Material You colors
The whole color scheme is generated from one accent with Google's Material color utilities. On Linux it can follow your wallpaper through matugen.
Telegram, in Material 3 Expressive
pixelGram is a desktop Telegram client for Windows and Linux. Kotlin, Compose Multiplatform and TDLib underneath, Google's Material Design on top.
Everything you use every day
Chats, groups, channels and bots, with the details that make Telegram feel like Telegram.
Expressive shapes
Avatars, QR codes and the lock screen use the official MaterialShapes.
Voice and music
Record voice messages with a live waveform. Play Opus, MP3, M4A and FLAC in the mini player.
Stickers and emoji
Animated TGS and WebM video stickers, GIFs, custom emoji, Noto or Noto 3D emoji.
Forwarding done right
A forward bar above the message field. Hide the sender or the caption, or change the recipient.
Folders
In a navigation rail or as tabs, with icons, Unread and Mentions folders.
Comments and bots
Channel comments, inline bots, keyboards and command menus.
Profiles
Profile banners, profile music, username QR codes and clickable @usernames in bios.
Privacy and passcode
Privacy rules, active sessions, blocking, and a local passcode with a lock screen built from Material shapes.
Updates itself
New versions come straight from GitHub Releases.
Notifications
System notifications over D-Bus or notify-send, or pixelGram's own pop-ups.
Battery saver
Turn down animations and background work on a laptop.
Try it right here
These demos use the same shapes, colors and drawing code as the app.
Username QR codes
Every profile, group and channel has a QR code made of Material shapes, with eyes that slowly spin. The sign-in QR code looks the same. Type any username and scan it with your phone.
@pixelgramclient
Avatar shapes
pixelGram has all 35 official Material 3 Expressive shapes for avatars, plus a custom corner radius. Pick one.
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Accent color
In pixelGram the whole color scheme comes from one color. Pick one, and this page recolors itself the same way the app does.
Primary
Primary container
Secondary
Secondary container
Tertiary
Tertiary container
Surface container
Bubble corners
Message bubbles have their own corner and tail radius, with a live preview in the settings.
Did you see the new build? 👀
The shapes are everywhere now
Yes! Video stickers finally play 🎉
Changing the bubble corners right now
Screenshots
Taken from pixelGram itself. Click to open full size.
Download
Latest version: … ·
Windows
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. The installer adds pixelGram to the Start menu, the portable version keeps all data next to the app.
Linux
Any distribution with OpenSSL 3. AppImage runs as is, the archive is for those who like to unpack things themselves.
chmod +x pixelGram-*.AppImage && ./pixelGram-*.AppImageArch Linux
A native package for Arch and its derivatives.
sudo pacman -U pixelgram-*.pkg.tar.zstFollow the development
News, new builds and previews of what's coming next, in the pixelGram channel.