🌺 Frolic!

A modern client for F-list's F-Chat

💾 Downloads

The latest release is 0.7.0. Downloads are found on the Releases page. See each releases’ new features on its release page, or view the full Changelog to see all improvements.

While Frolic doesn’t mess with your logs, it’s always wise to backup important files before installing or upgrading software. Your logs from the vanilla F-Chat desktop client and from F-Chat Rising are located at %appdata%\fchat\data on Windows and in ~/.config/fchat/data on Linux. Frolic continues to use this location so you can continue your conversations right where you left off.

🌺 Come Frolic!

Frolic is an extended version of the now-defunct F-Chat Rising which itself was an extended version of the original F-Chat 3.0 client. Frolic’s primary goal is to fine-tune the existing feature set of F-Chat Rising while keeping up with bug fixes and tidying up minor annoyances.

You’ll connect with the same F-List, same players, and same channels you’re already used to, but with advanced features and quality of life improvements.

In depth documentation about Frolic can be found on the Frolic wiki.

For help installing, refer to the original installation instructions.

Key differences from the original F-Chat client

  1. Profile matching automatically compares your profile with others to determine with whom you are compatible.
  2. Automatic ad posting repeatedly posts and rotates ads on selected channels.
  3. Link previews popup shows a preview of an image / video when you hover your mouse over a link.
  4. Caching speeds up profile loads and other actions.
  5. Smart filters let you choose what kind of ads and posts you see in the chat.

To learn more about Frolic, here are some pages you might want to visit:

If you’re interested in working with Frolic’s code

Development details and the Project Goals/Code of Conduct are what you should read.