@telepath-computer/television-desktop
v1.3.5
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The Television desktop application is an Electron client for a running [Television](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@telepath-computer/television) server. It renders URL artifacts as full embedded pages in addition to providing a native application window.
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@telepath-computer/television-desktop
The Television desktop application is an Electron client for a running Television server. It renders URL artifacts as full embedded pages in addition to providing a native application window.
Requirements
The package requires Node.js >=22.12.0. Its baseline platforms are Linux, macOS, and Windows. On macOS, Television supports Apple Silicon running macOS 12 or later.
Install and run
npm i -g @telepath-computer/television-desktop@latest
tv-desktopThe connect window asks for the Television server URL and, when the server uses authentication, its token.
The first launch after every install or upgrade prepares Electron's platform runtime and prints a message before it begins. A network download may be required. On macOS, this launch also prepares the Television application bundle so the Dock and application menu use the Television name and icon. Later launches from the same installation reuse the prepared runtime.
Electron keeps downloaded macOS archives by version under ~/Library/Caches/electron. Television does not prune this cache. It is safe to delete while Television is stopped; the next setup downloads the archive again.
Recovery
If the launcher reports an incomplete or mismatched runtime, reinstall the package and launch again:
npm i -g @telepath-computer/television-desktop@latest
tv-desktopThe reinstall replaces package-owned runtime files without deleting saved Television connections or other user data. A download failure instead means the network problem should be corrected before retrying tv-desktop.
The authoritative product behavior is the desktop application spec; runtime, launcher, branding, and test-harness contracts are mapped by the desktop architecture spec.
