Open Source Hangouts Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Hangouts is Signal. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Hangouts and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Hangouts are Element, Pidgin, Matrix.org and Tox.

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Hangouts alternatives are mainly Instant Messengers but may also be Group Chat Apps or Video Calling Apps. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Hangouts.

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Instant Messenger
Free • Proprietary

Hangouts is a messaging app that lets you send and receive messages, photos and more, and even start free video and voice calls – one to one or with a group!

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Hangouts alternatives page was last updated Sep 6, 2022

Wire
Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure end-to-end-encryption.
273 Wire alternatives
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License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application types
- Video Calling App
- Instant Messenger
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Top Wire Features
1. End-to-End Encryption
2. Security focused
3. Video Calling
4. Encrypted Chat
5. VoiP Calls
6. Encrypted calls
7. Screen Sharing
8. Privacy focused
9. Multiple Account support
10. WebRTC
11. File Sending
12. Voice Chat
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Comments about Wire as an Alternative to Hangouts

Guest
Privacy focused alternative with end-to-end encryption.
Positive comment •May 25, 2019
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Guest
My replacement for Hangouts needed to have integrated video/voice/text chat but also keep the text chat server side so any device could jump back into the conversation. Wire has all of these and is also available on any platform AND is open source!
Positive comment •Jul 3, 2019
0
Guest
End to end encryption, high audio quality, clear financial model (based on pay pro version) and Swiss based
Positive comment •Nov 23, 2020
0
- Almost everyone thinks Wire is a great Hangouts alternative.
- Wire is Free Personal and Open SourceHangouts is Free and Proprietary
- Wire is Security focused and Privacy focusedHangouts is not according to our users

SimpleX Chat
SimpleX - the most private and secure chat and applications platform - now with double ratchet E2E encryption! Built on Haskell with Love and Coffee.
52 SimpleX Chat alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Instant Messenger
- Video Calling App
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+5
Top SimpleX Chat Features
1. Instant Messaging
2. Encrypted Chat
3. Privacy focused
4. End-to-End Encryption
5. Decentralized
6. Ad-free
7. No registration required
8. Video Calling
9. Dark Mode
10. Multiple Account support
11. Self Destructing Messages
12. VoiP Calls
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Zulip
Zulip is the only modern team chat app that is designed for both live and asynchronous conversations. Zulip topics create a separate space for each discussion, so different conversations will never get in each other's way.
224 Zulip alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application types
- Instant Messenger
- Group Chat App
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
+4
Top Zulip Features
1. Threaded Conversations
2. Team Collaboration
3. Support for Hotkeys
4. Community-based
5. Support for MarkDown
6. Syntax Highlighting
7. Integrated File Sharing
8. Chat Bot
9. GitHub Integration
10. Secure Chat
11. Third party integrations
12. Chat organizer
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Comments about Zulip as an Alternative to Hangouts

hrishikeshpatil
Streams and topics instead of groups
Positive comment •Jan 5, 2018
0
- Almost everyone thinks Zulip is a great Hangouts alternative.
- Zulip is Free Personal and Open SourceHangouts is Free and Proprietary

Delta Chat
Delta Chat looks and feels like other popular messenger apps, but does not involve centralized control, tracking or selling you, friends, colleagues or family out to large organizations. "Privacy by Design" has never been more fun.
65 Delta Chat alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Instant Messenger
- Video Calling App
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- iPad
+4
Top Delta Chat Features
1. Decentralized
2. Encrypted Email
3. IMAP Support
4. Multiple languages
5. End-to-End Encryption
6. Dark Mode
7. Privacy focused
8. Ad-free
9. Unified inbox
10. Self Destructing Messages
11. Multiple Account support
12. Electron based
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BigBlueButton
BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students.
108 BigBlueButton alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Web Conferencing Tool
- Video Calling App
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Chrome OS
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Chromium
- Firefox
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Top BigBlueButton Features
1. Screen Sharing
2. Team Collaboration
3. Video Conferencing
4. Interactive Whiteboard
5. Integrated File Sharing
6. Built-in Commenting System
7. Desktop Sharing
8. No Tracking
9. Dark Mode
10. Real time collaboration
11. Ad-free
12. Privacy focused
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Conversations
Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG].
149 Conversations alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Instant Messenger
- Group Chat App
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+4
Top Conversations Features
1. Decentralized
2. End-to-End Encryption
3. Encrypted Chat
4. Image Sharing
5. OpenPGP
6. Lightweight
7. GPG Encryption
8. Dark Mode
9. Ad-free
10. Self Destructing Messages
11. Multiple Account support
12. Privacy focused
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Comments about Conversations as an Alternative to Hangouts

Guest
Privacy orientated.

Very well coded with end to end encryption and very robust.
Positive comment •Dec 6, 2016
0
- Conversations is Free and Open SourceHangouts is Free and Proprietary
- Conversations is Decentralized, Lightweight and Privacy focusedHangouts is not according to our users

Nextcloud Talk
Nextcloud Talk is a fully self-hosted audio/video and chat communication service. It features web and mobile apps and is designed to offer the highest degree of security while being easy to use.
95 Nextcloud Talk alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Open Source
Application types
- Video Calling App
- Group Chat App
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Nextcloud
+5
Nextcloud Talk Features
1. Screen Sharing
2. End-to-End Encryption
3. Privacy focused
4. Ad-free
5. Real time collaboration
6. No registration required
7. No Tracking
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Franz
Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat and many more. You can download Franz for Mac, Windows & Linux.
69 Franz alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application types
- Instant Messenger
- Application Launcher
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top Franz Features
1. Support for Multiple protocols
2. Whatsapp integration
3. Unified messaging
4. Multiple Account support
5. Web application wrapper
6. Multi-messenger
7. Slack client
8. Lightweight wrapper
9. Gmail integration
10. iPhone/iPod sync
11. Slack integration
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Comments about Franz as an Alternative to Hangouts

Guest
It's not owned by Google and therefore there is a higher chance that any data passing through it will remain private and/or the content of those message is less likely to be used by the company for their own purposes (Google's T+Cs give them the rights to use ANY of your content hosted with them in ANY way they see fit).
Positive comment •Feb 26, 2017
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- Franz is Freemium and Open SourceHangouts is Free and Proprietary