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ElectronIM

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Free/Libre open source Electron based multi instant messaging (IM) client.

Combine all your IM applications (or whatever you want) in a single browser (Electron) window.

Quickstart

Detailed guides for installation can be followed in our comprehensive setup guide.

Download the latest binary version for your platform: releases

Or if you have Node installed in your system, you can try out ElectronIM by running one of the following commands:

npx electronim
npm install -g electronim
electronim

Features

  • ⚛ Multi-platform: ElectronIM is available for Linux 🐧, Mac 🍏 and Windows.
  • 🌍 Based on Chromium 130
  • 🔔 Desktop notifications: ElectronIM will notify you using your native system notifications.
  • 🧐 Spellchecker: ElectronIM contains spellchecker dictionaries for many languages, if your language is not supported, just file an issue.
  • 🕸 Supports any web based IM solution
  • 👋 Drag-and-drop tab reordering
  • 🔒 Configurable context for tabs (Isolated/sandboxed or shared). i.e. You can have multiple tabs/instances of the same service/web application if the context is sandboxed.
  • 🔕 Notifications can be disabled for individual Applications
  • 💤 Notifications can be disabled globally (Do not disturb)
  • ⌨ Keyboard shortcuts
  • 🖥️ Screen sharing
  • 🌗 Light and Dark themes with system override
  • 🗕 System Tray
  • 🔎 Find in page

Screenshot

Motivation

Inspired by Rambox and Franz, I created ElectronIM out of the necessity of having an all-in-one instant messaging app that didn't require registration and provided spell checking for free.

Documentation

  1. Setup Guide
  2. Keyboard Shortcuts
  3. Troubleshooting

Acknowledgements