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
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
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
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
15 Like Disa Good alternative? YES NO Disa is your new messaging hub. Conversations from different services can seamlessly be joined together, or disbanded within seconds. Free Android Android Tablet Kindle Fire Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Texting Unified messaging Add a feature
66 Like Kopete Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
7 Like Messenger for Desktop Alternative? YES NO A simple & beautiful app for Facebook Messenger. Chat without distractions on any Operating System. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Bundleware Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
17 Like Finch Good alternative? YES NO Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, IRC, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses. Free Open Source Linux Xfce Command line interface Multiple protocols Add a feature
6 Like MetroIRC Good alternative? YES NO An IRC client for the Windows desktop which follows the Metro design guidelines. Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature
5 Like Jabiru Good alternative? YES NO Jabber client for Android. Free Android No features added Add a feature Discontinued The app has been discontinued. Last version, 2.2.2.1, released in May 2013, can be still downloaded from Google Play Store.
4 Like Sim-IM Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Windows Linux BSD Multiple protocols Add a feature 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.
2 Like Profanity Good alternative? YES NO Commandline XMPP Client. Profanity was originally written for two main reasons. Firstly, the author wanted something similar to Irssi, but with a focus on XMPP for use... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Command line interface Console-based Add a feature
1 Like Pidgin on MacOSX Alternative? YES NO This is an unofficial native port of Pidgin to Mac OS X. It uses native GTK+ (www.gtk-osx.org ) which provides better integration and does not require X11. Free Open Source Mac No features added Add a feature Discontinued Hasn't been updated since 2012.
1 Like Centericq Good alternative? YES NO Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, MSN, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Built-in RSS reader Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.21.0, released in September 2005, can be still downloaded from the official website.
