Franz – free cross-service messaging app

franz

Franz is a free messaging app which currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more.  Download is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

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