Syphon AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Instant Messengers

The best Instant Messenger alternative to Syphon is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or FluffyChat. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Syphon and eight of them are Instant Messengers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Instant Messenger alternatives to Syphon are SchildiChat, nheko, Neochat and Quaternion.

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  1. Element icon
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    Provides secure collaboration with end-to-end encryption, supporting chat, voice, and video calls. Available on all major platforms, it enables digital sovereignty with a decentralized design and interoperability through bridges to systems like Slack and Teams. Includes enterprise-grade SaaS.

    302 Element alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • Snapcraft
     
  2. Cinny icon
     20 likes

    A Matrix client where you can enjoy the conversation using simple, elegant and secure interface protected by e2ee with the power of open source.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. SchildiChat icon
     14 likes

    SchildiChat is a Matrix client based on Element with a more traditional instant messaging experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
     
  4. nheko icon
     6 likes

    The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for Matrix that feels more like a mainstream chat app (Element, Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. Neochat icon
     10 likes

    NeoChat is a client for Matrix, the decentralized communication protocol for instant messaging. It is a fork of Spectral, using KDE frameworks, most notably Kirigami, KConfig and KI18n.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE
    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub
     
  6. Quaternion icon
     4 likes

    Quaternion is a cross-platform Qt5-based desktop IM client for Matrix, a reference desktop application using libQMatrixClient. Source code, issue tracker, roadmap etc. can be found at GitHub. Releases (with links to cross-platform source code archives, as well as binaries for...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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