Skype Alternatives and Similar Apps

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Google voice and video chat

Free by Google |
Mac, Windows, Linux

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, google-talk
+1 more google-chat
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WhatsApp

Commercial by WhatsApp Inc. |
iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

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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Mumble

Open Source |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Linux

Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.

Games, Social game, voip, communication, online-gaming, voip-chat
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Imo

Free by imo.im |
iPhone, iPad, Android + Tablet, Online, Blackberry

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
+10 more instant-messaging, messenger, video-chat, msn, chat-client, icq, google-talk, steam, msn-messenger, audio-chat
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Google+ Hangouts

Free by Google |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

"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

Freemium by Nimbuzz |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Online
+4 more Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

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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Viber

Free by Viber Media Inc. |
Mac, iPhone, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Blackberry

Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed. You can call or text any Viber user, anywhere in the world, for...

Social voip, video-chat, text-messaging, group-chat
+7 more free-calls, send-free-sms, group-video-chat, phone-calls, voice-call, hd-graphics, free-phone-calls
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This application has been reported as not being an alternative to Skype.
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Jitsi

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

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 desktop-sharing, sip, video-calls, softphone, voip-chat
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join.me

Freemium by LogMeIn, Inc. |
Mac, iPhone, Windows, Android

Join.me is a quick, no-registration-required (for the free features) remote controlling / screen & file sharing program from the makers of LogMeIn. All you need to start sharing is start the app...

File Sharing, Network & Admin, Office & Productivity portable Not a "portable app" per se, but installation is optional; it can be run from the webpage each time, without installing, unless you want it to., file-sharing, remote-access, meeting
+2 more screen-sharing, online-meeting
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Ekiga

Open Source by Damien Sandras |
Windows, Linux

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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Fring

Free by fringland |
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian S60

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, skype, msn, sip, aim, text-messaging
+3 more video-calls, sip-phone, voip-tunnelling
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Ventrilo

Free by Flagship Industries, Inc. |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Ventrilo 3.0.0 is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure themselves as they attempt to imitate its...

Social chat, voip, communication, team, wav, group
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Linphone

Open Source by Belledonne Communications |
Mac, iPhone, Windows, Android, Linux, Blackberry

Linphone is an internet phone or Voice Over IP phone (VoIP). With linphone you can communicate freely with people over the internet, with voice, video, and text instant messaging. Linphone makes use of the SIP...

Social voip, sip, softphone
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Voxeet

Free by Voxeet |
iPhone, Windows, Android

Free HD conference calls up to 8 participants. High definition voice, 3D immersive sound. Voxeet has created a new generation sound technology that makes audio conferencing for distributed groups as...

Business & Commerce, Office & Productivity, Social project-management, collaboration, voip
+9 more web-conferencing, meetings, online-meeting, telephone, telephony, phone-calls, conference-call, calls, voip-call
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WTW

Free by kaworu |
Windows

[Polish only] Comfortable and minimalistic multi-messenger. Allows you to communicate via XMPP, tlen and gadu-gadu protocol. Features avatars on every protocol. Develops in very quick way. Doesn't...

Social portable Option during installation process, instant-messenger, lightweight, xmpp
+3 more multi-protocol, emoticons, gadu-gadu
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FaceTime

Free by Apple Inc. |
Mac, iPhone, iPad

FaceTime is a video calling software feature developed by Apple for the iPod Touch 4, iPhone 4, and Mac OSX. FaceTime makes it possible to talk, smile, wave, and laugh with anyone on an iPhone 4, iPod touch...

Social voip, video-call, iphone-4, facetime, face-time
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Psi+

Open Source by http://psi-plus.com/ |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Psi+ is a development branch of Psi IM XMPP/Jabber client. Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP/Jabber client (Qt, C++) designed for the Jabber power users.

Social plugin / add-on http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr, chat, instant-messenger
+10 more instant-messaging, messenger, jabber, xmpp, chat-client, video-call, multi-protocol, jabber-client, otr, off-the-record
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LINE

Freemium |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Online
+1 more Windows Mobile

LINE - Free SMS, Free Voice call messenger application

Social messenger, communication, messaging, voice-chat
+2 more video-call, voice-call
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Path

Free |
iPhone, iPad, Android + Tablet, Online

Path is a personal social network designed to help you be closer with family and friends. Now with Path 3, we’ve added private messaging and stickers so you can chat instantly with the ones you love. By...

Social social-network, messaging, social-photo-sharing