naim is a console client for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), AOL I Seek You (ICQ), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and The lily CMC.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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Pidgin Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to Pidgin is Element, which is open source and free for personal use. Other popular alternatives are Matrix, Beeper, Jami and Jitsi Desktop. You're spoiled for choice with Instant Messengers like Pidgin: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and Android.
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emesene is an instant messenger capable of connecting to various networks and utilizing different graphical toolkits. Currently msn and jabber are supported through papyon and xmppy, which allows emesene to connect to various IM services such as GTalk, Facebook Chat, etc.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Global
IrisChat is a lightweight, open-source IRC client for Android with a clean modern interface, local database encryption, and end-to-end encrypted DMs via the Signal Protocol.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
Türkiye
ScrollZ is an advanced IRC client based on ircII. It incorporates many useful features found in all sorts of scripts. The main difference between these scripts and ScrollZ is the code - whereas ircII scripts take a lot of disk and memory space and run slow, ScrollZ only takes a...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Sim-IM, Simple Instant Messenger, is a multiple protocol instant messenger for MS Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD. Sim-IM supports Jabber/XMPP, Google Talk, ICQ and AIM (Oscar), Yahoo! Messenger and Microsoft Messenger (MSN)
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
This simple Matrix client written in Python allows you to send and receive messages and files, verify other devices, and interact with your Matrix account or other Matrix users in many ways. You use it from the terminal (CLI) or integrate it into other simple Python programs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Docker
- Docker Hub
- Python
- Nix Package Manager
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Sailfish OS
Fire is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available libraries for each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant Messenger®, ICQ®, MSN® Messenger, Jabber, limited IRC, Yahoo!®, and Apple Bonjour communications.
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
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, Solaris, MacOS X and Windows 98/2000/XP).
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Russia
Convos is an IRC client that runs in your browser and brings the IRC experience into the 21st century. It features a persistent bouncer on the server side that will keep you online even after you close your browser window. Want to use Convos on your phone? No problem!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Norway
This application is an Open Source XMPP Client for BlackBerry(c) 10. Work have been done to support to some extent Google Hangout.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Blackberry 10
An IRC-like internet chatroom hosted on ZeroNet, a distributed network. 0rc is a fully distributed website, and messages are shared through peers using the ZeroNet stack. In addition, making a new chatroom website is a simple as downloading the files and cloning the site.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Python
- JavaScript
- ZeroNet
France
EU
Austria
