Unifying Messenger App

[Thijs Moonen]

Dear fellow human,

back in the day I used to use Adium to receive and send messages from different services through one app.

Nowadays I use Apple Messages, Whatsapp, Telegram, and Signal to keep connected to everyone.

I'm looking for a single app on MacOS that connects all these services in one place. Ideally this app would extend to iOS as well.

Do you have any hints?

Thank you!

Thijs Moonen

 

[ian87w]

Oh I remember Adium, the days of ICQ, MSN messenger and yahoo messenger...

Don't think it's doable today. With motivations of platform locking (eg. iMessage). security (eg. e2e encryption and backup), or data collection (eg. whatsapp), an app like Adium is probably impossible today. Everybody want their services on their own apps under their control.

 

[metapunk2077fail]

Oh I remember Adium, the days of ICQ, MSN messenger and yahoo messenger...

Don't think it's doable today. With motivations of platform locking (eg. iMessage). security (eg. e2e encryption and backup), or data collection (eg. whatsapp), an app like Adium is probably impossible today. Everybody want their services on their own apps under their control.

Remember when iMessage supported Jabber?

 

[kaardowiq]

Remember when iMessage supported Jabber?

iMessage never did, only "Messages" App on OSX/macOS did. Therefore, it just supported the Open-Source protocol. But yes, the dropped support of it sucks hard since we still use XMPP in our company and multiple possibilities of transport that got rid of it.

Imagine "Messages" on iOS/macOS with iMessage, SMS and XMPP. Woooooow

 

[Thijs Moonen]

Oh I remember Adium, the days of ICQ, MSN messenger and yahoo messenger...

Don't think it's doable today. With motivations of platform locking (eg. iMessage). security (eg. e2e encryption and backup), or data collection (eg. whatsapp), an app like Adium is probably impossible today. Everybody want their services on their own apps under their control.

I know, those were the days. Goes to show not everything is evolving in the right direction, tech-wise. It makes me nostalgic!

 

[Thijs Moonen]

Remember when iMessage supported Jabber?

I remember... or at least Messages as pointed out below. Have a great day!

 

[Thijs Moonen]

iMessage never did, only "Messages" App on OSX/macOS did. Therefore, it just supported the Open-Source protocol. But yes, the dropped support of it sucks hard since we still use XMPP in our company and multiple possibilities of transport that got rid of it.

Imagine "Messages" on iOS/macOS with iMessage, SMS and XMPP. Woooooow

What is XMPP?

 

[elpek]

What is XMPP?

It's an XML based protocol - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol.

 

[Freddy Fruitfly]

I'm not using it myself but it might be just what you're looking for:

IM+ on Setapp | All-in-one messenger for work and play

Combine all your messaging activities in one place with IM+. From Slack to Instagram, you not only get easy access to all your platforms but can also configure each one exactly according to your preferences.

setapp.com

 

[Amigaman]

Check out Beeper. It's based on Matrix and provides a unified view for over 15 chat networks.