It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Moreover, Franz allows you to add each service many times, which is useful if you manage multiple business and private accounts at the same time. The latest update introduced support for email (Gmail, Inbox by Gmail, and Outlook), Twitter's TweetDeck client and custom HipChat servers for companies that prefer self-hosted solutions. As of writing there are 34 different services in total and development is active so new ones are added regularly. It covers a wide range of services, among them Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, WeChat, Skype, HipChat, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Steam Chat, and more. It feels polished, fast and is presented in a clean, no-frills interface. But Franz is still my favorite of the bunch. I'll tell you right away all three options we're covering today work similarly as they are essentially wrappers for the web versions of all the supported messaging apps.
The concept isn't new - remember Trillian, anyone? - but updated for today's mobile messaging world. If this sounds familiar, there are a handful of all in one messaging clients that can save you the trouble by keeping all your chats under one roof, and best of all they are cross-platform. However that doesn't make switching between different app windows and browser tabs throughout the day any less annoying.
While most of these clients are mobile-first nowadays, thankfully for my sake all offer some form of desktop counterpart - either a full blown native client or a web based one - so I can reply faster and more comfortably using an actual keyboard. In any given day I get hundreds of notifications from HipChat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, and my business' Facebook Page.
Instant messaging is an increasingly competitive market and despite your best efforts to keep it simple and use a single app or platform, it's hard to avoid keeping two or three apps around to keep in touch with different groups of people.
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