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Ferdium

All-in-one messenger that combines chat services

Chat & Communication ★ 4.7k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

Ferdium is a desktop application that consolidates many web-based messaging and chat services into a single window. It is a community-maintained fork of Franz and Ferdi with optional self-hosted server.

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Key features

  • Combines many chat services
  • Self-hostable server
  • Workspaces and profiles
  • Cross-platform desktop app

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (4.7k GitHub stars)

Is Ferdium secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Ferdium's latest release (v7.2.3). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2022-32320, published 2022-07-17 (1550 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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