signal-account-switcher

A simple tool that allows you to run multiple instances of signal-desktop (four additional accounts) on your Laptop. There are ready-to-use binaries for all major platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows). Start the signal-account-switcher. When you click on 'Start signal account #1'

1. a data_dir is created in $working_dir/Signal-Account-1
2. signal-desktop is executed with the parameter --user-data-dir=$working_dir/Signal-Account-1

Depending on your OS, $working_dir is ~/.config, $HOME/Library/Application or %AppData%. If you want to remove all data from an account, just delete the directory in $working_dir. There is also an AUR package for Arch Linux.

Screenshot

How to build it

For Linux, just use:

kmille@linbox:signal-account-switcher go build -o signal-account-switcher ./main.go
kmille@linbox:signal-account-switcher strip signal-account-switcher
kmille@linbox:signal-account-switcher file signal-account-switcher
signal-account-switcher: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=c60867bc53ad2ff8f56622bf24c85842f2cec213, for GNU/Linux 4.4.0, stripped

To cross-compile it for Windows and Mac, use fyne-cross (needs Docker)

go install github.com/fyne-io/fyne-cross@latest
ls $GOPATH/bin/fyne-cross

Cross-compilation for Windows:

kmille@linbox:signal-account-switcher sudo $GOPATH/bin/fyne-cross windows -name signal-account-switcher.exe
[i] Target: windows/amd64
[i] Cleaning target directories...
[✓] "bin" dir cleaned: /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/bin/windows-amd64
[✓] "dist" dir cleaned: /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/dist/windows-amd64
[✓] "temp" dir cleaned: /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/tmp/windows-amd64
[i] Checking for go.mod: /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/go.mod
[✓] go.mod found
[i] Building binary...
[✓] Binary: /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/bin/windows-amd64/signal-account-switcher.exe
[i] Packaging app...
[✓] Package: /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/dist/windows-amd64/signal-account-switcher.exe.zip
kmille@linbox:signal-account-switcher file /home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/bin/windows-amd64/signal-account-switcher.exe
/home/kmille/projects/signal-account-switcher/fyne-cross/bin/windows-amd64/signal-account-switcher.exe: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 12 sections
kmille@linbox:signal-account-switcher

Cross-compilation for Mac:
Hmpf, the docs say you need the "Command Line Tools for Xcode". I can't get them without an account...

Build Cleanup

sudo docker rmi fyneio/fyne-cross:1.3-windows
sudo docker rmi fyneio/fyne-cross:1.3-base-llvm