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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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  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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  Adium

  Open Source by Adium Team |

  Mac

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  Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. Based on the libpurple protocol...

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

  +3 more google-talk, aol, yahoo-messenger

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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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  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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  Mumble

  Open Source |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Linux

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

    Games, Social   games, voip, communication, online-gaming, voip-chat

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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+ 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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  Viber

  Free by Viber Media Inc. |

  Mac, iPhone, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Blackberry

  Not an alternative?

  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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  Hall

  Free* by Hall |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Online

  Not an alternative?

  Instant messaging & Group Chat built for business. Features include: - Private Group Chat - Instant Messaging (one-on-one) - Persistent Searchable Chat History for Room & IM - Video Chat in HD...

    File Sharing, Office & Productivity, Social   iphone retina, file-sharing, collaboration, chat

  +17 more notes, social-network, note-taking, instant-messenger, instant-messaging, communication, collaborative, video-chat, screen-sharing, groupware, enterprise, video-conferencing, group-chat, social-collaboration, conference, group-collaboration, group-video-chat

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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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  Kopete

  Open Source by kde.org |

  Mac, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  Kopete is an instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more. It is designed to be a flexible and extensible multi-protocol system suitable for...

    Social   chat, instant-messenger, msn, icq, aim, google-talk

  +2 more aol, yahoo-messenger

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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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  TeamSpeak

  Free by TeamSpeak Systems |

  Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Linux

  Not an alternative?

  TeamSpeak is a proprietary Voice over IP software that allows users to speak on a chat channel with other users, much like a telephone conference call. A TeamSpeak user will often wear a headset with an...

    Social   chat, voip, communication, voice-chat, gamers

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  join.me

  Free* by LogMeIn, Inc. |

  Mac, iPhone, Windows, Android

  Not an alternative?

  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, screen-sharing

  +2 more meeting, online-meeting

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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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  3 days ago Added Whistle Phone as an alternative to VPHO

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  May 2013 Added OctroTalk as an alternative to VPHO

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  Apr 2013 Added Pling as an alternative to VPHO

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

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• OmgItsTheSmartGuy

  Jan 2013 Added iTim as an alternative to VPHO

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• WETO

  Jan 2013 Added QQ as an alternative to VPHO

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• 4hours

  Jan 2013 Suggestion to add ChatSecure as an alternative to VPHO was denied

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• Thelle

  Nov 2012 Added Sidecar as an alternative to VPHO

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• Thelle

  Nov 2012 Added Sidecar as an alternative to VPHO

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  Nov 2012 Liked VPHO

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• Zunami

  Oct 2012 Added Silent Phone as an alternative to VPHO

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