signal

Dockerfile for running signal-desktop inside a container.

build

Steps to manually build and run

git clone https://www.github.com/robinpriceii/signal
cd signal
docker build -t signal .

Make sure to have ~/.config/Signal created.

run

docker run --rm -it \
        -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
        -e DISPLAY \
        -e XAUTHORITY \
        -v $XAUTHORITY:$XAUTHORITY \
        -v $HOME/.config/Signal:/home/signal/.config/Signal \ 
        signal 

run without build

https://hub.docker.com/r/rprice/signal/

docker run --rm -it \
        -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
        -e DISPLAY \
        -e XAUTHORITY \
        -v $XAUTHORITY:$XAUTHORITY \
        -v $HOME/.config/Signal:/home/signal/.config/Signal \ 
        --name signal \ 
        rprice/signal

Wayland doesn't have $XAUTHORITY. Leave this volume mount off if not using xorg.