Send messages to chat app from windows/linux?

clint_silver · 11-12-2013 09:45AM #1

whatsapp doesnt have desktop app.
vibers desktop app doesnt support proxies. (yet)

Anyone know a chat client that can send messages to a smart phone chat app (apple or android) either through a GUI client or more preferably command line firstly though windows and again more preferably linux.

yoyo · 11-12-2013 09:48AM

Skype is one that comes to mind, has apps and Linux builds.

Nick

Khannie · 12-12-2013 11:17AM

clint_silver wrote: »

whatsapp doesnt have desktop app.
vibers desktop app doesnt support proxies. (yet)

Anyone know a chat client that can send messages to a smart phone chat app (apple or android) either through a GUI client or more preferably command line firstly though windows and again more preferably linux.

Pidgin works with google chat. Not sure if there are jabber command line clients but if there are, they would work too.

Snowbat · 12-12-2013 07:54PM

I'm using sendxmpp to send notifications from a bash script on a linux box to my phone via Google Hangouts (formerly known as Google Talk). It is likely in your distro's repos (I know It's in the Fedora and OpenSUSE repos). You can also pull it from CPAN as it is a Perl module.

I'd like to know if anyone is doing similar using another service. Google Hangouts messages are sometimes delayed, though I guess that could be a polling delay on my phone.

Allyall · 12-12-2013 11:03PM

Khannie wrote: »

Pidgin works with google chat. Not sure if there are jabber command line clients but if there are, they would work too.

I think Pidgin does it too, although i haven't used it in about a year.

Saw these on a Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/WhatsApponthePC

http://www.webwhatsapp.com/SendWhatsApp.php (Ireland not available)