Rambox Free, open source and cross platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one. Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Web application wrapper Configurable JavaScript Rendering ... Multiple Account support Portable Skype integration Slack integration Add a feature 80 Like Very similar concept. Rambox is also open-source and supports more applications. syntax • Feb 2017 • 12 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Similar to Franz but badge notifications are quite confusing. Guest • Apr 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Rambox has similar concept like Franz and has more services than Franz which makes it extremely cool. However, Rambox is still too raw - it forgets your configuration when you try to restore from backup and when you have more than 25 services then you just do not see more than 25 and navigating between them is uncomfortable. edmundlaugasson • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Opensource app with large list of supported messenger types! Murz • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Very similar to Franz. Same base (Electron) and same concept (multi tabbed window with separate sessions). But Rambox is very immature and raw in design UI details, notification, user experience, so now I prefer to stay at Franz. michalciania • Sep 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
Empathy 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 154 Like Discontinued Empathy is currently unmaintained. Last version, 3.25, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Miranda IM 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 Portable Add a feature 223 Like
Station Station is the first smart workstation for busy people. A single place for all of your web-applications. . Free Mac Windows App integration Sidebar Feature Team messaging Add a feature 9 Like
Fluid Are you a Gmail, Facebook, Campfire or Pandora fanatic? Do you have 20 or more browser tabs open at all times? Are you tired of some random site or Flash ad crashing... Freemium Mac OS X Place websites on desktop Add a feature 43 Like
IM+ 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 Multiple Account support Multiple protocols support Add a feature 103 Like Does not support the same range of messengers Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
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 17 Like
Disa 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 19 Like
Dialog Messenger Dialog Messenger is a customized self-hosted platform usable across multi operation systems simultaneously. dialog provides SDK tools for client interface as well as for... Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Self-Hosted Encrypted chat Privacy protection Reactions Real time collaboration ... Team work Text chat Add a feature 24 Like
Kopete 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 OS X Linux BSD No features added Add a feature 68 Like
Messenger for Desktop A simple & beautiful app for Facebook Messenger. Chat without distractions on any Operating System. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 9 Like Bundleware Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/ Not a multi-protocol app while Franz does. Guest • Sep 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Caprine Caprine is an unofficial and privacy focused Facebook Messenger app with many useful features. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 5 Like
Wavebox Bringing the Gmail & Google Inbox experience to your desktop in a neatly packaged app . Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Add a feature 7 Like
VideoMeeting VideoMeeting is a free and open source video conference solution built to have video calls and chats using your web browser. It is a pure web application based on WebRTC... Free Open Source Web Chrome OS Self-Hosted Video calling Add a feature 4 Like
Messenger Lite Messenger Lite is a fast and data-efficient messaging app to reach the people in your life. Installs quickly. It's less than 10MB to install, saving storage space... Free Android Android Tablet Group chat Lightweight Stickers Voice Call Add a feature 5 Like
