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.

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Pidgin is an easy to use, multiprotocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has builtin support for NSS, offering clienttoserver message encryption for protocols that support it. The program is extendable through plugins, including "OfftheRecord Messaging" and Pidgin encryption, providing endtoend message encryption.

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

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Tox

Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet BSD Mac

Privacy focused Security focused Ad free Built in player Share your screen Video calling Group chat Texting Encrypted chat Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Decentralized End to end encryption Peer To Peer
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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
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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
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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, Windows Live, Yahoo!, GTalk/Hangouts extensions, as well as OTR, ZRTP...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android BSD Web

Video calling Multiple Account support Group chat WebRTC End to end encryption Multiple protocols iPhone/iPod sync OTR
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Miranda IM

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

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Multiple protocols
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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
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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
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Riot.im

Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android.

Free Open Source Linux Android iPhone iPad Web Chrome Self-Hosted Safari
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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
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Ring

Ring is a secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication platform that requires no centralized server and leaves the power of privacy in the hands of the user.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android Mac

Video calling Decentralized End to end encryption Peer To Peer Distributed
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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
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Kopete

Kopete is an instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more. It is designed to be a flexible and extensible multi-protocol system suitable for personal and enterprise use.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD
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Rambox

Free, open source and cross platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Portable Multiple Account support Slack integration Skype integration Multiple protocols Configurable
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ICQ

ICQ is one of the oldest instant messengers. First developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, sold to AOL, sold again and currenly owned by the Russian "mail.ru" group (known for one of the largest social networks).

Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Web Windows Mobile Java Mobile
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Gajim

The goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber client. Gajim works nicely with GNOME, but does not require it to run. It is released under the GNU General Public License.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Xfce

Video calling Multiple languages Tabbed interface Group chat Encrypted chat OTR Supports XMPP
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Emesene

emesene is an instant messenger capable of connecting to various networks and utilizing different graphical toolkits.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD
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Miranda NG

miranda new generation is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for windows - miranda im . very light on system resources and extremely fast.

Free Open Source Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Multiple languages
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Instantbird

instantbird is an instant messaging client based on mozilla xulrunner and the open source library libpurple created by the software developers of pidgin .

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Portable Multiple languages Multiple protocols
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Dialog Messenger

Dialog Messenger is a customized self-hosted platform usable across multi operation systems simultaneously. dialog provides SDK tools for client interface as well as for server.

Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Web Self-Hosted

Privacy protection Real time collaboration Reactions Team work Encrypted chat Text chat
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Kiwi IRC

A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely. More friendly than other webirc clients giving the general public an easy option to connect to any IRC network.

Free Open Source Web Chrome Self-Hosted

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The Best 110 Pidgin Alternatives

Tox

Adium

Trillian

Jitsi

Miranda IM

Digsby

Empathy

Riot.im

IM+

Ring

Psi

Kopete

Rambox

ICQ

Gajim

Emesene

Miranda NG

Instantbird

Dialog Messenger

Kiwi IRC

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