README.rst

QHangups

Alternative client for Google Hangouts written in PyQt

Requirements

• Python >= 3.3
• PyQt >= 5
• Quamash (https://github.com/harvimt/quamash)
• hangups (https://github.com/tdryer/hangups)
• appdirs (https://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs)
• asyncio (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/asyncio) for Python < 3.4

Usage

Run qhangups --help to see all available options. Start QHangups by running qhangups.

The first time you start QHangups, you will be prompted to log into your Google account. Your credentials will only be sent to Google, and only OAuth 2 refresh token will be stored locally.

Help

usage: qhangups [-h] [-d] [--log LOG] [--token TOKEN]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug    log detailed debugging messages (default: False)
  --log LOG      log file path (default:
                 ~/.local/share/QHangups/hangups.log)
  --token TOKEN  OAuth refresh token storage path (default:
                 ~/.local/share/QHangups/refresh_token.txt)