# Ferdium App (open-source chat app)

> Ferdium App is a free, open-source chat app for Windows, macOS and Linux. All your services in one place, built by the community. It has 4,659 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and people use it instead of Rambox and Franz.

🏽 Hard-fork of Franz, adding awesome features and removing unwanted ones. Ferdium is a desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on Franz - a software already used by thousands of people - with the difference that Ferdium gives you many additional features and doesn't restrict its usage! Furthermore, Ferdium is compatible with your existing Franz account, so you can continue right where you left off. Please find out more about Ferdium and its features on ferdium.org.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 4,659 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | Rambox, Franz |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://ferdium.org |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Chat & communication |
| Latest release | v7.2.3 (Sep 7, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 9, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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