Show HN: Gmessages-TUI, Google Messages (RCS and SMS) in the Terminal
As a big TUI fan I've been complaining for a long time about not being able to read my Google Messages in a terminal. I wrote a client. It pairs with the Android phone, Google connection then emoji, the phone must remain on. The client manages SMS and RCS and groups, images (if you have a kitty compatible terminal), reactions, archives, spam, trash, searches, notifications... Google Messages having no public interface, I wrote a specification https://github.com/louisrubet/gmessages-tui/tree/main
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2026-11-10 19:15:20.659Z
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Repository: louisrubet/gmessages-tui. Source account: As a big TUI fan I've been complaining for a long time about not being able to read my Google Messages in a terminal. I wrote a client. It pairs with the Android phone, Google connection then emoji, the phone must remain on. The client manages SMS and RCS and groups, images (if you have a kitty compatible terminal), reactions, archives, spam, trash, searches, notifications... Google Messages having no public interface, I wrote a specification https://github.com/louisrubet/gmessages-tui/tree/main
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