install poetry ``` And install the poetry dependencies: ```sh poetry install ``` **Windows users:** You may need to install [Microsoft C++ Build Tools](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/), making sure to check "Desktop development with C++", before `poetry install` will work properly. ### Get Tor **Linux users:** You may need the `libxcb-xinerama0` and `libxcb-cursor0` packages installed. **Windows users:** - Download and install 7-Zip (x64) from https://7-zip.org/download.html. [Add](https://medium.com/@kevinmarkvi/how-to-add-executables-togit fethc-your-path-in-windows-5ffa4ce61a53) `C:\Program Files\7-Zip` to your path. - Download and install gpg4win from https://gpg4win.org/. Add `C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\bin` to your path too. Download Tor Browser and extract the binaries for your platform. The platform must be `win64`, `macos`, or `linux64`. ```sh poetry run python ./scripts/get-tor.py [platform] ``` ### Compile dependencies Install Go. The simplest way to make sure everything works is to install Go by following [these instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install). Compile pluggable transports: **Windows users, in PowerShell:** ```powershell .\scripts\build-pt-obfs4proxy.ps1 .\scripts\build-pt-snowflake.ps1 .\scripts\build-pt-meek.ps1 ``` **macOS and Linux users:** ```sh ./scripts/build-pt-obfs4proxy.sh ./scripts/build-pt-snowflake.sh ./scripts/build-pt-meek.sh ``` ### Running OnionShare from the source code tree To run OnionShare from the source tree: ```sh poetry run onionshare poetry run onionshare --help poetry run onionshare -v poetry run onionshare -v --local-only ``` You can also run `onionshare-cli` from the source tree, and it will look for Tor binaries in `desktop/onionshare/resources/tor`. ```sh poetry run onionshare-cli --help ``` ## Running tests Run the tests: ```sh poetry run ./tests/run.sh ``` If you want to run tests while hiding the GUI, you must have the `xvfb` package installed, and then: ```sh xvfb-run poetry run ./tests/run.sh ```