sigma
A stable Golang API for MacOS Messages app.
I built sigma mostly for myself to be able to send and receive messages from Linux. It is purely a Go library to abstract any future breakages Apple might make and provide a simple and consistent API.
Usage
Sigma by itself is probably not very useful to you unless you want to build your own frontend. Instead, see one of the pre-built frontends:
- Sigma-Web
- Sigma-matrix (I'll get around to building this one day)
To write your own frontend see GoDoc here. Note: Sigma is still in very early development and the API may change, but probably won't.
Requirements
The sigma package requires an Apple computer running MacOS 10.12 or later with Messages signed into an iMessage account to work.
If you want to develop a frontend without this requirement
you can use the mock.NewClient
which returns the same Client interface
that sigma.NewClient returns.
Alternatives
Todo
- Look into better display name handling if a contact exists in address book
- Create matrix bridge