49 Like Rambox Good alternative? YES NO Free, open source and cross platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Configurable Skype integration Slack integration Telegram Add a feature Very similar concept. Rambox is also open-source and supports more applications. syntax • Feb 2017 • 7 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 • 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 • 10 days ago Disagree Agree
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 Does not support the same range of messengers Guest • Apr 2017 Disagree Agree
12 Like YakYak Good alternative? YES NO What does it do: * Send/receive chat messages * Create/change conversations (rename, add people) * Leave/delete conversation * Notifications * ... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux 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
27 Like qutIM Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux S60 BSD Haiku Multiple protocols Add a feature 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.
15 Like GroupMe Good alternative? YES NO Group messaging platform owned by Microsoft. It's absolutely free, whether you're talking to a group of friends, or texting with one person. Best of all, it... Free Personal Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Blackberry Windows Phone Android Wear Group chat Group collaboration Group Messaging IFTTT integration 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/
5 Like Sameroom Good alternative? YES NO Sameroom helps connect chatrooms (even when they’re running on completely different services). Commercial Web Chat syncronization Add a feature
2 Like Cutegram Good alternative? YES NO Cutegram is a free and opensource telegram clients for Linux, Windows, OS X and OpenBSD, focusing on user friendly, compatibility with desktop environments. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Stickers Telegram Add a feature
12 Like AIM Good alternative? YES NO AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow... Freemium Mac Windows Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Blackberry Windows RT ... iPad No features added Add a feature
1 Like Tinode Good alternative? YES NO Open source instant messaging server and clients. Backend in pure Go (license GPL 3.0), client-side binding in Java for Android and Javascript (license Apache 2.0)... Free Open Source Web Android Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
1 Like VideoMeeting Good alternative? YES NO 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
