base on Official Anytype client for MacOS, Linux, and Windows # Anytype Desktop
> **Local‑first, peer‑to‑peer & end‑to‑end‑encrypted knowledge OS for macOS, Windows & Linux.**
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Anytype is a **personal knowledge base**—your digital brain—that lets you gather, connect and remix all kinds of information. Create pages, tasks, wikis, journals—even entire apps—and *define your own data model* while your data stays **offline‑first, private and encrypted** across devices.
## ✨ Key Features
- **Offline‑first, local storage** with optional peer‑to‑peer sync.
- **Zero‑knowledge encryption** powered by *any‑sync*.
- **Composable blocks**: text, databases, kanban, calendar & custom Types.
- **Cross‑platform desktop client** built with Electron + TypeScript.
- **Extensible** through a gRPC API and AI "Agents" (see [`AGENTS.md`](./AGENTS.md)).
- **Open code** under the Any Source Available License 1.0.
## 📚 Table of Contents
- [Quick Start](#-quick-start)
- [Prerequisites](#-prerequisites)
- [Building from Source](#-building-from-source)
- [Development Workflow](#-development-workflow)
- [Localisation](#-localisation)
- [Contributing](#-contributing)
- [Community & Support](#-community--support)
- [License](#-license)
## 🚀 Quick Start
Just want to try it? Grab the latest installer from the [releases page](https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-ts/releases) or head to **[download.anytype.io](https://download.anytype.io)** and log in with your *Any‑ID*.
## 🛠 Prerequisites
| Platform | System packages |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| **Debian/Ubuntu** | `sudo apt install libsecret-1-dev jq` |
| **Fedora** | `sudo dnf install libsecret jq` |
| **Arch Linux** | `sudo pacman -S libsecret jq` |
| **Alpine** | `apk add libsecret jq` |
Also install:
- **Node.js ≥ 20** & npm ≥ 10 *(or pnpm ≥ 9)*
- **Go ≥ 1.22** (to build [anytype‑heart](https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-heart))
On ARM systems, node package `keytar` needs to be rebuilt during installation, so make sure that your system has a C++ compiler, Python3 and Python package `setuptools`. E.g. on Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt install python3-setuptools`. Alternatively, on any system, create a Python virtual environment (venv) and inside the venv: `pip install setuptools`. Then build from source inside the venv.
## 🏗 Building from Source
```bash
# 1 – Clone & install JS deps
git clone https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-ts.git
cd anytype-ts
npm ci # or: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
# 2 – Fetch / build middleware & protobuf bindings
./update.sh <macos-latest|ubuntu-latest|windows-latest> <arm|amd>
# 3 – Build the core engine (outside this repo)
git clone https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-heart.git && cd anytype-heart
make install-dev-js && cd ../anytype-ts
# 4 – Build the Electron desktop app
npm run update:locale
npm run dist:mac # or dist:win / dist:linux
```
### Environment flags
| Variable | Effect |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| `ELECTRON_SKIP_NOTARIZE` | Skip macOS / Windows signing & notarizing |
| `ELECTRON_SKIP_SENTRY` | Don’t upload sourcemaps to Sentry |
## 🧑💻 Development Workflow
You can either run the helper (from *anytype‑heart*) separately or just launch the client with hot‑reload:
```bash
anytypeHelper & # or ./bin/anytypeHelper
npm run start:dev # Windows: npm run start:dev-win
```
For browser-based development without Electron, see [Web Mode](./src/ts/lib/web/README.md).
Optional env vars:
| Name | Purpose |
|--------------|-------------------------------------------|
| `SERVER_PORT`| Local gRPC port of *anytype‑heart* |
| `ANYPROF` | Expose Go `pprof` on `localhost:<port>` |
### Web Clipper extension Development
Switch manifest before testing/packaging the addon for different browsers using the following scripts:
```bash
npm run ext:manifest:firefox
npm run ext:manifest:chromium
```
## 🌍 Localisation
Translations live on [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/anytype-desktop). Pull the latest locale files with:
```bash
npm run update:locale
```
## 🤝 Contributing
We ♥ contributors! Please read our [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/anyproto/.github/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) and follow the [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/anyproto/.github/blob/main/docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
> **Security issues?** Don’t open public issues—email **
[email protected]** and see our [Security Guide](https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-ts?tab=security-ov-file).
## 💬 Community & Support
- **Forum** – <https://community.anytype.io>
- **Docs** – <https://doc.anytype.io>
- **Blog** – <https://blog.anytype.io>
## 📝 License
Made by **Any** — a Swiss association 🇨🇭
Licensed under the **Any Source Available License 1.0**.
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