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Franz Messenger

Get back on top of your messaging.

3.3•3 reviews•

90 followers

Get back on top of your messaging.

3.3•3 reviews•

90 followers

Social Networking

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Franz is a messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Slack and more.

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Company Info

meetfranz.com GitHub

Franz Messenger Info

Launched in 2016 View 2 launches

Forum

p/franz-messenger

Awards

2016 Golden Kitty Awards

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Franz Messenger Launches

Franz 2.0 Desktop app for Slack, WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram, Messenger

Launched on April 18th, 2016

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This is the 2nd launch from Franz Messenger. View more

Franz 2.0

Desktop app for Slack, WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram, Messenger

Franz 2.0 is a desktop app that puts messaging services altogether in one place. It can combine apps like WhatsApp, Slack, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, HipChat, Skype and a lot more. You can even use multiple accounts for the Facebook Messenger - mix your business profiles and your private ones if you need to.

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Launch tags:

Android•iOS•Linux

Launch Team

What do you think? …

Thomas Schranz ⛄️

findable.

Hunter

Major new update of Franz: now comes with clients for Windows and Linux (used to be Mac only) as well as support for 6 new messaging platforms (WeChat, Chatwork, Steam, Gitter, Discord, GroupMe). 😍

9yr ago

Makerpad

@__tosh Changelog doesn't say 2.0 ... http://www.meetfranz.com/changel...

9yr ago

Stood

@bentossell @__tosh had the same problem...actually I've even started downloading it.

9yr ago

Franz 5

Maker

@bentossell, @ricricucit, @__tosh we have now updated our website to reflect our new versioning system. If you are running on 0.9.10 you are already running 2.0 – with the next update this versioning change will be visible within Franz as well. Sorry for confusing you.

9yr ago

Revere

@__tosh This is killer. Easy access without flipping between tabs or stand alone apps is a huge convenience. Look forward to customizing notification sounds...

9yr ago

Tech Aggregator

@__tosh How is the data stored for all these API channels?

9yr ago

Franz 5

Maker

As usual, if you have any questions about Franz feel free to ask me anything. If you have support requests, please head over http://franz.zendesk.com and open a new ticket - this way it's much easier for us to track all the requests. happy messaging Stefan

9yr ago

@smalzner Any future support for VPNs?

9yr ago

Franz 5

Maker

@ausonio not directly VPN but we will soon add support for proxy settings.

9yr ago

Robert Tregaskes

@smalzner Any plans to make this a W10 universal app? Much prefer apps over full desktop software most of the time...

9yr ago

Franz 5

Maker

@robtregaskes we have plans to provide Franz for the Windows Store and Mac AppStore – but there are still some limitations with W10 universal apps we need to look into before we can make a proper estimate.

9yr ago

Robert Tregaskes

@smalzner Great! Looking forward to watching progress.... :-)

9yr ago

Austin Sandmeyer

Weev

@imprecision & @smalzner this must be what your resume looks like for Franz 2.0 🙌

9yr ago

Franz 5

Maker

@as_austin @imprecision 😍

9yr ago

Franz Messenger

Maker

@as_austin @smalzner Heh, thanks! 👍

9yr ago

3.3

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Does not recommend this app. I paid for the annual Franz subscription a year ago. This year, they deducted money again for the annual subscription without any warning. I've tried contacting customer support multiple times, but haven't received any response. I've written several times requesting a refund, but they haven't processed it, likely because they are not responding. It seems like the application has been inactive for a while, and they are simply deducting money. It appears to be fraudulent.

1yr ago

I've been using Franz for years and haven't found an app that comes close

2yr ago

5X

I've been using Franz for years and its competitors don't compare. Doesn't take up as much RAM during use and regular updates keep it as bug-free as possible.

3yr ago