Beeper
Hacker ApprovedRanked 15 of 48 messaging apps by recommenders
Combines many chat services such as WhatsApp, Signal and SMS into one app, reducing the need to switch apps. Caveat: sync and push notifications are inconsistent.
Combines many chat services such as WhatsApp, Signal and SMS into one app, reducing the need to switch apps. Caveat: sync and push notifications are inconsistent.
37 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 29
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 12 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 29 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 12 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Combines many messaging apps into one
“Beeper (my main Matrix provider, the one that preconfigures WhatsApp, Signal, SMS etc. bridges)”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “We Abandoned Matrix: The Dark Truth About User Security and Safety (2024)” “Beeper.com is promising. It rolls a lot of the big messaging apps into one.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “10 Alternatives to your everyday aps” “Allows me to check only beeper for dms across services”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)” - Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Molly: An Improved Signal App”
Reduces mental load of tracking messages
“it really lowers the mental overhead of tracking messages for me”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Ten Years of Franz” “Allows me to check only beeper for dms across services”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)” Connects to Matrix and LinkedIn chats
“Beeper has LinkedIn integration, so you can chat with recruiters with any Matrix app without ever opening the website.”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs” “Beeper (my main Matrix provider, the one that preconfigures WhatsApp, Signal, SMS etc. bridges)”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “We Abandoned Matrix: The Dark Truth About User Security and Safety (2024)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Push notifications and sync unreliable
“Beeper is extremely inconsistent with push notifications and sometimes has messages missing in the chat.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026” “The sync is slightly jank but it works for what I want to achieve”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 in “A lightweight code editor with Vim mode, Git integration, and more” Risk of bans or lawsuits
“always two lawsuits away from me getting “An update on Beeper” email”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Using the internet like it's 1999” “banning beeper for implementing the iMessage protocol for android”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era” “the service won’t die randomly one day when Apple has had enough, à la Beeper”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage”
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37 of the 43 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I’ve been using Beeper to keep using Signal on my older iPhone”
“Beeper.com is promising. It rolls a lot of the big messaging apps into one.”
“the Beeper MCP server requires the Beeper desktop app running locally and cannot connect via cloud agents”
“banning beeper for implementing the iMessage protocol for android”
“bundle it with a Beeper client and subscription”
“I used Beeper for a while, and I had no issues with it”
“I'll give this one as much of a chance as BEEP.”
“it has MCP server so I can point my agent at it to search and research”
“Wow that is expensive. I stand corrected”
“it really lowers the mental overhead of tracking messages for me”
“Not necessarily true but buried in their FAQ section”
“Beeper is completely free, but the downside is it was acquired by Automattic”
“Apple were against Beeper because it opened their platform to people who weren’t Apple-sanctioned users.”
“the service won’t die randomly one day when Apple has had enough, à la Beeper”
“They're almost certainly not doing "Beeper Plus again."”
“the whole experience was so awful that i just deleted it and never went back”
“Using third party systems like beeper means breaching your key security to have them intermediate.”
“they use matrix which is an open federated protocol”
“always two lawsuits away from me getting “An update on Beeper” email”
“One thing I like is the possibility to turn off notifications on other apps - and then dms become/remain push (beeper)”
“Allows me to check only beeper for dms across services”
“This seems like a really cool solution!”
“Beeper is a good solution.”
“I'm a quite happy user of”
“Beeper has LinkedIn integration, so you can chat with recruiters with any Matrix app without ever opening the website.”
“Or use something like Beeper (works on Linux)”
“if you're just using meta platforms for the chat functionality”
“it finaly has got the "secure mode" with on-device accounts”
“Beeper is extremely inconsistent with push notifications and sometimes has messages missing in the chat.”
“You can still use Beeper[0] and similar.”
“Beeper gets it, but they're hamstrung.”
“Not perfect but definitely one fewer excuse to install Instagram.”
“Beeper (my main Matrix provider, the one that preconfigures WhatsApp, Signal, SMS etc. bridges)”
“Beeper does a great job at this.”
“I love beeper and have been using it for a very long time at this point, but I wouldn't go as far as calling it a good client.”
“I daily drive it on multiple protocols.”
“The sync is slightly jank but it works for what I want to achieve”
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