GitChat Alternatives

GitChat is described as 'Free, open-source IDE extension that brings real-time developer chat, GitHub-based social networking, and repo community channels into VS Code, Cursor, and compatible editors - without leaving your coding environment' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GitChat for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Mac and Windows apps. The best GitChat alternative is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Discord. Other great apps like GitChat are Slack, Zulip, Mattermost and Echoed.

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  1. Campfire is an installable, self-hosted group chat system. Easily invite people. Make rooms. @mentions, DMs, and mobile support. The basics done right. And since you get the code and host it yourself, you can customize it however you’d like for your own use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Docker
     
  2. Root icon
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    Facilitates community collaboration through voice, video, and text chat, integrated docs and tasks, configurable channels, roles, and permissions, seamless mobile and desktop access, rapid message reactions, file sharing, and notification controls for groups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. PeerSuite icon
     2 likes

    PeerSuite is an open source, decentralized, private alternative to apps like Discord or Slack. All data is sent only between clients through encrypted WebRTC channels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  4. dirc icon
     7 likes

    Dirc is a peer-to-peer web application which uses WebRTC to set up connections between chat participants without requiring a back-end server. The static files can be self-hosted. Other features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Linen icon
     1 like

    Linen is a Google-searchable community chat tool. Linen was built as an alternative to closed tools like Slack and Discord.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. WorkDo icon
     4 likes

    WorkDo is an all-in-one app to make teamwork effortless with features that allow you to collaborate easily with your teammates. It is specifically designed to make business management a breeze.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. MongooseIM is aimed at large, complex enterprise level projects, where real-time communication is critical for business success. It provides high availability, ease of deployment, development and reliability in production.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  8. Grape icon
     24 likes

    Get more done – with Grape (also called ChatGrape). Grape is an European Business-Messenger with an On-Premise and Cloud solution. It is GDPR compliant and prioritizes data security and safety.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Fuse Chat icon
     1 like

    Fuse Chat is a Video Chat script userfriendly php socket.io script With is fully responsive design whatever if you are using a mobile a computer or even a tablet will always fit your screen and give you the best chat experience possible.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Wey icon
     4 likes

    Fast open source Slack desktop app, written in Node.js with native UI powered by the Yue library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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