Run Android Messages as a desktop app, a la iMessage. For those of us that prefer not to have a browser tab always open for this sort of thing.

Not affiliated with Google in any way. Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

Inspired by:

• Google Play Music Desktop Player
• a Reddit post on r/Android

Important Note 1: We currently have builds for Windows and macOS, and Linux. I test releases on Arch Linux and to a lesser degree Windows. I would love help testing in additional places.

Important Note 2: Neither the MacOS nor the Windows binaries are signed right now. I am willing to add this but I do not have the certificates required at this time.

Download your build from the releases page.

paru -S android-messages-desktop-bin or the relevant command in your aur helper.

brew install --cask orangedrangon-android-messages

scoop bucket add extras && scoop install android-messages

The code is pretty ugly but getting better every day. Feel free to take a look.

Steps to contribute:

1. Fork
2. Clone
3. Edit
4. pnpm install for dependencies
5. pnpm run dev to build and run assuming you have electron installed.
6. Open a pull request when you think it is ready or for feedback during the dev process

The easiest way to get a developer environment up and running is using devenv. It is just node and yarn though so any install of those should work at the end of the day.