Install Rhein

Rhein for Linux, in open beta.

Arch Linux (AUR)

A prebuilt package, or one that builds from source on your machine.

$ paru -S rhein-bin   # prebuilt
$ paru -S rhein       # from source

AppImage

One file that runs on most distributions. Make it executable and start it.

Download

$ chmod +x Rhein-x86_64.AppImage
$ ./Rhein-x86_64.AppImage

Prebuilt binary

A tarball from GitHub Releases with the binary, desktop entry and icon.

Download

$ tar xf rhein-*-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
$ cd rhein-*/ && ./install --prefix ~/.local

From source

The install script checks for system packages, offers to install missing ones with pacman, apt, dnf or zypper, then builds and installs Rhein. Needs Rust 1.85 or later; the first build takes a while because it compiles libwebrtc.

$ git clone https://github.com/alpwrk/rhein.git
$ cd rhein
$ ./install

Options for ./install

--prefix ~/.local: Install into your home directory instead of /usr
--build-only: Only build target/production/rhein
--yes: Install missing system packages without asking
--no-deps: Skip the system package check
--uninstall: Remove an installed Rhein

Requirements

Linux: Wayland or X11
Audio: PipeWire or ALSA
Graphics: A Vulkan driver and the Vulkan loader
Portals: xdg-desktop-portal with the backend for your desktop: wlroots, Hyprland, GNOME or KDE. Add -gtk on wlroots and Hyprland for the file chooser

From source, ./install checks for these and for the build tools, and offers to install what is missing.

After installing

Start Rhein from your app launcher or run rhein. Sign in with your account on any Telium server. To join a guild, enter an invite as server/CODE, for example example.org/~abcd1234.

Accounts are saved in ~/.config/rhein/accounts.json. Set RHEIN_CONFIG_DIR to use another directory.

Something wrong? Open an issue.