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  Skype

  Free* by Skype Limited |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

  +3 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS

  Not an alternative?

  Skype is a proprietary software application that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls and low-cost local, national and international calls to both traditional land-line telephones and mobile phones. Additional...

    Social   portable Not original portable version: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable, chat, voip, instant-messenger, video-chat

  +4 more screen-sharing, video-conferencing, video-calls, group-video-chat

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  Pidgin

  Open Source by Pidgin |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in support for NSS, offering client-to-server...

    Social   portable PortableApps.com distributes a portable version., chat, instant-messenger, messenger, irc

  +10 more jabber, msn, yahoo, chat-client, xmpp, icq, aim, google-talk, multi-protocol, gadu-gadu

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  Thunderbird

  Open Source by Mozilla |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail, news and instant messaging client. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox. Advantages compared with the most popular web e-mail...

    Office & Productivity, Social   portable An unofficial portable version is available from PortableApps.com, instant-messaging, imap, tabbed-interface

  +4 more email-client, chat-client, extendable, smime

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  Google Talk

  Free by Google |

  Windows, Android, Online, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  Google Talk (GTalk) is a free Windows and web-based application for instant messaging and voice over internet protocol (VOIP). It lets you send instant messages, do automatic file transfers, check friends' status updates, make PC-to-PC...

    Social   chat, instant-messenger, messenger, google-talk

  +3 more voice-chat, gmail-integration, text-chat

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  Google voice and video chat

  Free by Google |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  With this plugin by Google, you can now use voice and video capabilities in your Gmail, iGoogle and orkut chat. It lets you have an actual conversation with someone, or even chat face to face over video.

    Social   plugin / add-on Browser plugin to use voice and video capabilities in your Gmail, iGoogle and Orkut chat., chat, voip, video-chat, gtalk

  +1 more google-chat

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  WhatsApp

  Commercial by WhatsApp Inc. |

  iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

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  WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and is currently...

    Social   chat, messenger, smartphone-messaging

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  Digsby

  Free by dotSyntax |

  Windows

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  Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Its also a social networking tool that alerts...

    Social   twitter, chat, facebook, instant-messenger

  +3 more social-application, chat-client, myspace

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  Trillian

  Free* by Cerulean Studios |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Online, Blackberry

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  Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, and the Web, created by Cerulean Studios. It can connect to multiple IM services, such...

    Office & Productivity, Social   twitter, chat, instant-messenger, messenger, irc

  +21 more gmail, facebook-integration, imap, video-chat, pop3, chat-client, icq, xmpp, aim, myspace, video-call, yahoo-messenger, facebook-chat, hotmail, multiprotocol, bonjour, facebook-client, yahoo-mail, skype-client, live-messenger, novell

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  Empathy

  Open Source by The GNOME Project |

  Linux

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  Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting...

    Social   chat, instant-messenger, jabber, sip, xmpp, icq, aim

  +1 more google-talk

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  Imo

  Free by imo.im |

  iPhone, iPad, Android + Tablet, Online, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  Imo instant messenger is a web-based service with video and voice chat functionality. imo's web messenger and mobile messenger apps let you IM your friends with AIM, Facebook, Google Talk, Jabber, ICQ,...

    Social   iphone retina, plugin / add-on Also as Chrome extension., chat, web-based, instant-messenger

  +11 more instant-messaging, messenger, video-chat, msn, skype, chat-client, icq, steam, gtalk, msn-messenger, audio-chat

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  Google Voice

  Free by Google |

  iPhone, Android, Online, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  Google Voice gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail organized in an email format, free US long distance calls, low rates on international calls, and many free calling features, including...

    telephone, telephony, voicemail, video-call

  +2 more voice-communication, calling

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  Google+ Hangouts

  Free by Google |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

  Not an alternative?

  "Hangouts" are places used to facilitate group video chat (with a maximum of 10 people participating in a single Hangout at any point in time). US and Canada only currently (last verified...

    Social   video-chat, video-conferencing, group-video-chat

  +1 more teleconference

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  Nimbuzz

  Free* by Nimbuzz |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Online

  +4 more Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  Nimbuzz offers limited-availablility-free-calls- and limited-availablility-free-text messaging for users via 3G and WiFi. Calls to other nimbuzz users are free. PAY to call mobile or landline phones for as...

    Social   plugin / add-on Also as Chrome extension., voip, instant-messenger

  +3 more instant-messaging, cell-phone, paid-voip

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  Jitsi

  Open Source |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, Windows Live, Yahoo! and many other useful features. Jitsi is...

    OS & Utilities, Social   voip, instant-messenger, instant-messaging, jabber

  +5 more sip, desktop-sharing, video-calls, softphone, voip-chat

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  Yahoo Messenger

  Free by Yahoo! |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Online, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  Yahoo messenger is an instant messaging software developed by Yahoo! inc. for real-time communication of its users. provides text chat, file transfer up to 2GB. conversations with audio and video, games. It...

    Social   chat, instant-messenger, instant-messaging

  +2 more messenger, yahoo

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  Psi

  Open Source |

  Mac, Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open Jabber IM network (also known as XMPP). Localized versions of Psi are available in almost twenty...

    Social   chat, instant-messenger, instant-messaging, jabber

  +2 more xmpp, google-talk

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  Ekiga

  Open Source by Damien Sandras |

  Windows, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME. Ekiga uses both the H.323 and SIP protocols. It supports many audio and video codecs, and is...

    Social   voip, instant-messenger, sip, video-conferencing

  +2 more telephone, video-calls

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  eBuddy

  Free by Paulo Taylor |

  iPhone, Android, Online, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60

  Not an alternative?

  eBuddy is a web and mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging services. Features include chat on Windows Live Messenger (also known as MSN), Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ,...

    Social   chat, facebook, instant-messenger, messenger, aim

  +3 more gtalk, aol, web-messenger

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  Fring

  Free by fringland |

  iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian S60

  Not an alternative?

  Fring is a VoIP (voice over internet) app that allows you to make 2-way video calls, voice calls and live chat for free, from your phone or iPod. It offers video calls to other Fring users on any advanced...

    Social   chat, voip, msn, skype, sip, aim, video-calls

  +3 more text-messaging, sip-phone, voip-tunnelling

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  IM+

  Free* by SHAPE Services |

  iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Android, Online

  +5 more Windows Mobile, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  Chat everywhere! IM+ is the most widely used mobile IM app! Connect all-in-one to MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace, Skype, and Twitter on ALL popular mobile platforms. The...

    Social   twitter, facebook, instant-messenger, jabber, msn

  +10 more skype, yahoo, chat-client, icq, aim, google-talk, myspace, aol, windows-live, ichat

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  Apr 2013 Added Pling as an alternative to shMessenger

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• mikedownesmedia

  Mar 2013 Added Zoom Unified Meeting Experience as an alternative to shMessenger

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• Venom88

  Jan 2013 Removed Thunderbird as an alternative to shMessenger

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• mbnoimi

  Jan 2013 Added Thunderbird as an alternative to shMessenger

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• OmgItsTheSmartGuy

  Jan 2013 Added iTim as an alternative to shMessenger

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  Nov 2012 Added passmess as an alternative to shMessenger

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• Zunami

  Oct 2012 Added Silent Phone as an alternative to shMessenger

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• venerable13

  Oct 2012 Added Spotbros as an alternative to shMessenger

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• serializer

  Oct 2012 Added XendApp as an alternative to shMessenger

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• Zunami

  Oct 2012 Added RedPhone as an alternative to shMessenger

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• Thelle

  Jun 2012 Added VPHO as an alternative to shMessenger

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