Alternatives to Adium for Mac with any license

Slack

Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It's real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Windows S BSD Electron / Atom Shell Software as a Service (SaaS)
Group chat Group collaboration Multi Channel Team Collaboration ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions App integration Channel manager Direct file uploading IFTTT integration Integrated File Sharing Live Push Notifications Support for @mentions Multiple channels Multiple teams Onboarding Out Of The Box Reactions Real time collaboration Team work Video calling Voice Call Add a feature

692 Like
Pidgin

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Support for Multiple protocols Support for Multiple protocols Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Supports XMPP ... Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple chat protocols Portable Video calling Voice Call Add a feature

1456 Like
Tox

Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely.
- No integration with external technologies - you can only chat with people who use Tox. Guest • Sep 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD
Decentralized Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused ... Built-in player Apps with End-to-End Encryption Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Decentralisation Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Video calling Voice Call Add a feature

405 Like
Riot.im

Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Voice Call Group chat ... Matrix.org protocol Video calling Clean design Community based Custom widgets Direct Messaging DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support Mobile friendly File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Web Integaration Add a feature

230 Like
HexChat

HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. HexChat was...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce MacPorts XQuartz
Portable Add a feature

185 Like
Trillian

Trillian is an instant messaging app that works on phones, tablets, and desktops while keeping your chats neatly synchronized between all of them! We think conversation...
- It uses a Trillian account, not Jabber, AIM, MSN, etc Guest • Jul 2016 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Blackberry iPad
Facebook integration Support for Multiple protocols POP3 Support Team Collaboration Add a feature

271 Like
ICQ

ICQ is one of the oldest instant messengers. First developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, sold to AOL, sold again and currenly owned by the Russian...

Free Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile ... Android iPhone Java Mobile S60 Blackberry Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Kindle Fire
Web-Based Add a feature

66 Like
Bitmessage

Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

40 Like
Gajim

The goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber client. Gajim works nicely with GNOME, but does not require it to run. It is released under the...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Xfce
Encrypted chat Group chat Multiple languages OTR ... Supports XMPP Tabbed interface Video calling Add a feature

53 Like
irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin
No features added Add a feature

74 Like
YakYak

What does it do: * Send/receive chat messages * Create/change conversations (rename, add people) * Leave/delete conversation * Notifications * ...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Hangouts
Portable Add a feature

19 Like
iMessage

Love iMessage on your iPhone? You'll love it on your Mac, too. Messages lets you send unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac, iOS device, or Apple Watch. Your...

Free Mac iPhone iPad Apple Watch
Encrypted chat Group Messaging Add a feature

43 Like
WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms (including Linux, BSD and Mac OS). WeeChat is: - modular: a lightweight core with...

Free Open Source Mac Linux Android BSD Xfce
Command line interface Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Modular System Support for Multiple protocols Add a feature

30 Like
Psi

Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open XMPP network. Localized versions of Psi are available in...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Supports XMPP Add a feature

77 Like
Quassel IRC

Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt4 framework. Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
QT Based Standalone Add a feature

42 Like