Discord All-in-one voice, video and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Better design, better quality, not by Microsoft Guest • Feb 2019 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree At least Discord allows us to choose our username. Guest • Aug 2017 • 19 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree It's topical and server based, not individuals who can connect. Guest • Jun 2019 • 2 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree Discord ismore convenient and less buggy daynabarber38 • Feb 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree A lots of functions that Skype doesn't have! BADsadDAY • Oct 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Great updates, great staff, great app Guest • Nov 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Better call quality, better group management, better design. Guest • Feb 2017 • 21 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree Discord is easy to use and very good at organizing projects and group chats. Guest • Sep 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree The most optimal alternative. Better way of organizing groups and starting voice calls. No video calls or screensharing yet, however those features seem to be coming very soon. Guest • Oct 2017 • 6 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Skype is an ad-infested near-discontinued garbage software. Discord is actively updated for everyone's preferences, and is customizable and useable. Guest • Jan 2018 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free and encrypted conversation Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Overall better experience than with Skype. yd7fdf548b • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Not owned by Microsoft, has fully functional video and voice chat. ncodex • Dec 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Fantastic voice call, video call and chat client. Highly recommend. SiNevesh • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree A lot of the features with none of the lag/problems. Guest • Jun 2017 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree 100% free and no ads, beautiful, modern, intuitive, can be used for 2 users to 10k users. Just perfect. dada1134 • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree No ads, way better connection and quality Guest • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Discord is cleaner than skype, has IP and DDoS protection, and great communities form on Discord. Guest • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Functionality of teamspeak but with the ease of access and clean design better than skype. Guest • Feb 2016 • 14 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree Interface is unique, slim design. It is faster than skype for mobile version, skype is always buggy! Guest • Mar 2017 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree it's more secure and less laggy than skype Guest • Dec 2016 • 5 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree I've never found a desktop messaging software that works half as good and stably as Discordapp on a web browser. So much that I couldn't be bother to even try the Windows software.... I use the APP on my Droid, which is every bit as good and yet unbeatable from any other messaging service that I tried. Also excellent for rapid file and image (full quality) droppings. m80116 • Sep 2016 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree No Screensharing or Web Cam Feature Guest • Oct 2016 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Not even a bit of CPU is used. It's great for gaming, free, and NO ADS. LouieK22 • Sep 2016 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS BSD iPad FreeBSD Voice Call Share your screen Ad-free Chat Bot ... Text chat Video calling Group chat Push to talk Custom roles Direct Messaging Encrypted chat Group Voice Chat Low Latency Multi Channel Public groups chat Reactions Voice channels Bots Camera capturing Channel manager Community based Custom Smileys Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Electron based Free voice/text servers Gaming-focused Gui Group Messaging In-app server browser In-Game Overlay Integrated Chat Integrated File Sharing Interface Overlay Low bandwidth usage Low memory usage Night mode/Dark Theme Permission system Persistent Chat Photo Sharing Positional audio Responsive design Share your screen Share content Single Sign-On Social & Communications Team Collaboration Webcam overlays Youtube Gaming Integration Add a feature 633 Like
Telegram Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free. It is like SMS, but more powerful. Skype needs ID for login while all these need network numbers Guest • Sep 2017 • 19 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Clear voice calls, OTR encrypted. Lightest on resources. Multiplatform native client app, not like others. Guest • Oct 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Super fast, stable, lightweight. Everything Skype is not. liqube • Aug 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree So many more options and it's end-to-end encrypted :) Guest • Jun 2017 • 4 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree The best file transfer app, i guess haroldpeterson • Feb 2017 Disagree Agree No video chat function like Skype Guest • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile ... Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com Haiku FreeBSD Stickers Lightweight Chat Bot Cloud sync ... Encrypted chat Apps with End-to-End Encryption Integrated File Sharing Channels Bots Group chat Public groups chat Secret chats Security focused Voice Call Ad-free Data-encryption Multi Device Support Persistent History Portable Privacy focused Large File Transfer Anonymous groups Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Chat Cloud based Sync Contacts Custom Backgrounds Customizable Themes Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls File transfer Free Speech GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Integrated File Sharing Messages in cloud Multiple languages Multiple Account support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Private Chat Progressive Web App Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Share Videos Switching between platform Sync across Devices Support for Themes Two factor authentication Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 1308 Like
Tox Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. It is completely decentralized, open source, you can freely choose your client (from terminal, over Windows, to iOS) beatrupp • Mar 2017 • 15 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree free for most of the feature. But no group chat yet, and difficult to sync between multiple devices. Guest • Jun 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Decentralized, Secure, Open-source, fast to setup, no ads. bumba • Mar 2017 • 15 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree You cannot setup your microphone properly on any of the major clients. Useless Guest • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 21 disagrees Disagree Agree you cannot down load this program Guest • Jan 2016 • 0 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD Decentralized Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused ... Built-in player Apps with End-to-End Encryption Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Decentralisation Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Video calling Video Conferencing Voice Call Add a feature 418 Like
Signal TextSecure and RedPhone have been merged to create Signal! Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in... Free as in free beer, and fully open source ! Guest • Feb 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure, encrypted, not owned by Microsoft or Facebook, keeps your data safe. patrykmilhouse • Oct 2017 • 8 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree End-to-end encryption and servers do not log data. Guest • Apr 2017 • 11 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Call people without being listened on! Guest • Jun 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Ubuntu Touch Apps with End-to-End Encryption Encrypted chat Security focused Open Source apps ... Video calling Encrypted calls Encrypted Connection Privacy-friendly Self destructing messages Video calling Voice Call Chat Client side encryption Color coding Electron based Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Group chat Group Messaging Integrated File Sharing Mobile friendly Night mode/Dark Theme Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Privacy focused Private messaging File Sending Voice messages Add a feature 500 Like
Jitsi 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... The free service is immediate to use, with no installation nor plugins. Guest • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Nothing to install. Video. Screen-sharing. Unlimited calls and number of participants (depends only on your bandwidth). Can be installed on your own server. Private rooms with your personalized URL. Open-source. Guest • Apr 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Both really easy to use and properly secure (e2e, etc). patitsas • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it does everything skype does and more, including end-to-end voice and text encryption, which skype does not. Guest • Feb 2016 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Does XMPP for chat, Sip for voice. I like the open federation with most XMPP accounts and it's still working as a chat client among Gmail accounts. GordonDejero • Jun 2016 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Jitsi is a front-end capable of using multiple protocols. Using XMPP, it can provide text, voice, video, and screen-sharing calls as Skype would. On a server with MUP enabled, it also allows groups. File sharing may be slow, but no slower than Skype. As such, Jitsi can functionally replace Skype. Guest • Dec 2015 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree More secure and respect privacy Guest • Aug 2015 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone BSD iPad SIP Video Conferencing Chat Apps with End-to-End Encryption ... Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Support for Multiple protocols Multiple Account support OTR Plugins SIP Video calling WebRTC Add a feature 299 Like
Wire Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most... Wire is free, open source and easy to use and, most importantly, PRIVATE. It transmits data only in an encrypted way that even the creators of Wire cannot see, so you can be sure your content is YOURS, and not something the likes of Microsoft (who own Skype) can read, analyze, hand on to authorities or lose to hackers. Guest • Sep 2019 Disagree Agree Group audio calls with screen sharing functionality, open source, nice UI. svenjost • Oct 2016 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Good interface, available everywhere, feature rich and in active development namnodorel • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's open source, cross-platform, and free! someonelast • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree Great security, open source, video calls, responsive developers. Guest • Apr 2016 • 11 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree For 1:1 or group chats or calls, it works well and it works on Linux Guest • Apr 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree a better connection and more secure Guest • Sep 2017 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Software as a Service (SaaS) Apps with End-to-End Encryption Security focused Encrypted chat Video calling ... Open Source apps Voice Call Encrypted calls Encryption Group chat Share your screen Anonymity Integrated File Sharing Multiple Account support Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Private Chat Secure File Sharing File Sending Video calling Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 227 Like
Slack Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It's real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams. With the new VOIP it has replaced Skype in our office. Ola • Sep 2016 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Prefer it to Skype in a Commercial environment TNovak • Jan 2017 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Both great for separate purposes georgecoem • Aug 2016 Disagree Agree Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Windows S BSD Electron / Atom Shell Software as a Service (SaaS) Group chat Group collaboration Multi Channel Team Collaboration ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Channels App integration Channel manager Direct file uploading IFTTT integration Integrated File Sharing Live Push Notifications Support for @mentions Multiple channels Multiple teams Onboarding Out Of The Box Reactions Real time collaboration Team work Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 706 Like
Mumble Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming. Lightweight high quality audio chat. Self-hosted and encrypted, so your communications are private. Guest • Feb 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Completely open source, very high quality Guest • Nov 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Communication more lightweight due to new opus codec when communicating Guest • Aug 2015 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Mumble requires a server to run Guest • Nov 2015 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Mumble requires a server. Skype is end-to-end Guest • Mar 2016 • 3 agrees and 23 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux iPhone BSD ... iPad Self-Hosted PortableApps.com Lightweight Ad-free Channel manager Chat Bot ... Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Encrypted chat Gaming-focused In-Game Overlay Portable Positional audio Push to talk Add a feature 388 Like
Riot.im Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging... It's arguably the premier Matrix client, which is free software that is decentralized. Riot.im gives you the option to host a Matrix server yourself and connect to it. It also offers end-to-end encryption and high quality video and audio chat. Not to mention the modern UI. Guest • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree Free, opensource and encrypted, with federation support and can be hosted on your servers. Murz • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's like Skype but has open groups like Teamspeak and it has unlimited fileupload. Thanks to a server to server structure, everyone can text everyone. MasteLrugarius • Nov 2016 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox Apps with End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Voice Call Custom widgets ... Federated Group chat Matrix.org protocol User Management Video calling Add-ons Clean design Community based Direct Messaging DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support Mobile friendly Privacy-friendly Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Web Integaration Add a feature 250 Like
Jami Voice, video and chat communications, secure, decentralized, strong privacy and freedoms. Not only is it free and open, they also do not record all your private conversations and use it against you. As a trial in New Zealand has shown, it also does not spy on your computer like Skype does and does not insert itself into everything. Guest • Mar 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Jami seems to be really providing the service it declares and not interested in tracking its users in a confused way as other Skype alternatives do (ie Google Hangouts). Guest • Jun 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Fast, very secure and Open Source. Guest • Dec 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Decentralized Distributed Apps with End-to-End Encryption File sharing ... File transfer Peer-To-Peer Share your screen SIP client Team messaging Video calling Add a feature 121 Like
WhatsApp Messenger WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for... To use the web or PC/Mac version of Whatsapp, an existing instance on a mobile phone or tablet is required. Skype, Viber and most other alternatives listed here can be used independently (and in some cases, even transfer calls between devices). Guest • Feb 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Skype and Whatsapp can be both used on mobile as a text chat Danilo_Venom • Sep 2016 • 4 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree WhatsApp does not have a video call option Guest • Jun 2016 • 2 agrees and 15 disagrees Disagree Agree Skype is know from doing calls & videoconference, specially on the desktop. WhatsApp is implementing now the calling feature, but not all the users have it. They don't have videochat support and is not available on desktop (well, we have WhatsApp Web, but only is a remote controller with a few funcionality: nothing about caling or videochat). EliasNS • Mar 2015 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Windows Phone Android Wear Apps with End-to-End Encryption Chat Encrypted chat Group chat ... Integrated File Sharing Java IDE Mobile friendly Based on phone number Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 705 Like
Mattermost Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings... Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron Team Collaboration Group chat Data API Integrated File Sharing ... MarkDown support Multi Channel On-premises software Plugin API File Sending Slack integration Supports XMPP Add a feature 160 Like
Matrix.org 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... Feature-full modern free opensource instant messaging server with federation. Murz • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted WebRTC Python JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Java Perl Apps with End-to-End Encryption Chat Decentralized Chat Bot ... Distributed Encrypted chat GNU/linux-libre Group chat Java Random video chat Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature 128 Like
Linphone Linphone is an internet phone or Voice Over IP phone (VoIP). With Linphone you can communicate freely with people over the internet, with voice, video, and text instant... Allows voice, video and text converstaions Guest • Jan 2016 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile ... Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Xfce SIP Chat Encrypted VoIP calls Live Push Notifications ... SIP client Video calling Add a feature 115 Like
Viber Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed. . had no problems until now and really high security standards walkerrobin79 • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree Nearly all features that Skype offers plus CALL TRANSFERS from one device to another. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Viber is a poor clone of WhatsApp edlee • Dec 2016 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Blackberry 10 Apple Watch Call Transfer Group chat Hidden chat Multiple languages ... Push to talk Secret chats Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 314 Like
