Installing the desktop app
Talkfront for Mac and Windows, and what it gives you that a browser tab does not.
The desktop app is the same inbox as the web app, plus the things a browser tab cannot do. It is free on every plan, including the free one.
Getting it
The apps page has the downloads. It offers the right one for the machine you are on, and lists all of them underneath for when you are sending it to a colleague:
- macOS, Apple Silicon and Intel builds
- Windows, 64-bit installer
Mac builds are signed and notarised, so there is no Gatekeeper warning to click through.
Why bother, when the web app works
It can reach you when it is closed. A browser tab you shut an hour ago cannot tell you a chat has arrived. This is the whole reason the app exists.
Notifications that survive. A real notification and a count on the dock or taskbar, rather than a title that changes on a tab you cannot see.
It stays out of the way. A menu bar or tray presence showing who is online and how many chats are waiting.
Everything else is identical. Read state, assignment and drafts follow you between devices, because it is one account and one inbox.
Signing in
Your usual email and password, or scan a code if you already have the panel open somewhere.
Keeping it current
It updates itself. See keeping the desktop app up to date.
If a browser is all you have
The web app is not a stopgap. It works properly on a phone browser, browser notifications and a sound cover most of what the desktop app gives you, and you can add it to your home screen so it opens without browser chrome.
The one thing it cannot do is reach you once it is closed.
Last updated 22 September 2026.