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Pidgin

Pidgin is an open source, cross-platform messaging and chat client software used for instant messaging and real-time communication. It allows users to communicate with other people over multiple protocols, including AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messen...

Tox

Tox is a free, secure, open source, and decentralised instant messaging and file sharing application. It allows you to communicate with friends over encrypted chat, voice call, and video calls, and securely share any type of file, large or small. With Tox, users can connect with ...

No integration with external technologies: you can only chat with people using Tox.

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Riot.im

Riot.im is an open source, secure, and decentralized communication platform for teams, communities, and individuals. It can be used as a communication tool for anything from remote work collaboration to video conferencing, text chat, voice calls, and file sharing. Riot.im is desi...

HexChat

HexChat is a free and open-source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is designed to be comfortable for both experienced and novice users. It has many features including multiple server support, user list, tabbed chat windows, and a plugin system. T...

Rambox

Rambox is an open source, cross-platform messaging and emailing app that allows users to manage multiple services from the same interface. The app provides a unified inbox for all of your social networks, messaging and email services, including WhatsApp, Slack, Skype, Facebook Me...

Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging app and website developed by Facebook, Inc. It allows users to send and receive text, multimedia, and video messages to and from friends and family, as well as make audio and video calls. The app also provides users with the ability to i...

Trillian

Trillian is an instant messaging and collaboration platform that allows users to communicate with their contacts across multiple networks. It provides a unified messaging experience, letting users message and collaborate with contacts from different networks in the same applicati...

Use a Trillian account, not Jabber, AIM, MSN, etc.

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Miranda IM

Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. It is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use while still providing many powerful features. It supports a variety of protocols, including ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu, and IRC. It also suppo...

ICQ

ICQ is an instant messaging and video chat platform that was first released in 1996. It allows users to communicate with each other in real-time, exchange files, and make voice and video calls. Users can create chat rooms and invite other contacts to join, join chat rooms created...

Bitmessage

Bitmessage is a decentralized, open-source, peer-to-peer messaging and file sharing application that enables users to securely send and receive encrypted messages and files without the need for a centralized server. It uses strong encryption to ensure that the messages and files ...

Imo

Imo is a mobile application and website that enables users to communicate with each other through text and video messaging, voice calls, and video calls. It has a wide range of features, including group chats, multimedia sharing, free stickers, voice and video messages, and voice...

Empathy

Empathy is an app (or website) that focuses on helping people connect with and relate to others. It provides users with a platform to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others. Empathy allows users to exchange messages, share photos and videos, and create groups...

Discontinued empathy is not currently maintained. The latest version, 3.25, released in August 2017, can still be downloaded from the official website.

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Gajim

Gajim is an open-source, multi-platform instant messaging client for XMPP. It is written in Python and released under the GNU General Public License. It supports many popular instant messaging protocols, such as XMPP (Jabber), IRC, and SIP/SIMPLE. It is also able to connect to mu...

Digsby

Digsby is a free, all-in-one instant messaging and social networking client. It's a desktop application that lets you easily manage all your IM, email and social network accounts in one place. With Digsby, users can chat with friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabb...

Discontinued The application is no longer actively developed. The source code has been opened for the community to take over, but had no impact: https://github.com/ifwe/digsby | https://web.archive.org/web/20121205002331/http://blog.digsby.com/archives/1969/

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Miranda NG

Miranda NG is a free and open source multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. It is a successor to the popular Miranda IM software, which was one of the most widely used instant messaging clients of its time. Miranda NG is designed to be a powerful, feature-rich, and ...

iMessage

iMessage is an instant messaging service developed by Apple Inc. for iOS and macOS devices. It allows users to send text messages, pictures, videos, contacts, documents, and other content to other users. iMessage is integrated with the Messages app on iOS and macOS, and allows us...

Psi

Psi is an innovative mobile social platform that focuses on connecting people of all ages, backgrounds, and interests. It provides users with the ability to create their own profiles, share content, and easily join groups and events. It also allows them to meet new people and mak...

WeeChat

WeeChat is an open source, cross-platform, extensible and highly customizable chat program. It is written in C language and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows, and any other system with a modern C compiler. WeeChat p...

YakYak

YakYak is an anonymous messaging app that allows users to connect with others in real-time. It is available for both Android and iOS devices. With YakYak, users can join different chat rooms and start conversations with people from all over the world. The app also provides a grea...

irssi

Irssi is an open source, text-based, cross-platform Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Unix-like operating systems. It is written in C and features a wide range of features, including user-customizable color themes, scriptable command aliases, logging, and advanced user managem...

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