Matrix Alternatives

Matrix is described as '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' and is a very popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Matrix for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone apps. The best Matrix alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Matrix are Telegram, Element, Discord and Pidgin.

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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.

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Matrix alternatives page was last updated Apr 19, 2025
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  1. Sphinx Chat icon
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    Sphinx.chat lets you use your lightning node to talk to anyone else who is running lightning and a sphinx compatible chat client.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Sphinx Chat Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  WEB3
    3.  Based on Blockchain
    4.  Text messaging
    5.  Blockchain

    Sphinx Chat VS Matrix

     
  2. Empathy icon
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    Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    Empathy is currently unmaintained. Last version, 3.25, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Empathy Features

    1.  Unified messaging
    2.  Support for Multiple protocols
    3. XMPP icon  Supports XMPP
    4.  SIP
    5.  Integrated File Sharing
    6.  Voice Chat

    Empathy VS Matrix

     
  3. Prav icon
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    A user-friendly messenger for everyone with a focus on privacy and freedom.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  Audio Calling
    3.  Text messaging
    4. XMPP icon  Supports XMPP

    Prav VS Matrix

     
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    The most secure and anonymous messenger, encrypted with Blockchain.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  Decentralized
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Blockchain
    8.  Anonymous Chat
    9.  Based on Blockchain
    10. Tor icon  Support for TOR

    Adamant Messenger VS Matrix

     
  5. Ripcord icon
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    Ripcord is a desktop chat client for group-centric services like Slack and Discord. It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users. It's not built on top of web browser technology: it responds quickly to input, sips gently from computer...

    165 Ripcord alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Discord
    • Slack
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.4.29) is from 2021.

    Ripcord Features

    1.  VoiP Calls
    2. Slack icon  Slack integration
    3.  Native application
    4.  Slack client

    Ripcord VS Matrix

     
  6. Struct icon
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    2x your productivity with Struct, a brand-new real-time chat platform designed from the ground up around threads, feeds and AI.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Slack

    Struct Features

    1.  Support for @mentions
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    5.  AI-Powered
    6. Slack icon  Slack integration
    7.  Keyboard Shortcuts
    8.  Threaded Conversations

    Struct VS Matrix

     
    • Struct is the most popular commercial alternative to Matrix.

    • Struct is Paid and ProprietaryMatrix is Free and Open Source
  7. Xabber icon
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    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 .

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Discontinued

    The project seems no longer developed since 2019. Last version, 2.6.6, released in October 2019, can be still downloaded from F-Droid, it's no longer available on Google Play Store

    Xabber Features

    1. XMPP icon  Supports XMPP

    Xabber VS Matrix

     
  8. Kosmi icon
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    Kosmi is a free real time application and communication platform that offers voice, text and video calls along with games and applications such as SNES Party, NES Party, OpenArena, Poker, Virtual Cardtables, Synced YouTube and Cowatch Video.

    153 Kosmi alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IS flagIceland

    Platforms

    • Online

    Kosmi Features

    1.  Watch Videos Together
    2.  Screen Sharing
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Game Streaming

    Kosmi VS Matrix

     
  9. VeilidChat icon
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    VeilidChat is a 1-to-1, person-to-person text only chat application which serves as a technology demonstration for the Veilid application development framework. All communication is end to end encrypted, authenticated, private routed, and peer-to-peer. It's currently in early beta.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  Multiple Account support
    2.  End-to-End Encryption
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Decentralized
    5.  Private messaging
    6.  Encrypted Connection

    VeilidChat VS Matrix

     
  10. Prosody icon
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    Prosody is a modern flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua. It aims to be easy to set up and configure, and light on resources. For developers it aims to be easy to extend and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop added functionality, or...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

    Prosody Features

    1. XMPP icon  Supports XMPP
    2.  Federated

    Prosody VS Matrix

     
  11. Neochat icon
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    NeoChat is a client for Matrix, the decentralized communication protocol for instant messaging. It is a fork of Spectral, using KDE frameworks, most notably Kirigami, KConfig and KI18n.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE
    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub

    Neochat Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Private Chat
    3.  Matrix Protocol
    4.  Multiple Account support
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Messages
    9.  File Sending

    Neochat VS Matrix

     
  12. TeleGuard icon
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    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 /...

    158 TeleGuard alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  VoiP Calls
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Encrypted Connection
    6.  Stickers
    7.  Integrated File Sharing

    TeleGuard VS Matrix

     
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