SMsmartmic·Oct 20, 2026Submission
nchat – Terminal-based messaging client
1 points · Open discussiond99kris
nchat
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d99kris / nchat
nchat
Terminal-based messaging client for Linux and macOS with Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal support
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What it is
Terminal-based messaging client for Linux and macOS with Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal support
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesWeeChat[0] (or any IRC client, really, but weechat is nice) with Bitlbee[1] supports a metric assload of services, albeit by pretending they're IRC (which does work - I spent years in weechat/irssi with bitlbee talking to various people on disparate services.)
Or if you're just after Telegram/WhatsApp, nchat[2] is ok (I can vouch for the Telegram half only.)
[0] https://weechat.org
[1] https://wiki.bitlbee.org
[2] https://github.com/d99kris/nchat
In Neonmodem: TUI for Lobsters, HN, etc.The fact that Telegram provides an API enabling third-party clients (like this one) is the main thing that sets it apart from the other big mobile chat platforms (WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal) for me.
It's really nice to have access to a wide variety of client softwares, and the ability to build ones own (shameless plug - I built https://github.com/d99kris/nchat which is a simple TUI client).
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