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Franz

by Stefan Malzner

PopularmacOSelectronv6.4.1
macOSWindows
Available onHomebrewDirect DownloadGitHub
Runtime
electron
Electron v42.4.1
Size
1532 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
635
33 categories
Last Updated
Jul 1, 2026
Security
Excellent
Signed, notarized, hardened

Franz is an Electron app (v42.4.1) that uses 635 detected dependencies across 33 categories including Runtime, Machine Learning, Date & Time. It is code-signed and notarized. 1532 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last updated July 1, 2026. Last verified July 2026.

What is Franz built with?

635 detected dependencies across 33 categories.

Runtime

1
Electron

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Machine Learning

8
aiOpenAIAI SDK (Vercel)ONNX RuntimeAnthropic SDKTransformers.jsCore MLGGML

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Date & Time

2
mspretty-ms

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Parser

17
qsininomacornplist (Rust)regex (Rust)memchrcheeriojsonfilecssparserjsonrepairchrono-nodeaho-corasickyargs-parserhtml-to-imagexmldomstrip-json-comments

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Networking

14
WebSocket (ws)honosocksqrcodeundiciuri-jsform-datanode-fetchsimple-gittough-cookienormalize-urlabort-controllerhttp-proxy-agenthttps-proxy-agent

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Validation

2
AjvZod

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File System

9
cfbwhichignoretar-fsbindingsfs-extraenv-pathsminimatchfilenamify

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Build Tool

3
nanCMakeprebuild-install

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Compression

3
tar (Rust)zlibadm-zip

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CSS Framework

2
classnamesTailwind CSS

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Encoding

8
longmimepunycodebase64-jsiconv-litebase64-simdemoji-regexpretty-bytes

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Platform Binding

6
napinode-abiplatformdmg-licensenode-addon-apinapi-rs

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Logging

2
Pinodebug

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I/O

7
pumpbytesbuffersplit2end-of-streameventemitter3readable-stream

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Utility

12
uuidLodashnanoidsemverieee754inheritsurl-joinonce_cellpdf-parsesafe-bufferfast-deep-equallibarchive

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CLI

5
chalkyargsminimistCommander.jsstrip-ansi

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Database

3
LowDBSQLitePrisma

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Async Runtime

5
pngjsTokiop-limitcross-spawnproper-lockfile

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Media

4
SharpPDF.jsFFmpegSDL2

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Rich Text Editor

3
markedTiptapProseMirror

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Serialization

4
js-yamlProtocol BuffersFlatBuffersserialize-error

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Data Structure

4
smallveclru-cachetype-festgraceful-fs

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UI Framework

3
tabbableRadix UIFluent UI

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Security

1
DOMPurify

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Cloud

1
Google APIs

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Communication

1
Nodemailer

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Error Tracking

1
Sentry

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Web Server

1
Fastify

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Auto Update

1
electron-updater

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Observability

2
OpenTelemetryshimmer

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Auth

1
Google Sign-In

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Testing

1
web-streams-polyfill

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Other

399
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Analyzed binary

SHA-256 of the exact binary Franz was analyzed from.

SHA-256
7bafed155d8d0ac76619eb87b45281961bc3508086ba360b78288ea2c26bde15

Security and privacy

Code signing, notarization, and entitlement analysis for Franz.

Code Signing

Excellent
Signed
Notarized
Hardened Runtime

Developer ID Application: Stefan Malzner (TAC9P63ANZ)

Entitlements8

com.apple.security.automation.apple-events
com.apple.security.cs.allow-dyld-environment-variables
com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit
com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory
com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation
com.apple.security.device.audio-input
com.apple.security.device.camera
com.apple.security.personal-information.calendars

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How popular is Franz?

Popularity ranking based on install counts, store ratings, and community signals.

Popularity Tier
Ranked across all macOS apps
Popular

Popularity Score

58
58
Adoption
58
Mindshare
0
Store Rank

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When was Franz last updated?

19 tracked releases since April 2019.

Latest: v6.4.1
July 1, 2026
v6.4.1
Jul 1, 2026
v6.4.0
Jun 30, 2026
v6.3.1
Jun 24, 2026
v5.11.0
Apr 10, 2025
v5.10.0
Sep 3, 2023
v5.9.2 (#122244)
Apr 20, 2022
v5.9.1 (#121560)
Apr 5, 2022
v5.8.0 (#119434)
Feb 19, 2022
v5.7.0 (#108439)
Jul 14, 2021
v5.6.1 (#92913)
Nov 17, 2020
v5.6.0 (#92796)
Nov 16, 2020
v5.5.0 (#81652)
Apr 30, 2020
v5.4.1 (#71815)
Nov 1, 2019
v5.4.0 (#71344)
Oct 23, 2019
v5.3.3 (#69244)
Sep 17, 2019
v5.3.2 (#69060)
Sep 13, 2019
v5.3.1 (#68767)
Sep 8, 2019
v5.2.0 (#66514)
Jul 20, 2019
v5.1.0 (#62417)
Apr 25, 2019

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Last verified July 1, 2026

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