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Ship our own Element Call fork build instead of the stock embedded package
(webpack copy repointed to ../element-call/dist, with npm-package fallback), and
rework the in-call room layout to match the Blap design:
- Chat stays in the main pane with the call as a compact right-hand column;
when someone shares a screen the call takes prominence in the main pane and
chat moves to the side column (never hidden). Driven by a same-origin
screenshare signal from the EC fork.
- Camera-off: pass the `blapVideoMuted` flag to EC and drop the old (unreliable)
widget-action mute code.
- Room list already lists in-call members under voice channels; add an
"IN THE CALL" header to the call column.
- Hide redundant RTC call-notification ("Video call") pings from the timeline.
- Room header: remove the now-redundant chat, threads and member-facepile
buttons; keep info working over the call (call stays mounted).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Blap
A cozy, Discord-style social client for Matrix, built as a visual fork of Element Web. Same Matrix protocol, crypto, and calling — a rebuilt, voice-focused UI aimed at people coming from Discord.
Download
Latest build for your platform on the Releases page:
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Windows | Blap Setup X.Y.Z.exe |
| Flatpak (Bazzite, etc.) | Blap-X.Y.Z-x86_64.flatpak |
| Debian / Ubuntu | blap_X.Y.Z_amd64.deb |
| Arch | blap-X.Y.Z.pacman |
| Portable | blap-X.Y.Z.tar.gz |
Updating
- Windows updates itself in place (a "New update" prompt appears when a new version is out).
- Linux can't self-update (owned by the package manager / flatpak sandbox), so Blap notifies you and you update with one command — see HOW-TO-UPDATE.md.
Building
Requires Node ≥ 22 and pnpm. From the repo root:
pnpm install
# web bundle
cd apps/web && pnpm run build
# desktop (Blap variant) — Linux deb/flatpak/tar.gz + Windows exe
cd ../desktop
pnpm exec asar p ../web/webapp webapp.asar
VARIANT_PATH=blap/build.json pnpm run build -- --linux --win
Publishing a release (uploads the built artifacts to the Codeberg release):
CODEBERG_TOKEN=xxxx node apps/desktop/scripts/release-codeberg.mjs
License & credits
Blap is a fork of element-web (© New Vector Ltd and contributors) and keeps its AGPL-3.0-only / GPL-3.0-only licensing. This is an independent fork, not affiliated with or endorsed by Element.