1404 Like Pidgin Good alternative? YES NO 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 Multiple protocols Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple protocols Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple protocols support ... Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
248 Like Jitsi Good alternative? YES NO Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full end-to-end encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android BSD End-to-end encryption Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Multiple protocols Multiple Account support OTR ... Video calling Add a feature
268 Like Trillian Good alternative? YES NO 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... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Blackberry iPad Facebook integration Multiple protocols POP3 Support Team collaboration Add a feature
72 Like Franz Good alternative? YES NO Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp... Free Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Gitter integration Gmail integration Lightweight wrapper Multiple Account support Slack integration ... Unified messaging Add a feature
328 Like Adium Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Customizable Multiple languages Multiple protocols OTR Tabbed interface Support for Themes Add a feature
153 Like Empathy Good alternative? YES NO Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those... Free Open Source Linux BSD Built-in File transfer Multiple protocols Video calling Add a feature
221 Like Miranda IM Good alternative? YES NO Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Designed from the ground-up to be resource efficient while still... Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Multiple protocols Add a feature
40 Like Miranda NG Good alternative? YES NO Miranda New Generation is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows - Miranda IM . Very light on system resources and extremely fast. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple languages Add a feature
219 Like Digsby Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Windows Multiple protocols Add a feature Discontinued The application is not developed actively anymore. The source code has been made open for the community to take over but that didn't make any impact: https://github.com/ifwe/digsby | https://web.archive.org/web/20121205002331/http://blog.digsby.com/archives/1969/
75 Like Psi Good alternative? YES NO 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 No features added Add a feature
48 Like Gajim Good alternative? YES NO 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 Tabbed interface Video calling Add a feature
39 Like iMessage Good alternative? YES NO 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 Add a feature
102 Like IM+ Good alternative? YES NO 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 and Twitter on ALL... Freemium Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Java Mobile S60 HP webOS Blackberry ... Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Kindle Fire No features added Add a feature
40 Like Instantbird Alternative? YES NO Instantbird is an instant messaging client based on Mozilla XULRunner and the open source library libpurple created by the software developers of... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Multiple languages Multiple protocols Add a feature Discontinued Site last updated 2013. Site security certificate expired April 2017.
26 Like Psi+ Good alternative? YES NO Psi+ is a development branch of the Psi XMPP client. Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP client (Qt, C++) designed for the XMPP power users. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Multiple protocols OTR Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
