Caprine

Unofficial Facebook Messenger app

Install

macOS 10.9+, Linux, and Windows 7+ are supported (64-bit only).

macOS

Download the .dmg file.

Or with Cask: $ brew cask install caprine

Linux

Download the .AppImage or .deb file.

The AppImage needs to be made executable after download.

Windows

Download the .exe file.

Features

Background behavior

When closing the window, the app will continue running in the background, in the dock on macOS and the tray on Linux/Windows. Right-click the dock/tray icon and choose Quit to completely quit the app. On macOS, click the dock icon to show the window. On Linux, right-click the tray icon and choose Toggle to toggle the window. On Windows, click the tray icon to toggle the window.

If you like to have Caprine minimized on startup, open it from the command-line with the --minimize flag.

Dark mode

You can toggle dark mode in the View menu or with Cmd D / Ctrl D.

Vibrancy

On macOS, you can toggle the window vibrancy effect in the View menu.

Jump to conversation hotkey

You can switch conversations similar to how you switch browser tabs: Cmd/Ctrl n (where n is 1 through 9).

Compact mode

The interface adapts when resized to a small size.

Desktop notifications

Desktop notifications can be turned on in Preferences.

Always on Top

You can toggle whether Caprine stays on top of other windows in the Window/View menu or with Cmd/Ctrl Shift t.

Keyboard shortcuts

Description	Keys
New conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `n`
Search conversations	`Cmd/Ctrl` `f`
Toggle "Dark mode"	`Cmd/Ctrl` `d`
Next conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `]` or `Ctrl` `Tab`
Previous conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `[` or `Ctrl` `Shift` `Tab`
Jump to conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `1`…`9`
Mute conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `Shift` `m`
Archive conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `Shift` `a`
Delete conversation	`Cmd/Ctrl` `Shift` `d`
Toggle "Always on Top"	`Cmd/Ctrl` `Shift` `t`
Toggle window menu	`Alt` (Windows only)

Dev

Built with Electron.

Run

$ npm install && npm start

Build

See the electron-builder docs.

Publish

Use np and for example run:

$ np minor --no-publish

Then edit the automatically created GitHub Releases draft, remove the .pkg file, and publish.

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