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

The Best 12 Pidgin Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Psi+

Psi+ is a development branch of the Psi XMPP client. Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP client (Qt, C++) designed for the XMPP power users.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Video calling Voice Call Multiple protocols OTR
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WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms (including Linux, BSD and Mac OS).

Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux Android BSD Xfce

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiple protocols Modular System Command line interface
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Finch

Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, IRC, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses.

Free Open Source Linux Xfce

Multiple protocols Command line interface
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Isotoxin

Multiprotocol messenger with Tox and XMPP support.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Share your screen Video calling Voice Call Encrypted chat Peer To Peer Multiple protocols
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Tor Messenger

Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor. It supports a wide variety of transport networks...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Portable Multiple protocols OTR

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Pidgin

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The Best 12 Pidgin Alternatives

Adium

Trillian

Jitsi

Miranda IM

Empathy

Rambox

Instantbird

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WeeChat

Finch

Isotoxin

Tor Messenger

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