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Ramiro Saenz

Rambox - Desktop messaging for over 48 email & messaging apps

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With Rambox you will need to worry about messaging and privacy no more! It is a platform that will let you combine your emailing and messaging applications into one. Every session you log in expires at the moment you log out, so you don't worry about your privacy and meanwhile, you can lock it if you want to spend some time away from your computer.

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Fraser Smith
Interesting that this should come out on the day Franz 3 is released. I can't see a huge difference between this and Franz, both are Electron based. What new stuff does Rambox bring to the table? Update: Downloaded and installed. The resemblances to Franz are… uncanny.
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@frassmith Thanks for your comment. The main differences are, more services (with the possibility to add a custom service manually), Sync Configuration with multiple computers, Lock Rambox, Don't Disturb and is open source!
Fraser Smith
@saenzramiro yeah, but when I compare the two side by side, I do wonder. Did you build this from scratch and add features or did you just rip off Franz wholesale and add features. In my view, there are just too many similarities in the design language for you to genuinely call this an original piece of work. If I was part of the Franz team, I'd be talking to the lawyers by now. Yes, you have added some functionality, but remove your bits and I see Franz. That worries me. Update: perhaps as @chrismessina says, I was a bit harsh. My bad. sorry.
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@frassmith I understand your point of view, and I built it from scratch, also using other technologies. I think this is like all web browsers we have, Firefox, Opera, Chrome... they are all similars because people are used to a design and UX, but they have different design, some features and technologies used.
Fraser Smith
@saenzramiro Seriously? So if I design an Electron App with tabs, then the tabs in my app will be identical to those in Franz and Rambox. i did not know that.
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
@frassmith kind of harsh considering that Franz is just a wrapper for other people's services. What's with calling the lawyers?
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
Hey guys! I'm so excited to share with you my app. Rambox is a free and open source messaging and emailing app what combines common services into one. So you can use Slack, WhatsApp, Gmail, Outlook, Telegram, and other 30 services, all in one app. Is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best features are Sync Configuration, Lock and Don't Disturb. Of course, you will have native notifications and badges to know unread messaging or emails. Visit the website to see more features. There are great features comming up! You can fork on Github and help me to improve the app. I would love some feedback on this and if you have some questions ask me!
Fraser Smith
@saenzramiro One thing that Franz has that Rambox doesn't have : Tweetdeck - Just sayin'. I also have to admit you have a much nicer icon.
Ativ Patel
Awesome that you made this open source, thanks 🙏
Kix Panganiban
I don't know why some people are discrediting Rambox for looking a bit like Franz. Sure, it's taking cues from Franz, but it actually does improve on it. I've been a Franz user since 1.0 came out and I didn't hesitate to switch over to Rambox when I found it here on PH. The wider range of included services (Outlook and GMail!) is a winner for me, and the ability to add your own is the icing on the cake. And sure at first glance, they do look uncannily alike, but that's how it is. You find an idea, do your version of it, making it better, then release it to the world. Plurk and Twitter. MySpace and Friendster. Kazaa and Bearshare. Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger. The list goes on.
Kwadwo Adu
Could we see Messages (iMessages) as an option in the future?
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@kwadwoadu If Apple release a Web App for iMessages, sure. ;)
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@kwadwoadu Thanks!
Chris Short
I really like the idea of this app. I'll be testing it out. But, is Skype for Business even possible through Rambox? I would really love to replace Lync for Mac 2011 since Microsoft can't seem to get it together.
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@chrisshort You can add it manually! Rambox have the feature to add services manually. In the Services Lists header, at the right you have a button to add it. ;) I was trying to add it but I couldn't find the URL for the login. If you can share to me the link, I will add it in next release.
Chris Short
@saenzramiro I know it's connecting to lync.com but there's federation and a bunch of fun going on. DM me on Twitter?
Edward Pakpahan
@saenzramiro @chrisshort I would love to know how to incorporate my Lync with Rambox. I'm working with few projects at the mo and some clients use different messaging apps. It'll be quite handy to use one app for all, tbh.
Prateek Gupta
That's a great tool . Enabled 6 services. Here are a few queries: 1. Could not find LinkedIn. Do you have any plans on that? 2. What if I need to get 3 different Gmail accounts in 3 tabs? Is that possible? 3. Are there any plans on Asana integration?
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@paekut Thanks! I will take a look to see if I can add LinkedIn in the next release. Same as Asana. Of course for now, you can add it manually. (https://github.com/saenzramiro/r...) No problem having 3 different Gmail accounts. ;)
Prateek Gupta
@saenzramiro great got it. In fact: - the add services button could be made more prominent. I think some users might bounce off thinking that services are limited. - Now I'm trying to figure out how is this different from a web browser :) My browser tabs have just shifted to Rambox..
Kix Panganiban
@paekut @saenzramiro I second Prateek's thoughts. Rambox should add something different to fray, rather than just being like a "web browser for communications".
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@kixpanganiban @paekut Ok, any ideas to suggest?
Kix Panganiban
@saenzramiro @paekut Well, one would be to make the "home" tab somewhat like a notification center where your services' notifications are grouped by service and stored chronologically. Other than that... well, product brainstorming is pretty expensive. ;)
Kees Suijkerbuijk
If you add Yammer integration this is an instant download for me
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@suijkerwerk You can add it manually! Rambox have the feature to add services manually. In the Services Lists header, at the right you have a button to add it. ;)
Alain Ekambi
@saenzramiro We dont write Ext JS code directly. We generate it out of Java. But I will send/steal some ideas for sure :)
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@ekambos Go ahead!
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@suijkerwerk Go here to see how to add a Custom Service. (https://github.com/saenzramiro/r...)
Sven van der Zee
If I had to choose between Rambox or Franz I would choose Rambox because of it's features Edit: But I like what they both created
Elizabeth
Had a real "Wow..." moment at the "add a service" option. Might be the best app on my computer now. @ramboxapp @saenzramiro
Ben Tossell
Franz got a great reception here on Product Hunt. How does Rambox compare?
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@bentossell Rambox offers new features, like more services (with the possibility to add a custom service manually), Sync Configuration with multiple computers, Lock Rambox, Don't Disturb and is open source!
Alain Ekambi
Intersting. We are building something similar in our webdesktop. Since this is opensource. Will have a closer look. :)
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@ekambos Thank you! Any contribution with the code will be awesome!
Alain Ekambi
@saenzramiro @saenzramiro We dont write Ext JS code directly. We generate it out of Java. But I will send/steal some ideas for sure :)
David Lumm
Somehow I've missed Franz, but I've been looking for a tool like this for ages and considered creating my own. I'm looking forward to giving this a try!
Dmitriy Silaev
Great work! Please tell me how add a custom service manually? His is most interesting option for me.
YohananDiamond

It's a cool app! But the interface is not good... and it's, sometimes, laggy.

Pros:

Easy to use; Shut down services;

Cons:

Ugly Interface; Annoying Status Bar; Ugly Badges;

Nikola Stojic
Hey Ramiro, I see that this is similar to the Franz. One more thing that I like here is that the project is open source. I'll contact the team leader of the distro I work on to see if we could include it as default communication app. Edit: Google Chrome blocks it for some reason from downloading.
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@zeusoft It's similar but with more features! I don't know with Google Chrome blocks it, but you can still download it from the repo and going to "Releases".
Marilyn Wo
The "Don't Disturb" feature is gold! Thanks for this.
Edward Pakpahan
I've got 'a Javascript error occurred in the main process' btw :/
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@edwardpakpahan Did you clone the project and build it by your own?
Edward Pakpahan
@saenzramiro I have no idea what that means tbh... What I did was what most user would do: double click the downloaded installer, and click run.
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@edwardpakpahan What OS are you using? BTW, be sure to have internet connection when you use Rambox.
Bruce Kraft Jr.
This is going to sound stupid, but what about an iPad version or android tablet version in the works?
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@brucekraftjr Maybe in the future. ;)
Vadym Parakonnyi
can't run on Ubuntu 16.04 -it just doesn't launch, without any error
Ramiro Saenz
Maker
@voznik Weird, did you follow this steps? (https://github.com/saenzramiro/r...)