beeperbox

Overview

beeperbox is an open-source wrapper around Beeper Desktop that gives an AI agent one MCP endpoint for the chat networks connected to a Beeper account, such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Discord and Slack. It runs as a Docker container with a headless Beeper Desktop (Linux amd64 and arm64) or as a lite npx beeperbox server pointed at a Beeper Desktop you already run. The code is Apache-2.0 at github.com/hamr0/beeperbox, and the latest release is v0.9.2 from 30 September 2026. It is an independent project with no affiliation with Beeper.

Key features

• 12 MCP tools over HTTP or stdio: inbox, unread chats, read, search, send, react, archive, note to self, polling and attachment download
• One normalized chat and message schema across networks
• Restart-safe polling cursor, plus an echo guard so an agent skips its own sends
• Raw Beeper Desktop HTTP API passed through for edits, deletes and uploads
• Read-only tokens for monitoring agents
• One container per Beeper account, with several containers on one server

Pricing

The software is free. You need a Beeper account and a host to run it; the README lists about 1 GB of disk and 600 MB of RAM per container.

How it compares to Linq

Linq sells managed iMessage, RCS and SMS lines with webhooks, from $260 a month on Pro, with a free Hobby tier for up to 20 contacts. beeperbox provides no phone numbers or lines: it acts through your own Beeper login, so reach depends on the networks you connect. Beeper connects iMessage only on a Mac, so the Linux container cannot reach iMessage. beeperbox has no webhooks; agents poll for new messages. It does cover Telegram, Slack and Discord, which Linq does not offer.

Best for

Developers building a personal or single-account assistant that reads and replies across many chat apps from one MCP server, and who are comfortable running Beeper themselves.

Sources

• github.com/hamr0/beeperbox
• github.com/hamr0/beeperbox/blob/master/beeperbox.context.md
• github.com/hamr0/beeperbox/blob/master/docs/GUIDE.md
• github.com/hamr0/beeperbox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• github.com/hamr0/beeperbox/blob/master/LICENSE
• npmjs.com/package/beeperbox
• help.beeper.com/en_US/chat-networks/new-imessage-on-macos-getting-started-guide
• developers.beeper.com/desktop-api