--- title: "mssgs adds a search that keeps the conversation around the result - Press - mssgs" description: "mssgs has rebuilt search on the desktop. A result carries the conversation around it inside the search itself. Results are grouped per channel across a whole community, and can be filtered by author and by date." canonical: https://mss.gs/en/press/search-in-context language: en --- # mssgs adds a search that keeps the conversation around the result A search result now carries the exchange it came from, inside the search itself, so looking something up no longer moves a member out of the channel they were reading. Results cover a whole community and can be narrowed by channel, by author and by date. **Brummen, the Netherlands**, 18 August 2026 **mssgs**, the independent Dutch group chat application, has rebuilt search in its desktop application. A result now carries the conversation around it, shown inside the search rather than by jumping to the channel, so looking something up no longer makes a member lose their place in what they were reading. The first part shipped on 10 August 2026 with version 14.0.34, and the surrounding conversation and per-channel grouping followed on 18 August 2026 with version 14.0.37. Both are available for macOS, Windows and Linux. ## A result that explains itself A single matching line is often not enough to tell whether it is the line that was wanted. Each result therefore shows the messages around it, with the author and time of each, without the application navigating anywhere. Visiting the channel remains available through an explicit button on the result. Going there is a decision the member makes rather than something that happens to them as a side effect of searching. ## The whole community, then narrowed Search covers an entire community by default. A panel lists the channels that contain matches and how many each holds, so a query can be narrowed to one channel once it is clear where the answer lives, and results are grouped per channel rather than presented as one flat list. A search bar also opens directly beneath the channel header for searching the conversation in view. Matches are highlighted in place and arrow keys move between them, and several searches can run alongside one another, each with its own count, while the arrows walk the combined set in chronological order. ## Filters for the two things people actually remember Results can be narrowed by who wrote them, with a count for each person and a removable chip for every name selected, and by date, either a single day or a period chosen from a calendar sheet on which either end can be corrected without starting the query again. These are the two details a member is most likely to recall about a message they cannot find: roughly who said it, and roughly when. > Search in a chat application usually works by taking you somewhere else, and then you have lost the conversation you were in and often the reason you searched. Bringing the surrounding messages to the result instead, and making the jump a button rather than a consequence, was the whole point of the rewrite. René van Sweeden, founder of mssgs ## Availability Search is included in mssgs at no cost, in the desktop application for macOS, Windows and Linux. The full release notes are published at [mss.gs/en/releases](https://mss.gs/en/releases). mssgs is free to use, carries no advertising, and hosts all data in the European Union. Downloads for every platform are available at [mss.gs/en/downloads](https://mss.gs/en/downloads). Feature Search, in the desktop application Available Desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux) from v14.0.34, 10 August 2026; extended in v14.0.37, 18 August 2026 Scope A whole community by default, narrowable to a single channel Context The surrounding conversation is shown inside the result Filters By author, with a count per person, and by a single day or a period Price Included in mssgs at no cost mssgs is a group chat app for friends, communities and teams: channels, direct messages, voice and video calls, built-in games, bots and AI integrations over MCP. It is free to use and available on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux and the web. mssgs is built by RUAL (Deverence Group B.V.) in Brummen, a Dutch software company that has been making business software and no-code platforms since 2009. All data is hosted in the EU, there are no ads, and nothing is sold on. mssgs is entirely self-funded. Sami Bouchagratan Press & communications, mssgs (RUAL) [sami@mss.gs](mailto:sami@mss.gs) Deverence Group B.V. (RUAL), Brummen, the Netherlands [Press kit](https://mss.gs/en/press#press-kit) [Back to the press room](https://mss.gs/en/press) ## Sami Bouchagratan Press & communications, mssgs (RUAL) Brummen, the Netherlands For questions, interview requests or additional imagery, we normally reply within one working day.