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Franz

Franz is a messaging program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: ad and tracker blocking.

  • Limited free plan
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Franz is a messaging program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository: ad and tracker blocking.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Messenger for the desktop” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “🛡️ Privacy Shield — blocks trackers and fingerprinting scripts inside your services” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Franz offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Plans and conditions

  • Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
  • Paid subscriptions from 4 € per month (price read on the official page).
  • No AI training: the content may not be used to train AI models.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No credit card asked
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Limited free plan

About

Franz is your messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat and messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts,GroupMe, Skype and many more.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, free status, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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