Escargot is a project that revives the MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger experience. It currently supports MSN versions 1-7, and WLM 8 to '09. It is a sister project to NINA: a revival project for AIM/Yahoo!/AOL/ICQ.
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ICQ Alternatives
ICQ is described as 'Is one of the oldest instant messengers. First developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, sold to AOL, sold again and currenly owned by the Russian "mail.ru" group (known for one of the largest social networks)' and is a popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ICQ for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and Linux apps. The best ICQ alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ICQ are Telegram, Element, Pidgin and Tox.
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Instantbird is an instant messaging client based on Mozilla XULRunner and the open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin . Over 250 add-ons allow user customization of, and addition of, features.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- F-Droid
WowApp helps you do good through the Power of Sharing. We share all revenues with you. WowApp Messenger is free and you can receive earnings without ever spending money.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Ubuntu Touch
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
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 that can provide communication features within your web browser.
NINA is a project that aims to revive several popular yet discontinued messaging services: AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Classic AOL.
all-in-one Communication and Collaboration Platform. The NYNJA platform combines the benefits of instant chat, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing, asset management collaboration, and much more, in one fast, easy and reliable platform.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Swift is an elegant, secure, adaptable and intuitive XMPP client, with features that make it suitable for a wide range of use scenarios.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Smoke Messenger is an open-source Instant Messenger that is known as the first mobile Messenger worlwide using the encryption algorithm McEliece. To be downloaded at F-Droid.org or Github.com. Smoke provides with its own Server-Software: SmokeStack-Echo-Server.
Messenger for Desktop is a wrapper for the official client messenger.com. Therefore it works like a regular browser which can only navigate to the messenger.com web app. MFD doesn't touch your messages, account or personal data. All that is handled securely by Facebook.
MyChat is an instant messenger that works in LAN and over the Internet. Reliable in slow connections. Do not require too many system resources. The program has its own server where a user control everything happening in the chat.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
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