anowak / caprine

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app

 Caprine

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app

[](https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest)

Requires OS X 10.8+ or Linux. Windows support planned.

Install

OS X

Homebrew Cask

$ 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/media/Icon.png

Compact mode

The interface adapts when resized to a small size.

Desktop notifications

Desktop notifications can be turned on in Preferences.

NOTE: There is a known bug with Electron's handling of desktop notifications on systems running Gnome 3 that may cause Caprine to crash if notifications are clicked. Until this bug is resolved, do not click on notifications if they cause the app to crash on your system.

Dev

Built with Electron.

Commands

• Init: $ npm install
• Run: $ npm start
• Build OS X: $ npm run build-osx
• Build Linux: $ npm run build-linux
• Build all: $ npm run build (OS X only)

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus