Adium Alternatives
Adium is described as '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' and is a very popular Instant Messenger in the Social & Communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Adium for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is Element, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adium are Tox (Free, Open Source), Pidgin (Free, Open Source), HexChat (Free, Open Source) and Facebook Messenger (Free).
- Kadu is an open source Jabber/XMPP and Gadu-Gadu instant messenger client for Linux, *BSD, Mac and Windows.
Discontinued
Website is down. Latest commit 1ac3dfa on May 17, 2017. See https://github.com/vogel/kadu
- Palringo is the lightweight Instant Messaging client for desktop computers. Express yourself in chat with emoticons and smileys to show your friends how you’re feeling. Send voice messages at the click of a button so your friends can hear your voice.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
- Java Mobile
- Symbian S60
- Blackberry
- qutIM - free open-source multiprotocol ( ICQ, Jabber/GTalk/Ya.Online/LiveJournal.com, Mail.Ru, IRC ) instant messenger for Windows, Linux, MacOS X, OS/2, Symbian, Maemo/MeeGo, Solaris and *BSD.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Symbian S60
- BSD
- Haiku
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Coccinella is a free and open-source cross-platform instant messaging client with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Discontinued
The last version 0.96.20 is from late 2010, but the software can still be downloaded from their website.
- Chatzy is a free private chat service which you can use to communicate with people you already know or people who visits your blog or website. With Chatzy you can create a chatroom and send out email invitations very quickly and easily. No registration is required.No screenshots yet
- 4talk IM service is a complete IM service for communicating with your phone contacts using your PC in the office or at home. You can transfer files and messages and access your correspondence from your mobile devices.
- R&Q is a little instant messaging client for the ICQ protocol, fork of Rejetto's &RQ. It is simple, fast, takes a little more than 1 MB disk space and doesn't need setup.No screenshots yet
- FBMessenger is a stand-alone Facebook Messenger app for Linux, very similar to the official Messenger for Windows. It was created by Jack O'Connor, a Facebook Developer.
- Gyach is a GTK+ based Yahoo! Chat client.
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, v0.9.8, released in July 2004, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Sim-IM, Simple Instant Messenger, is a multiple protocol instant messenger for MS Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD. Sim-IM supports Jabber/XMPP, Google Talk, ICQ and AIM (Oscar), Yahoo! Messenger and Microsoft Messenger (MSN)
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last versions for Windows and Linux date back to 2008, but they can be still downloaded from the official website.