Caprine
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Caprine is an unofficial and privacy focused Facebook Messenger app with many useful features.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Discontinued
The app wasn't updated since January 2026 and stopped working for some users.
Features
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Caprine News & Activities
Recent activities
Julmik added Caprine as alternative to Caprine Messenger- Julmik updated Caprine
- Bigoukun liked Caprine
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Official Links
Install from the command line
winget install -e --id Caprine.Caprineflatpak install flathub com.sindresorhus.Caprine
Developed by
Sindre Sorhus Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
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Comments and Reviews
It works, but is buggy and uses a lot of hardware resources.
I've been using Caprine for about 3 years on macOS. It's very good and has some options the official app doesn't have like: dark mode Custom text size privacy settings - disable read receipts
BEST Facebook Messenger app for Windows that doesn't just feel like a cheap "messenger.com" wrapper. Thank you!