Caprine

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app

[![](media/screenshot.png)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/latest)

OS X 10.8+, Windows 7+ & Linux are supported.

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

Windows

Download and unzip to some location.

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 Windows: $ npm run build-windows
Build all: $ brew install wine and $ npm run build (OS X only)

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