Mattermost Desktop

Native desktop application for Mattermost running on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Originally created as "electron-mattermost" by Yuya Ochiai. Developed using Electron.

Features

Tabs for multiple teams across multiple servers
Desktop Notifications
- Windows 10: Toast
- Windows 7-8.1: Popup like Toast
- OS X: Notification Center
- Linux: libnotify
Badges for unread channels and mentions
Installs as native application

You don't have to install any other software. Packages are available on the releases page.

Detailed guides are available at docs.mattermost.com.

Download a file from the downloads page.
Launch Mattermost in the unarchived folder.
On the first launch, please input name and URL for your Mattermost server. For example, myserver : https://mattermost.example.com.

Ctrl or Command + Q to quit.

You can show the dialog from menu bar.

Configuration will be saved into Electron's userData directory:

A custom data directory location can be specified with:

Mattermost.exe --args --data-dir C:\my-mattermost-data on Windows
open /Applications/Mattermost.app/ --args --data-dir ~/my-mattermost-data/ on macOS
./mattermost-desktop --args --data-dir ~/my-mattermost-data/ on Linux

When you upgrade from electron-mattermost, please copy config.json from electron-mattermost. Otherwise, you have to configure again.

Normally, the application will follow your system settings to use a proxy, or you can set up a proxy by the following command line options.

On Windows, please make sure to add -- before options. For example, Mattermost.exe -- --proxy-server=....