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Description: signalapp/Signal-Desktop is a TypeScript repo with 625,962 lines written. Signal-Desktop is built with React, Vite, Electron, and micro.

# What's inside signalapp/Signal-Desktop

signalapp/Signal-Desktop is a TypeScript repo with 625,962 lines written. Signal-Desktop is built with React, Vite, Electron, and micro.

Its description on GitHub: “A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.”

TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 · 16,654 stars · GitHub: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop

Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 5d1bbb7.

## More on this repo

- [What is Signal-Desktop built with?](https://seerepo.com/r/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/built): Signal-Desktop is built with React, Vite, Electron, and micro.
- [How much of Signal-Desktop did AI write?](https://seerepo.com/r/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/ai): No AI tool signed any of the 13,633 commits of Signal-Desktop.

## In figures

- 625,962 lines written: The ones people and agents wrote: product, tests, schemas and tooling. Generated code doesn’t count.
- 2,593 files: The same as the lines: product, tests, schemas and tooling. What’s generated doesn’t count.
- 145 test files: The files that test the code.
- 33 technologies: Each service with the file and line that prove it.

SeeRepo read the facts in its code and kept none of it. AI only helps sort its packages and folders by their names, and never sees its code.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is signalapp/Signal-Desktop?

signalapp/Signal-Desktop is a TypeScript repo with 625,962 lines written. Its description on GitHub: “A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.”

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop)

### What is Signal-Desktop built with?

Signal-Desktop is built with React, Vite, Electron, and micro.

The proof: [each service with its file and line](https://seerepo.com/r/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/built)

### What license does Signal-Desktop have?

Signal-Desktop is released under the AGPL-3.0 license.

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop)

### How many stars does Signal-Desktop have on GitHub?

Signal-Desktop had 16,654 stars on GitHub on November 7, 2026.

The proof: [its page on GitHub](https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop)

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