https://github.com/oconnor663/fbmessenger

[deprecated] a PyQt clone of Facebook Messenger for Windows
https://github.com/oconnor663/fbmessenger

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[deprecated] a PyQt clone of Facebook Messenger for Windows

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/oconnor663/fbmessenger
• Owner: oconnor663
• License: other
• Created: 2013-02-03T00:33:32.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-01-17T15:32:22.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-11T13:32:15.994Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 854 KB
• Stars: 103
• Watchers: 21
• Forks: 22
• Open Issues: 18
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-pyqt-cn - fbmessenger

README

        
### As of 13 February 2014 this app is deprecated.

This app depends on old Facebook APIs that aren't going to be around

much longer.  Thanks to all the folks who've used it, and especially

everyone who's submitted patches. If a good replacement comes along, I

will link to it here.

Update November 2015: [messenger.com](https://www.messenger.com) works

well for me as a replacement.

# Facebook Messenger for Linux (and Mac!)

![screenshot](https://github.com/oconnor663/fbmessenger/raw/master/resources/screenshot.png)

A PyQt clone of [Facebook Messenger for

Windows](https://web.archive.org/web/20130704182851/https://www.facebook.com/about/messenger).

It gives you a chat sidebar, chat popup windows, and notification toasts

outside of the browser.

If you have all the dependencies, you can launch the app straight from this

repository with `./run.sh`. After you install it, you can launch it with

`fbmessenger`. Ubuntu users can install from a PPA by following [the

instructions

here](http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fbmessenger-stand-alone-facebook.html)

(thanks Alin Andrei). Arch users can [install from the

AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbmessenger-git/).  There are packaging

scripts included under `packaging/` for Linux (Debian/Ubuntu in `deb`, Red

Hat/Fedora in `rpm`, and Arch) and OS X (using the Homebrew package manager).

See the `README` files in packaging subdirectories for more specific

instructions. You can also install with `sudo python3 setup.py install`, but

that makes it hard to uninstall, so prefer to use the packaging scripts.

The configuration file is `~/.fbmessenger/config.py`. There are a few settings

that users might want to mess with:

* Set values like `Zoom = 1.2` to make the fonts 20% bigger.

* Set `SystemTray = False` to disable the system tray icon.

* Normally the app will start minimized to the tray if it was minimized last

  time it quit. To force it to always start minimized, set `MinimizedOnStart =

  True`.

#### Dependencies

* Python 3

* PyQt4 for Python 3

* Phonon (optional, for sound on Linux)

* setuptools for Python 3