1405 Like Pidgin Good alternative? YES NO Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce Multiple protocols Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple protocols Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple protocols support ... Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
248 Like Jitsi Good alternative? YES NO Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full end-to-end encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android BSD End-to-end encryption Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Multiple protocols Multiple Account support OTR ... Video calling Add a feature
167 Like Facebook Messenger Good alternative? YES NO Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message. Reach friends right on their phones, get and send messages fast, message everyone at once and more. Top Features: •... Free Windows Web Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet iPad Apple Watch ... Android Wear Group chat Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
268 Like Trillian Good alternative? YES NO Trillian is an instant messaging app that works on phones, tablets, and desktops while keeping your chats neatly synchronized between all of them! We think conversation... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Blackberry iPad Facebook integration Multiple protocols POP3 Support Team collaboration Add a feature
72 Like Franz Good alternative? YES NO Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp... Free Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Gitter integration Gmail integration Lightweight wrapper Multiple Account support Slack integration ... Unified messaging Add a feature
328 Like Adium Good alternative? YES NO Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium... Free Open Source Mac Customizable Multiple languages Multiple protocols OTR Tabbed interface Support for Themes Add a feature
49 Like Rambox Good alternative? YES NO Free, open source and cross platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Configurable Skype integration Slack integration Telegram Add a feature
207 Like Imo Good alternative? YES NO Message and video chat with your friends and family for free. Features - Make high-quality video and voice calls on Android and iPhone - Send unlimited messages... Free Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Push to talk Video calling Voice Call Voice messages Add a feature
153 Like Empathy Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Linux BSD Built-in File transfer Multiple protocols Video calling Add a feature
61 Like ICQ Good alternative? YES NO ICQ 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... Free Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Java Mobile ... S60 Blackberry Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Kindle Fire No features added Add a feature
81 Like mIRC Good alternative? YES NO mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by millions of people, and thousands of organizations, to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC... Commercial Windows Colored Text Add a feature
86 Like Yahoo! Messenger Good alternative? YES NO Stay in touch with your friends and family while sharing favorite photos using one of the most popular instant messaging applications. Free Web Android iPhone Blackberry Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
219 Like Digsby Good alternative? YES NO Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Its... Free Open Source Windows Multiple protocols Add a feature Discontinued The application is not developed actively anymore. The source code has been made open for the community to take over but that didn't make any impact: https://github.com/ifwe/digsby | https://web.archive.org/web/20121205002331/http://blog.digsby.com/archives/1969/
75 Like Psi Good alternative? YES NO Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open XMPP network. Localized versions of Psi are available in... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
40 Like Miranda NG Good alternative? YES NO 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. Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple languages Add a feature
