BlueBubbles
4.4star
765 reviews
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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.**
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
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.**
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
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Ratings and reviews
4.4
693 reviews
David Schilling
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May 16, 2024
Great. But it always has an issue sending g videos. My screen has to be on. In that chat for a video to send. Otherwise it fails. Recently, video sending has caused the app to stop working unless I restart it from my MacBook terminal. Which is very inconvenient when I'm out for the whole day and I'm entirely without imessage until then
2 people found this review helpful
BlueBubbles
May 16, 2024
When you send a video, do you see the "Waiting for iMessage" text? If you do, that means the attachment has been uploaded to the server and has been sent, but in progress. You can check this by looking at your Mac's iMessage app and see if the chat has a blue loading bar. It may be iMessage taking too long to send the attachment, not BlueBubbles
Adam Underkofler
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March 29, 2024
Very Dependable! BUT PLEASE ADD THE OPTION TO ATTACH A PHOTO TO A NEW MESSAGE! Update (dev responded within minutes of posting)! I have updated my original 4 star review to 5 stars for the impeccable response time from the developer. The workaround is to start a new conversation, click on the send button with an empty message (it won't actually send anything), and you now have access to the photos and camera buttons! Thank you for the quick response on the workaround!!
36 people found this review helpful
BlueBubbles
March 29, 2024
Hey Adam! We have a way to do this. It's a little hidden, but if you click the send button after choosing the chat you want to send the message in, it'll forward you to the chat thread, and you'll be able to attach an image. I hope his helps! If you're looking to start a brand new conversation with an image, that won't work, unfortunately
Zane Hanson
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April 21, 2024
There are so many great things about this app and the BlueBubbles service overall. I'm a big fan of Pixel phones, but am in the typical American situation of having basically all of my social circles inside of iMessage. I was using Beeper for iMessage, however once Apple shut it down this appeared to be the next best thing, and it turns out to be even better! 100% open source project, tons of features, very customizable UI, and great documentation that make server setup easy. HIGHLY recommend!
11 people found this review helpful
What's new
View the full changelog here: https://github.com/BlueBubblesApp/bluebubbles-app/releases/tag/v1.13.2%2B66
