Open Source HipChat Alternatives

    The best open source alternative to HipChat is Matrix.org. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to HipChat and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to HipChat are Mattermost (Freemium, Open Source), Zulip (Free Personal, Open Source), Rocket.Chat (Freemium, Open Source) and Gitter (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Sep 13, 2021

    1. Matrix.org

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Android Tablet
      • iPad
      • Self-Hosted
      • WebRTC
      • Python
      • JavaScript
      • Go (Programming Language)
      • Cloudron
      • Java
      • Perl
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      Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers with no single point of control.
    2. Mattermost is a secure, open source platform for communication, collaboration, and workflow orchestration across tools and teams.
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    4. Zulip is a group chat app in which messages are threaded by topic, helping you have long-running, organized conversations.
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      Almost everyone thinks Zulip is a great alternative to HipChat.
    5. Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework.
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      alternativeto1234 Free and portable. Includes Live Chat for your website. Incredibly fast and lightweight. Doesn't use much CPU.
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    6. Gitter is a chat and collaboration tool for developers and users. It's a place for developers to talk. KEY FEATURES - Unlimited public chat rooms for free - Unlimited and searchable chat history - Unlimited integrations - Private chat rooms free up to 25 users
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    8. fluxday

      • Free • Open Source
      • Online
      • Self-Hosted
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      Opensource task & productivity management tool for startups, engineered based on the concepts of OKR.
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    9. The free and open-source Crust Messaging is a secure, high performance,Slack alternative that allows your teams to collaborate more efficiently, as well as communicate safely with other organisations or customers.
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    10. YakYak

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Hangouts
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      What does it do: * Send/receive chat messages * Create/change conversations (rename, add people) * Leave/delete conversation * Notifications * Toggle notifications on/off * Drag-drop, copy-paste or attach-button for image upload.
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    11. ZeroChat

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Self-Hosted
      • Python
      • JavaScript
      • ZeroNet
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      An IRC-like internet chatroom hosted on ZeroNet, a distributed network. 0rc is a fully distributed website, and messages are shared through peers using the ZeroNet stack. In addition, making a new chatroom website is a simple as downloading the files and cloning the site.

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      Last update on github made over 5 years (March 13, 2016).

    12. Nertivia is an chat client that allows you to chat to anyone across the world. There are a lot of features that don't require you to pay at all such as, gif profile pictures, free custom emojis and more coming soon!
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