Caprine

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app

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

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

Install

OS X: Homebrew Cask

$ brew cask install caprine

Manually

Download the latest version for your platform. On OS X, unzip and move Caprine.app to the /Applications directory.

On Linux, unzip to some location. To add a shortcut to the application, 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/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 your the app to crash on your system.

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