Particl Desktop

Tips and notes for getting you up and running for Particl Desktop development in minutes

Particl Desktop is Particl’s flagship client/wallet for interacting with PART network, including Particl Open Marketplace.

For latest development set up info
check official repo of Particl Desktop (on dev branch)

Join us in #particl-dev:matrix.org on Element (formerly Riot) for more info and/or assistance.

Keep in mind that the development currently happens on a private fork of this repo.

• Node.js® v10
• git
• yarn

Clone the repo & fetch dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/particl/particl-desktop
cd particl-desktop
yarn install

Note: most recent development happens on dev branch

In project’s folder:

1. Run ng serve to start the dev server and keep it running
2. In another terminal window, run yarn run start:electron:dev -testnet --devtools to start Particl Desktop on testnet (daemon will be updated and launched automatically)
   • -testnet – for running on testnet (omit for running the client on mainnet)
   • -reindex – reindexes the blockchain (in case you’re stuck)
   • --devtools – automatically opens Developer Tools on client launch

You can directly interact with the daemon ran by the Electron version:

./particl-cli -testnet getblockchaininfo

Building for Windows requires the 32-bit libraries to be available:

sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib
sudo apt-get install g++-multilib

• yarn run package:win – Windows
• yarn run package:mac – macOS
• yarn run package:linux – Linux

Restart the app with -reindex flag:

yarn run start:electron:dev -testnet --devtools -reindex

Delete marketplace database folder and restart app:

See our Particl Wiki for most common problems or join #particlhelp:matrix.org on Element for community help.