[#]: subject: (Rambox is an All-in-one Messenger for Linux)
[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/rambox/)
[#]: author: (Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/)
Rambox is an All-in-one Messenger for Linux
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_**Brief: Rambox is an all-in-one messenger that lets you combine multiple services like Discord, Slack, Facebook Messenger and hundreds of more such services in one place.**_
### Rambox: Add multiple messaging Services in a single app
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Rambox is one of the best ways to manage multiple services for communication through a single app installed. You can use [multiple messaging services][2] like Facebook Messenger, Gmail chats, AOL, Discord, Google Duo, [Viber][3] and a lot more from the same interface.
This way, you don’t need to install individual apps or keep them opened in browser all the time. You can use a master password to lock the Rambox application. You can also use do not disturb feature.
Rambox offers an [open source community edition][4] which is free to use. The paid pro version gives you access to 600+ apps while the community addition has 99+ apps. Pro version has additional features like themes, hibernation, ad-block, spell check and premium support.
Don’t worry. The open source community edition itself is quite useful and you may not even need those pro features.
### Features of Rambox
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While you should find most of the essential features in the open-source edition, you might notice some of them limited to the pro version.
Here, I’ve mentioned all the essential features available:
* You get about 100 apps/services to choose from in the open-source edition
* Ability to protect the app with a single Master password lock
* Ability to lock each session that you load up
* Do Not Disturb mode
* Ability to sync apps and configuration across multiple devices.
* You can create and add custom apps
* Support for keyboard shortcuts
* Ability to enable/disable apps without needing to delete them
* JS & CSS injection support to tweak the styling of apps
* Ad-block (**pro version**)
* Hibernation support (**pro version**)
* Theme support (**pro version**)
* Mobile view **(pro version)**
* Spell check **(pro version)**
* Work hours – to schedule a time for incoming notifications **(pro version)**
* Proxies support **(pro version)**
In addition to what I’ve listed here, you might find some more features in the Rambox Pro edition. To know more about it, you can refer to the [official list of features][6].
It is also worth noting that you cannot have more than 3 active simultaneous device connections.
### Installing Rambox on Linux
You can easily get started using Rambox using the **.AppImage** file available on the [official download page][4]. If you’re curious, you can refer our guide on how to [use the AppImage file on Linux][7].
In either case, you can also get it from the [Snap store][8]. Also, feel free to check their [GitHub releases section][9] for **.deb / .rpm** or other packages.
[Download Rambox Community Edition][4]
### Wrapping Up
It can be a little overwhelming to have a lot of apps installed using Rambox. So, I’d suggest you monitor the RAM usage when adding more apps and using them for work.
There is also a similar app called [Franz][10] which is also part open source and part premium like Rambox.
Even though solutions like Rambox or Franz are quite useful, they aren’t always resource-friendly, specially if you start using tens of services at the same time. So, keep an eye on your system resources (if you notice a performance impact).
Otherwise, it’s an impressive app that does the work that you’d expect. Have you tried it out? Feel free to let me know your thoughts!
