ElectronIM

Most instant messaging clients feature web versions, and these work to provide users with a means to keep in touch with their contacts without needing to have their phone at the ready. Some users don't want to install separate apps for each of the services they use, especially when the web version is already good enough.

If you wish to keep track of what your contacts are saying, but don't want to burden your browser with more tabs, then perhaps ElectronIM might sound like a good proposition to you. Through it, users can keep tabs on their web-based instant messaging platforms, without having to resort to their browser.

At first glance, this Electron-based app seems no more than a repurposed browser. Knowing Electron, it probably is just that: a pared-down browser instance that affords the end user just enough functionality to allow access to these instant messaging platforms. The Chromium core also contributes to that, allowing users to have a smooth and worry-free experience.

The app is also easy enough to maneuver by anyone, so no problems there. Type in the URL for each of the tabs you wish to open, and click Ok. The program will then open the respective tabs, allowing you to authenticate to the respective messaging platforms, and everything should be smooth sailing from there. You can mute, as well as enable notifications anytime, so that you're up-to-date with your notifications.

Owing to the Chromium core, users are also able to open tabs for other websites, irrespective of whether they're messaging platforms. Of course, it's a rather limited experience, but it does work. Having tabs for Twitter, Gmail, and other such services is very much possible.

ElectronIM is thus an app worth trying if its proposition is of interest to you: it can handle the web versions of popular instant messaging clients without a problem, so that you can keep in touch with your contacts.