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Install automattic-texts with Homebrew Cask
DM Manager. Version 0.84.17,1306a54b77 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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DM Manager
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Commands and aliases
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history
Project history and usage
Texts is a proprietary unified messaging client founded by Kishan Bagaria and later acquired by Automattic. It presents conversations from numerous messaging services in a single desktop inbox while keeping message handling and service credentials on the user's device.
Project history
Kishan Bagaria founded Texts as a desktop client that combines multiple messaging services in one inbox. Automattic acquired the product in 2023. The Texts and Beeper efforts were subsequently combined, and the original Texts site now directs users toward the newer Beeper application.
Adoption history
Texts expanded the unified-inbox model across major messaging networks, including iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, Instagram, Slack, and Discord DMs. Automattic acquired Texts in 2023 and acquired Beeper in 2024, bringing the teams and technology together.
How it is used
Users connect their existing messaging-service accounts and manage direct messages from one inbox. Texts supports inbox-oriented workflows such as archiving conversations and provides productivity features including chat summaries.
The official privacy material says service credentials are stored locally using the operating system credential store, such as Apple Keychain on macOS; it does not document a user-managed credentials file.
Why package nerds care
Texts is notable to desktop-software collectors as a proprietary, cross-platform messaging aggregator distributed on macOS through a Homebrew cask. Its on-device integration model distinguishes it from unified messengers whose bridges run primarily in the cloud.
Timeline
- 2023: Automattic acquired Texts.
- 2024: Automattic acquired Beeper and combined the Texts and Beeper teams and technology.
- 2026: The Texts homepage presents Beeper as the next generation of the product.
Related projects
- Beeper is the successor-oriented related product produced by the combined Texts and Beeper organization.
- Homebrew Cask supplies the automattic-texts package-manager entry represented by this record.
Sources
- Official Texts FAQ: https://texts.com/faq
- Official Texts homepage: https://texts.com/
- Official Texts privacy policy: https://texts.com/privacy
- source_facts.package-manager.brew-cask: "automattic-texts"
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for automattic-texts. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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executables
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-10-23
manager version0.84.17,1306a54b77
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://texts.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:automattic-texts |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.84.17,1306a54b77 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/automattic-texts |
| Homepage | https://texts.com/ |
| Upstream docs | https://texts.com/ |
| Source archive | https://texts-binaries.texts.com/builds/Texts-macOS-arm64-v0.84.17-1306a54b77.zip |
| SHA-256 | e472e1af22b5b189a248328476c2ddd334801fe9eaa821df380ad8bb60f6b574 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | automattic-texts |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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