Kik Alternatives for Linux
Kik is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The most popular Linux alternative is 
Telegram, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Kik and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Kik are 
Signal (Free, Open Source), 
Element (Freemium, Open Source), 
Tox (Free, Open Source) and 
Wire (Free Personal, Open Source).
- Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple, and free. It is like SMS, but more powerful. View 241 alternatives to Telegram
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arndtadler other than with kik you need a thelephone-number in order to use Telegramm. For Kik you can just choose an id. - Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in real time with all your friends at once, and share media or attachments... View 172 alternatives to Signal
- Free • Open Source
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It is encrypted, highly flexible and best, lets you set times of expiration of any messages to permanently and totally eliminate them. - A free instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol. View 233 alternatives to Element
- Freemium • Open Source
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- Self-Hosted
- Matrix.org
- Cloudron
- Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. View 167 alternatives to Tox
- Free • Open Source
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- Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure... View 248 alternatives to Wire
- Free Personal • Open Source
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- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Zulip is a group chat app in which messages are threaded by topic, helping you have long-running, organized conversations. View 227 alternatives to Zulip
- Free Personal • Open Source
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- Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed. View 170 alternatives to Viber
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- Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. View 148 alternatives to Empathy
Discontinued
Empathy is currently unmaintained. Last version, 3.25, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
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- Technitium Bit Chat is a secure, peer-to-peer (p2p), open source instant messenger designed to provide end-to-end encryption. It can be used over Internet and private LAN networks for instant messaging and file transfer. View 71 alternatives to Bit Chat
- AtomJump.com is a well tuned hosted version of the free open-source AtomJump.org. View 99 alternatives to AtomJump.com
- Free • Open Source
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