iMessage

Love iMessage on your iPhone? You'll love it on your Mac, too. Messages lets you send unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac, iOS device, or Apple Watch.

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love imessage on your iphone? you'll love it on your mac, too. messages lets you send unlimited messages to anyone on a mac, ios device, or apple watch. your messages can include photos, videos, documents, audio, and contacts, and you can even see when your message has been delivered and when someone’s typing a reply. with endtoend encryption, your imessage conversations stay safe and private. and those green sms text messages on your iphone? they’re also on your mac. because all your conversations are available across your devices, you can start a conversation on your iphone and pick it up on your mac.

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Skype

An instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Chrome OS Web Blackberry

IFTTT integration Exchange Integration Microsoft Office integration Share your screen Video calling Voice Call
1427 Like

Pidgin

Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Xfce

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Video calling Voice Call Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple protocols Multiple protocols support Multiple chat protocols Supports XMPP
927 Like

Hangouts

Hangouts is a messaging app that lets you send and receive messages, photos and more, and even start free video and voice calls – one to one or with a group! "Hangouts" are places used to facilitate group video chat (with a...

Free Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Chrome OS Web Chrome

Voice Call Gmail integration Group chat Multi Device Support Texting Voice messages WebRTC
329 Like

Adium

Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team.

Free Open Source Mac OS X

Customizable Multiple languages Tabbed interface Support for Themes Multiple protocols OTR
324 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 real time with all your friends at once, and share media or...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Chrome

Privacy protection Security focused Built in File transfer Works Offline Video calling Voice Call Group chat Texting Voice messages Protected by Password Encrypted chat End to end encryption Cross platform Encrypted Connection Mobile friendly Self destructing messages Color coding Based on phone number Private messaging Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Send files Video chat (Encrypted)
270 Like

Trillian

Trillian is an instant messaging app that works on phones, tablets, and desktops while keeping your chats neatly synchronized between all of them! We think conversation should be easily shared between all of your devices, not trapped as...

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone iPad Web Blackberry

POP3 Support Team Collaboration Facebook integration Multiple protocols
221 Like

Miranda IM

Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Multiple protocols
218 Like

Digsby

Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.

Free Open Source Windows
180 Like

Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message. Reach friends right on their phones, get and send messages fast, message everyone at once and more.

Free Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Web Blackberry Apple Watch

Video calling Voice Call Group chat
154 Like

Empathy

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.

Free Open Source Linux BSD

Built in File transfer Video calling Multiple protocols
144 Like

Wire

Wire is a secure and private messenger for phones, tablets and desktop. Crystal clear voice and video calls, private group chats, file sharing, audio and video messages - everything is end-to-end encrypted.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Web

Privacy focused Security focused Share your screen Video calling Voice Call Group chat WebRTC Encrypted chat Photo Sharing End to end encryption Integrated File Sharing Privacy Protected Encrypted calls Video chat (Encrypted)
117 Like

Nimbuzz

Nimbuzz offers limited availablility free calls and limited availability free text messaging for users via 3G and WiFi. Calls to other Nimbuzz users are free. PAY to call mobile or landline phones for as little as $0.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Web HP webOS Java Mobile S60
102 Like

IM+

Chat everywhere! IM+ is the most widely used mobile IM app! Connect all-in-one to MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter on ALL popular mobile platforms.

Freemium Android iPhone Web Blackberry Windows Mobile HP webOS Java Mobile S60

Multiple Account support Multiple protocols support
88 Like

Yahoo! Messenger

Stay in touch with your friends and family while sharing favorite photos using one of the most popular instant messaging applications.

Free Android iPhone Web Blackberry

Video calling Voice Call
77 Like

Psi

Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open XMPP network. Localized versions of Psi are available in almost twenty different languages.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD
54 Like

Fring

Fring is a VoIP (voice over internet) app that allows you to make 2-way video calls, voice calls and live chat for free, from your phone or iPod.

Freemium Android iPhone

Video calling Voice Call Texting
47 Like

Kik

Kik helps you stay connected and keep in the loop with friends, all through chat. Kik offers free, unlimited texting to Kik users worldwide, no matter what type of smartphone they use.

Free Android iPhone Kindle Fire Windows Phone S60
40 Like

Xabber

open source jabber (xmpp) client with multi-account support, clean and simple interface. being both free (as in freedom!) and ad-free, xabber is designed to be the best jabber client for android .

Free Open Source Android
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Conversations

Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG].

Free Open Source Android Android Tablet

Group chat Encrypted chat Decentralized End to end encryption Self destructing messages OTR Picture sharing
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Disa

Disa is your new messaging hub. Conversations from different services can seamlessly be joined together, or disbanded within seconds.

Free Android Android Tablet Kindle Fire

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Texting Unified messaging

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The Best 50 iMessage Alternatives

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Pidgin

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Signal

Trillian

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Facebook Messenger

Empathy

Wire

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