Ferdi
Ferdi is a desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on Franz - a software already used by thousands of people - with the difference that Ferdi gives you many...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
- Warning
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
The maintainer has announced on Twitter that he's discontinuing the project: https://twitter.com/getferdi/status/1535575777323978752
Ferdi developers have decided to hide the issue tracker behind a paywall (you need to be a $9/month sponsor to see it), which is not really a good sign for an open source project. They first said it was because the issue tracker might leak private data, but they later admitted on Twitter that it was just a lie… More information here https://www.reddit.com/r/getferdi/comments/s511gn/what_happened_to_github_issues_for_ferdi/ and here https://getferdi.com/faq/why-the-issue-tracker-was-disabled/
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Workspaces
- All in one
- Multiple Account support
- Multi-messenger
- Proxy support
- Slack client
- Evernote Client
- Messages
Tags
- Messaging
- Security & Privacy
- discord-client
- hipchat-client
- skype-client
- google-talk
- facebook-messaging
- whatsapp-client
- telegram-client
Ferdi News & Activities
Recent activities
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What is Ferdi?
Ferdi is a desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on 
Franz - a software already used by thousands of people - with the difference that Ferdi gives you many additional features and doesn't restrict its usage! Furthermore, Ferdi is compatible with your existing Franz account, so you can continue right where you left off.
Ferdi-specific Features
• Removes the counter-productive fullscreen app delay inviting users to upgrade • Removes pages begging you to donate after registration • Makes all users Premium by default • Add option to change server to a custom ferdi-server • Add "Private Notification"-Mode, that hides message content from notifications • Add Password Lock feature to keep your messages protected • Add an option to keep individual workspaces always loaded • Add an option to auto-hide the menubar • Add "Quick Switch" feature to help you navigate a long list of services (similar to Rambox's Quick Switcher) • Add "Scheduled Do-not-Disturb" feature in which you won't get notifications (similar to Rambox's Work Hours) • Add CTRL+? and CTRL+? shortcuts and menu options to go back and forward in the service browsing history • Add "npm run prepare-code" command for development to lint and beautify code • Remove "Franz is better together" popup • Remove bug that would incorrectly display unread messages count on some services • Makes it possible to edit the "Franz Todo" server • Makes RocketChat self-hosted generally available • Comes with a custom branding proper to Ferdi
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Ferdi information
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Rating
Average rating of 4.1Alternatives
35 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
After a few months of using Station, which was too slow, I started using Ferdi which is considerably faster and usable instead!
The dev behind this app went downhill quickly. Something is wrong when they suddenly close down issues/feedback and make all other methods of communication inaccessible. I don't know where I'm going to go after this, but I'm going as quickly as I can.
Thanks for potentially saving our data. What happened cannot be denied and we should flag Ferdi as risky project from now on. Somehow it seems that all the projects in that area are kinda doomed to be plagued by something.
The project was ended by the developer (even if the website is still online). The open source community is committed to continue the development with a fork called Ferdium https://ferdium.org/
All the links are live, I just checked April, 21, 2022 and the last activity in the github repos was 18 hours ago.
The most of apps work fine using ferdi! I like that I can use my protonmail there. But google drive just open another window and google calendar view is so... 90's.
Something wrong happened with this app. It's maintainer kinda gone rouge. He blocked its social media, disabled issues in github etc.
In my opinion, it cannot be trusted anymore.
https://www.reddit.com/r/getferdi/comments/s511gn/what_happened_to_github_issues_for_ferdi/
Keep Ferdi free & sync without any restrictions. Thanks!