Open Source Skype Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Skype is Signal. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Skype and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Skype are Tox, Element, Wire and Jami.

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Skype alternatives page was last updated Nov 19, 2023
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  1. Mirotalk icon
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    Mirotalk

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    Powered by WebRTC, Real-time video call, chat room and screen sharing entirely browser based.

    56 Mirotalk alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Screen Sharing
    2.  Desktop Sharing
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  End-to-End Encryption
    5.  Real time collaboration
    6.  VoiP Calls
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Multiple Account support
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Voice Chat
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  2. Briefing icon
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    Briefing

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    The preservation of privacy is the main driver for this project. Secure technologies, such as WebRTC, are used to establish a direct connection between the participants. The website that provides the web application and mediates the communication stores as little data as...

    165 Briefing alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
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    Briefing Features

    1.  WebRTC
    2.  Web-Based
    3.  Peer-To-Peer
    4.  End-to-End Encryption
    5.  Video Conferencing
    6.  Audio Conferencing
    7.  Anonymous Chat
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  4. Empathy icon
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    Empathy

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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.

    139 Empathy alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    chatroom - conference
    call

    Empathy Features

    1.  Unified messaging
    2.  Support for Multiple protocols
    3.  Xmpp
    4.  SIP
    5.  Integrated File Sharing
    6.  Voice Chat
    Discontinued

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

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    Comments about Empathy as an Alternative to Skype
     
    aasami

    Enpathy is just a client sofware, not a service like Skype.

    Negative comment •Oct 1, 2015
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    • Some users think Empathy is a great Skype alternative, some don't.

    • Empathy is Free and Open SourceSkype is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Snikket

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    Snikket is an ambitious project to build a new kind of XMPP-based messaging platform.

    29 Snikket alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Docker

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  End-to-End Encryption
    3.  Decentralized
    4.  VoiP Calls
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Multiple Account support
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Desktop Sharing
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Supports XMPP
    11.  Public groups chat
    12.  Xmpp
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    Psi+

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    Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP client designed for experienced users. Psi+ is a development branch of Psi with rolling release development model.

    Users who wants to receive new features and bug fixes very quickly may use Psi+ on daily basis. Users who do not care about ne.

    47 Psi+ alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  VoiP Calls
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Multiple Account support
    6.  End-to-End Encryption
    7.  Decentralized
    8.  Xmpp
    9.  Support for Multiple protocols
    10.  OTR
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  7. Infomaniak kMeet icon
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    Infomaniak kMeet

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    kMeet is an unlimited, free, Swiss solution for organising encrypted video-conferences.

    79 Infomaniak kMeet alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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    +9
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Screen Sharing
    2.  End-to-End Encryption
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Desktop Sharing
    7.  Real time collaboration
    8.  Protected by Password
    9.  Video Conferencing
    10.  Voice Chat
    11. Slack icon  Slack integration
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  9. Speek! icon
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    Speek!

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    Speek! is the first messenger that is anonymous and censorship-resistant by design. Speek! messenger encrypts all messages and is secure, private and decentralized.

    87 Speek! alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    Speek! screenshot 1
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    +1
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  Serverless
    5.  Anticensorship
    6.  Anonymous Chat
    7.  Peer-To-Peer
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.7.0) is from July 2022.

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