The Best 52 Sim-IM Alternatives

  • GYachI

    GyachE Improved (GyachI) is a fork from Gyach Enhanced Yahoo! client for Linux operating systems. This Yahoo! client supports almost all of the features you would expect...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • rq

    R&Q is a little instant messaging client for the ICQ protocol, fork of Rejetto's &RQ. It is simple, fast, takes a little more than 1 MB disk space and...

    Free Windows

  • Swift XMPP Client

    Swift is an elegant, secure, adaptable and intuitive XMPP client, with features that make it suitable for a wide range of use scenarios.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Gyach

    Gyach is a GTK+ based Yahoo! Chat client.

    Free Open Source Linux BSD

  • OneTeam

    OneTeam – simple, secure and easy to use. OneTeam is a versatile instant messaging client that is very intuitive to use. Even people who are new to instant messaging...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux iPhone Web

  • BuddyTalk Instant Messenger

    BuddyTalk is a java based instant messanger, you can login with your gmail username and password to chat with your friends or to test the software you can login with the...

    Free Windows

  • Fire

    Fire is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available libraries for each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant Messenger®...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD

  • Minbif

    Minbif aims to use the libpurple library from the Pidgin project to provide an IRC-friendly instant messaging client.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • OctroTalk

    OctroTalk is an Jabber/Gtalk client with support for GTalk (GMail) audio and Video calls. OctroTalk also supports SIP calling (through a provider of your choice). ...

    Free Mac OS X Android iPhone Android Tablet Windows Phone

  • Centericq

    Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, MSN, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD