BlueBubbles

BlueBubbles

About this app

A macOS device (virtual or physical) is required! Visit our documentation (below) to learn how to setup your own virtual macOS environment

BlueBubbles is an open-source and cross-platform ecosystem of apps aimed to bring iMessage to Android, Windows, Linux, and Web! With BlueBubbles, you'll be able to send messages, media, and much more to your friends and family.

Key Features:

- Send & receive texts, media, and location
- View tapbacks/reactions, and stickers
- Create new chats (macOS 11+ has limited support while macOS 10 has full support)
- View read/delivered timestamps
- Mute or archive conversations
- Robust theming engine
- Choose between an iOS or Android-style interface
- Lots of customization and configuration options
- Scheduled Messages

Private API Features:

- Send reactions
- See typing indicators
- Send read receipts
- Send subjects
- Send message effects
- Edit Messages
- Unsend Messages

**Private API Features are not enabled by default and require extra configurations. Details can be found in the settings page of the app.**

You can optionally enable BlueBubbles to run as a foreground service in order to receive notifications directly from the server, rather than through Firebase.

If you need help setting up the app, have any issues or feature requests, or just want to come hang out, feel free to join our Discord, linked below! We hope you enjoy using the app!

Links:

- Our website: https://bluebubbles.app
- Install Guide: https://bluebubbles.app/install
- Documentation: https://docs.bluebubbles.app
- Project source code: https://github.com/BlueBubblesApp
- Community Discord: https://discord.gg/4F7nbf3
- Support Us (PayPal): https://bluebubbles.app/donate
- Sponsor Us (GitHub): https://github.com/sponsors/BlueBubblesApp

Ratings and reviews

So far, so good! First of all, the app looks and feels like iMessage, and the private API features really add to that as well. Second, the setup process was somewhat confusing, especially with the Google Notifications, since I did run into a few errors. However, once set up, it has been working flawlessly. I set up the server on a Mac Mini I got from Facebook Marketplace, and I just leave it running, and I don't have to ever touch it.

This app is incredible, not only for its primary function, but for all the customization options as well. Could you please add a feature for sorting contacts into groups in the main chat list? EDIT: In the sense that when you open the app, instead of all your recent contacts showing up altogether, you have like just a few Groups like "Work" and then you click it and see all texts you've sorted into "Work" or like a group called "Buddies" that includes only your closest friends, for example.

And they said it couldn't be done! BlueBubbles brings iMessage to android with an impressive smoothness! While this is slightly tricky to set up and requires a Mac running as a server (finally found a use for my MacBook from high school though), it's well worth it! I'm trying out android on a separate plan, so not having to give my friends another phone number to track has been so clutch!

What’s new

View Full Changelog Here: https://github.com/BlueBubblesApp/bluebubbles-app/releases/tag/v1.15.0%2B70