Read everything
iMessage, SMS, RCS, tapbacks, replies, edits, attachments, groups, and unread state in one native view.
free · open source · native · local-first · macos
Your Messages,
native.
A fast, flat iMessage, SMS & RCS client. Your real conversations, without the clutter — free, open source, and entirely on your Mac.
- Free
- Open source · MIT
- No relay, no cloud, no account
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your inbox at working speed
A conversation, not a control room.
Triage the thread, find the thing, write the reply. Your messages stay local and close to the keyboard.
install standalone with homebrew
$ brew install --cask nebelhaus/tap/trill Just trill
The whole rice This adds only Trill.app to your Mac. It does not install Nix, change Messages, or configure the rest of nebelhaus.
Trill is enabled by default in nebelhaus, so the full rice already brings it along.
Meet nebelhaus →messages, shaped for triage
Everything Messages forgot.
Search, organize, compose, and export from a fast native client that stays close to the keyboard.
Search like you mean it
Find any message with filters for person, group, link, image, date, or unread state.
Every shared thing
Browse every image, link, file, and saved message across all conversations, then jump to its source.
Know who needs a reply
Filter to conversations they last answered, then snooze, archive, pin, tag, or file them locally.
Write without friction
Persistent drafts, snippets, slash commands, contact autocomplete, attachments, and five-second undo send.
Your history is yours
Export one thread or the whole corpus as Markdown, text, or HTML — clean and ready to use elsewhere.
drag, swipe, or use the arrows
It reads everything. It changes nothing.
Every chat.db connection is read-only. Sending goes through Messages.app, organization stays in Trill's own local database, and there is no relay or cloud service.