Caprine
Unofficial Facebook Messenger app
[![](media/screenshot.png)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest)
Features
Background behavior
When closing the window, the app will continue running in the background, in the dock on macOS and the tray on Linux/Windows. Right-click the dock/tray icon and choose Quit
to completely quit the app. On macOS, click the dock icon to show the window. On Linux, right-click the tray icon and choose Toggle
to toggle the window. On Windows, click the tray icon to toggle the window.
If you like to have Caprine minimized on startup, open it from the command-line with the --minimize
flag.
Dark mode
You can toggle dark mode in the Caprine
menu or with Cmd D / Ctrl D.
Jump to conversation hotkey
You can switch conversations similar to how you switch browser tabs: Cmd/Ctrl n (where n
is 1
through 9
).
Compact mode
The interface adapts when resized to a small size.
Desktop notifications
Desktop notifications can be turned on in Preferences.
Always on Top
You can toggle whether Caprine stays on top of other windows in the Window
/View
menu or with Cmd/Ctrl Shift t.
Keyboard shortcuts
Description | Keys |
---|---|
New conversation | Cmd/Ctrl n |
Search conversations | Cmd/Ctrl f |
Toggle "Dark mode" | Cmd/Ctrl d |
Next conversation | Cmd/Ctrl ] or Ctrl Tab |
Previous conversation | Cmd/Ctrl [ or Ctrl Shift Tab |
Jump to conversation | Cmd/Ctrl 1…9 |
Mute conversation | Cmd/Ctrl Shift m |
Archive conversation | Cmd/Ctrl Shift a |
Delete conversation | Cmd/Ctrl Shift d |
Toggle "Always on Top" | Cmd/Ctrl Shift t |
Install
macOS 10.9+, Windows 7+ & Linux are supported.
macOS
Homebrew Cask
$ brew update && brew cask install caprine
Manually
Download, unzip, and move Caprine.app
to the /Applications
directory.
Linux
Download and unzip to some location.
To add a shortcut to the app, create a file in ~/.local/share/applications
called caprine.desktop
with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Caprine
Exec=/full/path/to/folder/Caprine
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/full/path/to/folder/Caprine/resources/app/static/Icon.png
Windows
Download and unzip to some location.
Dev
Built with Electron.
Commands
- Init:
$ npm install
- Run:
$ npm start
- Build macOS:
$ npm run build:macos
- Build Linux:
$ npm run build:linux
- Build Windows:
$ npm run build:windows
- Build all:
$ brew install wine
and$ npm run build
(macOS only)
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License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus