How to install Facebook Messenger ‘Caprine’ in Ubuntu 18.04. Install Facebook Messenger desktop app for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Note that Caprine is a third-party app and is not affiliated with Facebook.
Highlights
- Dark theme
- Vibrant theme – macOS only
- Privacy-focused
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Work Chat support
- Code blocks
- Touch Bar support
- Custom styles
- Cross-platform
- Silent auto-updates
- Custom text size
- Emoji style setting
Features
- Dark mode – You can toggle dark mode in the View menu or with Cmd D / Ctrl D.
- Vibrancy – On macOS, you can toggle the window vibrancy effect in the View menu.
- Privacy – You can choose to prevent people from knowing when you have seen a message and when you are currently typing. These settings are available under the Caprine/File menu.
- Mute desktop notifications – You can quickly disable receiving notifications from the Caprine/File menu or the Dock on macOS.
- Prevents link tracking – Links that you click on will not be tracked by Facebook.
- Jump to conversation hotkey – You can switch conversations similar to how you switch browser tabs: Cmd/Ctrl n (where n is 1 through 9).
- Compact mode – The interface adapts when resized to a small size.
- Desktop notifications- Desktop notifications can be turned on in Preferences.
- Always on Top – You can toggle whether Caprine stays on top of other windows in the Window/View menu or with Cmd/Ctrl Shift t.
- Image paste confirmation – Confirmation before sending images from the clipboard, to prevent accidental copy-pastes.
- Work Chat support – Support for Work Chat: Messenger for Workplace. You can switch to it in the Caprine/File menu.
- Code blocks – You can send code blocks by using Markdown syntax.
- Background behavior – When closing the window, the app will by default continue running in the background, in the dock on macOS and the tray on Linux/Windows. Right-click the dock/tray icon and choose Quit to completely quit the app. On macOS, click the dock icon to show the window. On Linux, right-click the tray icon and choose Toggle to toggle the window. On Windows, click the tray icon to toggle the window.
Note that you can change the behavior of Caprine so that the app closes when the window is closed. For this, you’ll need to go to the settings and click on Quit on Window Close.
Install Caprine in Linux
Download the .AppImage or .deb file.
Arch Linux: pacman -S caprine
Also available as a snap.
The AppImage needs to be made executable after download.