Caprine

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app

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

OS X 10.9+, 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.

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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