Open Source Wire Alternatives

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

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  1. Glowing Bear icon
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    Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all the heavy lifting and then provides some nice features on top of that, like...

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    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WeeChat
    • Google Chrome
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  2. cabal icon
     5 likes

    Experimental p2p community chat platform.

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    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Tuwunel icon
     2 likes

    Tuwunel is a high-performance Matrix homeserver written entirely in Rust — the official successor to conduwuit, sponsored by the Swiss government and deployed for citizens.

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker Hub
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  4. Emoty icon
     4 likes

    Emoty is a messaging application with emphasis on simplicity, freedom and safety. It's a client for RetroShare network, hence use the same decentralized, Friend-to-Friend network structure with end-to-end encryprtion.

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    Since

    • Since 2017

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Echoplexus icon
     17 likes

    Echoplexus is an anonymous, web-based, IRC-like chatting platform that makes its best effort to respect your privacy. It allows you to create public or private channels. You can encrypt your chats. You can secure a pseudonym for linkable anonymity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Secretly is a zero-knowledge encrypted messenger built for digital privacy and data protection. Communicate freely with identity control — no phone number or email address required.

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  7. At this point in the digital world, our personal digital metadata – not just our messages, but data about who talks to whom, when, and where – has been marketed, auctioned, and monetized hundreds of thousands of times over.

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    Since

    • Since 2024

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  8. Simphone icon
     4 likes

    Secure and private open source peer-to-peer Instant Messenger.

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    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
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  9. Twake Chat icon
     2 likes

    Twake Chat is a secure, open source messaging platform designed for enterprises. It offers seamless integration of chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and email, and more.

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    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  10. EchoId icon
     2 likes

    EchoId is a privacy-focused messaging platform designed for secure and real-time communication. It combines encrypted messaging, voice/video calling, and a lightweight architecture to deliver a fast and reliable chat experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Android
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  11. Tkabber icon
     13 likes

    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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