session-desktop

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  • GPL-3.0

Last updated

  • 13 December 2025 - latest/stable
  • 17 December 2025 - latest/edge

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Session Desktop

Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

Session integrates directly with [Oxen Service Nodes](https://docs.oxen.io/about-the-oxen-blockchain/oxen-service-nodes), which are a set of distributed, decentralized and Sybil resistant nodes. Service Nodes act as servers which store messages offline, and a set of nodes which allow for onion routing functionality obfuscating users IP Addresses. For a full understanding of how Session works, read the [Session Whitepaper](https://getsession.org/whitepaper).

This is an unofficial build of Session Desktop. However, the package is unmodified from upstream, and is simply a re-pack of the official builds. The snapcraft configuration for this can be found at https://github.com/popey/session-desktop-snap


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