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
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
48 Like Gajim Good alternative? YES NO The goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber client. Gajim works nicely with GNOME, but does not require it to run. It is released under the... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Xfce Encrypted chat Group chat Multiple languages OTR Tabbed interface Video calling Add a feature
102 Like IM+ Good alternative? YES NO Chat everywhere! IM+ is the most widely used mobile IM app! Connect all-in-one to MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter on ALL... Freemium Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Java Mobile S60 HP webOS Blackberry ... Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Kindle Fire No features added Add a feature
16 Like Coccinella Good alternative? YES NO Coccinella is a free and open-source cross-platform instant messaging client with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
12 Like Tkabber Good alternative? YES NO Tkabber is a Free and Open Source client for the Jabber instant messaging system. Its writen in Tcl/Tk, and works on many platforms (tested on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
9 Like Ayttm Good alternative? YES NO Ayttm is an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several major instant messaging services from one simple program. Ayttm... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
7 Like Messenger for Desktop Alternative? YES NO A simple & beautiful app for Facebook Messenger. Chat without distractions on any Operating System. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux No features added Add a feature Bundleware Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
3 Like MCabber Good alternative? YES NO MCabber is a small XMPP (Jabber) console client. It includes features such as SASL/SSL/TLS support, MUC (Multi-User Chat) support, history logging, command completion... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Xfce No features added Add a feature
2 Like climm Good alternative? YES NO climm is a very portable text-mode ICQ clone - it is known to compile under Linux, BSD, AIX, HPUX, Windows, AmigaOS and with restrictions BeOS. Originally written by... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Haiku No features added Add a feature
1 Like Pidgin on MacOSX Alternative? YES NO This is an unofficial native port of Pidgin to Mac OS X. It uses native GTK+ (www.gtk-osx.org ) which provides better integration and does not require X11. Free Open Source Mac No features added Add a feature Discontinued Hasn't been updated since 2012.
1 Like Centericq Good alternative? YES NO Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, MSN, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Built-in RSS reader Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 4.21.0, released in September 2005, can be still downloaded from the official website.
