The (Unofficial) Google Messages Desktop Application
Recently Google released a web application that allows text messages to be sent and received from your phone in tandem from their website. This project "nativefies" the website into a desktop application. Check out the releases page for downloads.
To build localy:
$ npm install nativefier -g
$ make localNavigate to dist/.
This wouldn't be possible without Jia's nativefier.