# Session Desktop

## Summary

Session integrates directly with [Loki Service Nodes](https://lokidocs.com/ServiceNodes/SNOverview/), which are a set of distributed, decentralized and Sybil resistant nodes. Service Nodes act as servers which store messages offline, and a set of nodes which allow for onion routing functionality obfuscating users IP Addresses. For a full understanding of how Session works, read the [Session Whitepaper](https://getsession.org/whitepaper).
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![DesktopSession](https://i.imgur.com/ZnHvYjo.jpg)

## Want to Contribute? Found a Bug or Have a feature request?

Please search for any [existing issues](https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/issues) that describe your bugs in order to avoid duplicate submissions. <br><br>Submissions can be made by making a pull request to our development branch. If you don't know where to start contributing, try reading the Github issues page for ideas.

## Build instruction

Build instructions can be found in [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md).

## License

Copyright 2011 Whisper Systems<br/>
Copyright 2013-2017 Open Whisper Systems<br/>
Copyright 2019-2020 The Loki Project<br/>
Licensed under the GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html<br/>