AndroidMessages Kyle Rosenberg

Use this command to install AndroidMessages:

winget install --id=OrangeDrangon.AndroidMessages.Desktop -e

Run Android Messages as a desktop app, a la iMessage

AndroidMessages is a desktop application designed to bring Android Messages functionality to your computer. It allows users to access and manage their text messages directly from a desktop interface, similar to how iMessage operates on macOS.

Key Features:

Seamless Integration: Works alongside your existing Android device, enabling you to view and send messages from your desktop.
Desktop Notifications: Receive real-time notifications for new messages without switching devices.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Designed to work across multiple operating systems, ensuring flexibility and accessibility.

Audience & Benefit:

Ideal for users who want a unified messaging experience across their devices. This tool allows you to stay connected and manage your communication efficiently from your desktop, reducing the need to switch between devices for text messages. It can be installed via winget, making it easy to integrate into your workflow.

Android Messages™ Desktop

Run Android Messages as a desktop app, a la iMessage. For those of us that prefer not to have a browser tab always open for this sort of thing.

Not affiliated with Google in any way. Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

Inspired by:

Important Note 1: We currently have builds for Windows and macOS, and Linux. I test releases on Arch Linux and to a lesser degree Windows. I would love help testing in additional places.

Important Note 2: Neither the MacOS nor the Windows binaries are signed right now. I am willing to add this but I do not have the certificates required at this time.

Install Anywhere

Download your build from the releases page.

Install on Archlinux via AUR

paru -S android-messages-desktop-bin or the relevant command in your aur helper.

Install on MacOS via Homebrew

brew install --cask orangedrangon-android-messages

Install on Windows via Scoop

scoop bucket add extras && scoop install android-messages

Contributions

The code is pretty ugly but getting better every day. Feel free to take a look.

Steps to contribute:

Fork
Clone
Edit
yarn install for dependencies
yarn start to build and run assuming you have electron installed.
Open a pull request when you think it is ready or for feedback during the dev process

The easiest way to get a developer environment up and running is using devenv. It is just node and yarn though so any install of those should work at the end of the day.