1# Nicotine+ 2 3<img src="pynicotine/gtkgui/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.nicotine_plus.Nicotine.svg" align="right" width="128" style="margin: 0 10px"> 4 5Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the [Soulseek](https://www.slsknet.org/news/) peer-to-peer network. 6 7Nicotine+ aims to be a pleasant, free and open source (FOSS) alternative to the official Soulseek client, providing additional functionality while keeping current with the Soulseek protocol. 8 9Nicotine+ uses GTK for its graphical user interface, and is written in Python. 10 11Check out the [screenshots](data/screenshots/SCREENSHOTS.md) and [source code](https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus). 12<br clear="right"> 13 14# Download Nicotine+ 15 16The current stable version of Nicotine+ is 3.2.0, released on December 18, 2021. See the [release notes](NEWS.md). 17 18Stable builds are available for: 19 20- [GNU/Linux, *BSD and Solaris](doc/DOWNLOADS.md#gnulinux-bsd-solaris) 21- [Windows](doc/DOWNLOADS.md#windows) 22- [macOS](doc/DOWNLOADS.md#macos) 23 24If you want to download unstable builds and help test Nicotine+, see [TESTING.md](doc/TESTING.md). 25 26# Getting Involved 27 28If you feel like contributing to Nicotine+, several options are available: 29 30* Report a problem or suggest improvements by 31 * discussing your findings in the [#nicotine+ IRC channel](https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#nicotine+) on [Libera.Chat](https://libera.chat/), or 32 * [creating a new issue](https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/issues) on GitHub. 33* Translate Nicotine+ into another language with [Hosted Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/nicotine-plus), see [TRANSLATIONS.md](doc/TRANSLATIONS.md). 34* Package Nicotine+ for a distribution or operating system, see [DEPENDENCIES.md](doc/DEPENDENCIES.md). 35* Implement bug fixes and features, see [DEVELOPING.md](doc/DEVELOPING.md). 36 * For a list of tasks, see the [issue tracker](https://github.com/nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus/issues). 37 * For documentation on the Soulseek protocol, see [SLSKPROTOCOL.md](doc/SLSKPROTOCOL.md). 38 39# Where did the name Nicotine come from? 40 41> I was in a geeky mood and was browsing [http://www.bash.org](http://www.bash.org)'s QDB. 42I stumbled across this quote: 43>> **\<etc>** so tempting to release a product called 'nicotine' and wait for the patches. 44>> **\<etc>** then i would have a reason to only apply one patch a day. otherwise, i'm going against medical advise. 45> 46> So I thought what the hell and bluntly stole etc's idea. 47 48<p align="right">Hyriand, <i>founder of the Nicotine project</i>, 2003</p> 49 50# Legal and Privacy 51 52- When connecting to the default Soulseek server, you agree to abide by the Soulseek [rules](https://www.slsknet.org/news/node/681) and [terms of service](https://www.slsknet.org/news/node/682). 53- Nicotine+ does not collect any user data. Different policies may apply to the default Soulseek server, since the Nicotine+ Team does not operate it. 54 55# License 56 57Nicotine+ is released under the terms of the [GNU Public License v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html) or later. For a list of contributors, see [AUTHORS.md](AUTHORS.md). 58