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Plurk on your desktop, inside Franz
Run Plurk as a focused desktop tab on Mac, Windows, and Linux, signed in and pinned next to your other services, in Franz.
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Plurk has a devoted following, especially across Taiwan and parts of Southeast Asia, where its timeline of short updates and responses is a daily habit for a tight-knit community. If you are one of the people who keeps up with friends on Plurk, it is a site you return to throughout the day, which on a computer usually means a browser tab that keeps slipping behind everything else. Franz runs Plurk as its own desktop service tab, signed in and pinned, so the community you check in on lives in your sidebar instead of getting lost in a browser.
Plurk as a pinned desktop service
Franz loads the full plurk.com web experience as a dedicated tab, so your timeline, friends, and responses are exactly as you know them, wrapped as a focused app you can pin and leave open. You stay signed in, so there is no logging back in each time you want to catch up, and switching to Plurk is a keyboard shortcut rather than a search through open tabs. Giving Plurk its own service with its own unread badge means a new response or message is visible at a glance, and because it sits in your sidebar it stops fighting your work tabs for room. For a community you follow closely, that turns a browser page you keep losing into a steady part of your desktop.
Plurk alongside the rest of your day
People rarely keep only one thing open. Running Plurk as a Franz tab next to your messengers, email, and chat means your whole social and communication surface lives in one window, with Plurk one click away instead of buried behind a dozen pages. When something on Plurk connects to a conversation elsewhere, you can move between them without breaking your flow or losing your place in the timeline. Plurk stays present and reachable while staying in its own lane, which is just what you want from a service you dip into all day.
Plurk on macOS, Windows, and Linux
Franz is a native desktop app for all three platforms, and your Plurk tab behaves the same on each: the same web app, the same login, a real dock or taskbar presence, and quick switching to your other services. Whether you are on a Mac, a Windows PC, or a Linux machine, the Plurk setup you build once travels with you instead of being rebuilt per device. You can start for free and keep Plurk alongside the other services your day runs through.
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Frequently asked questions
Which platforms does Plurk work on in Franz?
Franz runs Plurk as a native desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with the same notifications, badges, and fast switching on every operating system.
Can I use multiple Plurk accounts at once?
Yes. Franz lets you add Plurk as many times as you need, one tab per account, all signed in at once. Each tab keeps its own session and unread badge, so you never sign out of one to check another.
Is Plurk in Franz free?
Franz is free to use with Plurk and every other service. A free account covers the essentials and takes minutes to set up; paid plans add extra features, but running Plurk in Franz costs nothing to start.