# yakyak/yakyak

Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts

Repository: https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yakyak
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: google-hangouts, yakyak, notifications, chat, client, cross-platform
Last push: 2025-09-30T16:44:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 43/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 44, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4110, "days_push": 337, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3753, forks 305 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:17.759225+00:00)

## What it is
YakYak is a cross-platform desktop chat client for Google Hangouts built with Electron and CoffeeScript. It provides native notifications, image sharing, conversation management, and presence indicators as an unofficial alternative to the web client.

## Use cases
- chat on google hangouts from my desktop without a browser
- get native desktop notifications for hangouts messages
- send images in hangouts via drag and drop
- use hangouts on linux
- manage hangouts conversations from a native app
- use google voice sms from desktop

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight native-feeling Hangouts client on macOS, Linux, or Windows
- you need native OS notifications, inline images, and typing indicators for Hangouts
- you want a client localized in many languages

## When to avoid
- you use Google Chat (the newer product) rather than classic Hangouts
- you need an officially supported client, since Google may flag the login as a suspicious iOS device
- you need voice/video calls in-app, as those open in Chrome

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chat-interface, gui, alerting
- domain: messaging-platforms, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: google-hangouts, electron, chat-client, unofficial-client, coffeescript, desktop, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- yakyak/yakyak (main) score 43

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.759225+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:28:58.103947+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yakyak/yakyak (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.759225+00:00, sha 7b0f5243fae5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.