ICQ Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   Speek!

    10 likes

   Speek! is the first messenger that is anonymous and censorship-resistant by design. Speek! messenger encrypts all messages and is secure, private and decentralized.

   93 Speek! alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Instant Messenger
   • Video Calling

   Origin

   • International

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Android

   • Global

   

   

   

   +1

   

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2. 

   

   Telegram Web A

    4 likes

   This project won the first prize 🥇 at Telegram Lightweight Client Contest and now is an official Telegram client available to anyone at web.telegram.org/a.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Instant Messenger

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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4. 

   

   VK Messenger

    3 likes

   VK Messenger is a fast app for chatting. Stay in touch with friends in chats and calls.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Instant Messenger
   • Social Network

   Origin

   • Russia

   Since

   • Since 2019

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • Flathub
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • Flatpak

   • Russia

   

   

   

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5. 

   

   TeleGuard

    11 likes

   TeleGuard is the data-secure messenger from Swisscows. TeleGuard encrypts every message and all telephone calls with encryption algorithm currently available: SALSA 20. TeleGuard servers are located in Switzerland, they are not subject to the data protection laws of the EU /...

   146 TeleGuard alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Instant Messenger
   • Video Calling

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Since

   • Since 2021

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Snapcraft

   • Switzerland

   

   

   

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6. 

   

   Miranda NG

    49 likes

   Miranda New Generation is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows - Miranda IM . Very light on system resources and extremely fast.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Instant Messenger

   Origin

   • International

   Since

   • Since 2012

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • PortableApps.com

   • Global

   

   

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8. 

   

   Sphinx Chat

    5 likes

   Sphinx.chat lets you use your lightning node to talk to anyone else who is running lightning and a sphinx compatible chat client.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Group Chat

   Since

   • Since 2023

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone

   

   

   

   +1

   

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9. 

   

   Olvid

    12 likes

   Private messaging for everyone.

   167 Olvid alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Instant Messenger
   • Encrypted Chat

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Since

   • Since 2020

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • Android Tablet
   • F-Droid

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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10. 

    

    aTalk

     8 likes

    An encrypted instant messaging with video call and GPS features for android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Instant Messenger
    • Video Calling

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    

    

    

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11. 

    

    KakaoTalk

     29 likes

    KakaoTalk is a phone number based messenger service that allows users anywhere in the world to chat one-to-one or in a group for free. (no SMS service)

    85 KakaoTalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Instant Messenger
    • Group Chat

    Origin

    • South Korea

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Android Wear

    • South Korea

    

    

    

    +6

    

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12. 

    

    Xabber

     53 likes

    Open source Jabber (XMPP) client with multi-account support, clean and simple interface. Being both free (as in freedom!) and ad-free, Xabber is designed to be the best Jabber client for Android .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Instant Messenger
    • Encrypted Chat

    Origin

    • United States

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid

    • United States

    

    

    

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13. 

    

    Tinode

     10 likes

    Fully open source instant messaging server and clients. No proprietary components or non-free dependencies. Backend in pure Go (GPL 3.0), with a command-line administration tool in python + gRPC. Clients for Android, iPhone, and Web - ReactJS (all licensed under Apache 2.0).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Instant Messenger
    • Video Calling

    Origin

    • United States

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • iPhone

    • United States

    

    

    

    +4

    

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14. 

    

    Adamant Messenger

     10 likes

    The most secure and anonymous messenger, encrypted with Blockchain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Instant Messenger
    • Encrypted Chat

    Origin

    • Estonia
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    • Estonia
    • EU

    

    

    

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