# Ferdi | A Free, Open Source, Cross Platform, All-in-One Messaging App

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/ferdi-a-free-open-source-cross-platform-all-in-one-messaging-app/65301>\
**Category:** Tools & Scripts\
**Tags:** tools\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ferdi-a-free-open-source-cross-platform-all-in-one-messaging-app/65301 "2020-01-07T10:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ferdi-a-free-open-source-cross-platform-all-in-one-messaging-app/65301/1 "2020-01-07T10:37:10Z")

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![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/b/4/b41bb06962f04b4746adeaf41175abac14744de4.png)

Most people are probably familiar with [Franz](https://www.meetfranz.com/), and open source messaging app that combines a lot of chat and messaging services into one app. Great app but on the free version you can only add 3 services to use at the same time. Want more services? You’ll have to pay a monthly subscription.

That’s where Ferdi comes in. Ferdi is a hard-fork of Franz that adds some awesome features and removes unwanted ones.

**Ferdi-specific Features**

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  - Removes the counter-productive fullscreen app delay inviting users to upgrade
  - Removes pages begging you to donate after registration
  - Remove “Franz is better together” popup
  - Remove bug that would incorrectly display unread messages count on some services
  - Makes all users Premium by default
  - Using the Ferdi API instead of Franz’s servers
  - Add option to change server to a custom ferdi-server
  - Add option to use Ferdi without an account
  - 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 universal Dark-Mode via the DarkReader extension
  - 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 “Service Hibernation” that will automatically unload services when they are unused
  - 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 option to show a browser-like navigation bar on all services
  - Add option to change accent color
  - Add portable version for Windows
  - Add Process Manager to find services using a lot of resources
  - Add “npm run prepare-code” command for development to lint and beautify code
  - Add button to open darkmode.css for a service
  - Switch to electron-spellchecker ti improve application size
  - Improve “About Ferdi” screen to better display versions
  - Minifying build files to improve app size
  - Makes it possible to edit the “Franz Todo” server
  - Makes RocketChat self-hosted generally available
  - Comes with a custom branding proper to Ferdi

Download Ferdi for macOS, Linux and Windows [here](https://github.com/getferdi/ferdi/releases). On macOS you can also install Ferdi via Homebrew ( `brew cask install ferdi` ). For more info on Ferdi check [this](https://github.com/getferdi/ferdi).

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**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ferdi-a-free-open-source-cross-platform-all-in-one-messaging-app/65301/2 "2020-01-07T10:42:29Z")

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nice app, Thanks @TheJoker 👍