{"id":26099,"date":"2016-05-11T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T09:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26099"},"modified":"2016-05-11T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T09:58:03","slug":"franz-free-cross-service-messaging-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/11\/franz-free-cross-service-messaging-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Franz &#8211; free cross-service messaging app"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/11\/franz-free-cross-service-messaging-app\/franz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?fit=2278%2C1542&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2278,1542\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"franz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?fit=660%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz-500x338.png?resize=500%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"franz\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?resize=500%2C338&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?resize=768%2C520&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?resize=1024%2C693&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?w=1320 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/franz.png?w=1980 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/meetfranz.com\/\">Franz<\/a> is a free messaging app which currently supports\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slack<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wechat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WeChat<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hipchat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">HipChat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.messenger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Messenger<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/telegram.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hangouts.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Hangouts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GroupMe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skype<\/a> and many more. \u00a0Download is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Franz is a free messaging app which currently supports\u00a0Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more. \u00a0Download is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Franz - 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