What is the best Facebook Messenger for macOS?

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I want something which would handle notifications property. I don't want receive Facebook browser notification and app notification. Also notifications should be able to be received when app is closed.

ronsheridan · Accepted Answer

I have not found a reason to use anything else - but will follow this Ask to see what else is suggested.

Jay · Answer

Simple and nice

joshua · Answer

I like Chatty due to the fact it's really well-made and well-designed, it has a dark mode which means it fits right on my Mac, and it has some neat customisability options :)

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I used to love Franz, but stopped using it these days. I hate their tabbed navigation at the top. Anyway, is a good choice for starters.

Trung Camo · Answer

It's free and can use multiple account in tab not like the single account Chatty.

Lyondhur Picciarelli · Answer

Better than Franz and other similar apps, simpler and and with way more service integrations. Plus, I feel it is a more cared for project, with good customer support and decent updates.

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Caprine is my most favorite Facebook Messenger app on Mac currently. Solid performer and is fast.

Apirak Panatkool · Answer

Most stable and clean

Tarun Gangwani · Answer

Agreed; messenger.com is fine, and I'm super glad it exists (half expect FB to remove it some day).

о. · Answer

Good one ☝️

Jack · Answer

It doesn't try to upsell you for other products they've developed (or cheat you into downloading their bloatware) and best of all, the desktop app icon looks just like FB Messenger.

Yan Sim · Answer

Franz runs on the high performance graphics card on Macs (even on Mojave) and that's just not acceptable - drains battery excessively.