Messaging apps
Apps and protocols for direct and group messages between people.
Includes: Consumer messengers, IRC, XMPP and Matrix clients and community chat.
For example: Signal, Discord, Element, Pidgin.
129 listed products
| Product | What it says it does |
|---|---|
| Libervia | Libervia is a all-in-one tool to manage all your communications needs: instant messaging, (micro)blogging, file sharing, photo albums… |
| Burner | Burner is the original second phone number app, built to maintain your privacy, organize your social circles, and protect your anonymity. |
| Coccinella | Coccinella is a free and open-source cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other… |
| emesene | emesene is a chat program that allows you to connect to different networks like MSN, Gtalk, Facebook chat, Jabber and others. |
| Marco Polo | Marco Polo is the video chat app that brings you closer to the people who matter most without asking you to compromise on trust. |
| Wickr | AWS Wickr is an enterprise-grade secure collaboration service that transforms how organizations protect their most critical communications. |
| Adium | Adium is a free instant messaging application for macOS that can connect to XMPP (Jabber), IRC and more. |
| AmIRC | AmIRC is the famous IRC client created by Oliver Wagner and Jamie van den Berge for VaporWare. |
| ChatZilla | ChatZilla is a clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client |
| Discord | Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. |
| Empathy | Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. |
| FluffyChat | The open-source, non-profit European alternative to big tech’s messaging and video-call monopoly. |
| Gitter | Gitter is a chat and networking platform that helps to manage, grow and connect communities |
| Polari | IRC client which enables you to chat with people around world through large chatrooms or via private messaging. |
| Stoat | Stoat is the open-source group chat app for friends and communities that works the way you always wished it would. |
| Tkabber | Tkabber is a Free and Open Source client for the Jabber instant messaging system. |
| UnrealIRCd | UnrealIRCd is a highly advanced IRCd with a strong focus on modularity and security. |
| Bombus | Bombus — небольшой независимый информационный проект о протоколах обмена |
| Cock.li | Cock.li is your go-to solution for professional e-mail addresses. |
| Dino | Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop. |
| Element | Secure communications built on the decentralised Matrix open standard. |
| Enhanced Programmable ircII Client | EPIC is an IRC client forked from ircII over 30 years ago. |
| GG | GG - Lekki i Niezawodny Komunikator (d. Gadu-Gadu) |
| Gossip | Gossip is an instant messaging client for GNOME . |
| Irssi | Irssi is a modular text mode chat client. It comes with IRC support built in. |
| Kaidan | Kaidan is a user-friendly and modern chat app for every device. |
| Kik | Kik Messaging, Chat App, Groups & Communities |
| KMess | KMess is an alternative Live Messenger chat client for Linux. |
| Kontalk | Community-driven Instant Messaging Network |
| Konversation | Konversation is a user-friendly Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client by KDE. |
| Licq | Licq - an instant messaging client for UNIX |
| Mail.ru Agent | Mail.ru Агент - чаты, группы, видеозвонки и яркие стикеры, уведомления о почте. |
| Monal | Monal is an XMPP instant messaging client for macOS and iOS |
| Olvid | Olvid est la première messagerie à taille humaine. |
| Pidgin | Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log into accounts on multiple chat |
| Prosody | Prosody is a modern XMPP communication server. |
| Psi | Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the XMPP network. |
| Quiet Internet Pager | QIP / ICQ — ретро-мессенджер без наворотов |
| SeaMonkey | Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and |
| Signal | Signal is a simple, powerful, and secure messenger |
| SimpleX Chat | private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random) |
| Smuxi | Smuxi doesn't do just IRC, it can also handle Jabber / XMPP natively. |
| Threema | Secure Communication For Individuals and Companies |
| Wire | Secure Messenger for Government and Enterprise | Wire |
| Xabber | open-source XMPP client for Android and Web |
| +Message | 「＋メッセージ」は、ドコモ・au・ソフトバンク提供のメッセージアプリです。 |
| BiP | Yerli ve Güvenli Mesajlaşma Uygulaması |
| Briar | Secure messaging anywhere |
| CGI:IRC | lets you access IRC from a web browser |
| ChatSecure | Encrypted Messenger for iOS |
| Finch | command line instant messenger |
| Instantbird | Instant messaging has never been easier! |
| ircII | ircII is an IRC and ICB client |
| Jabbim | Jabbim is an Instant Messaging service. |
| KakaoTalk | 카카오톡 사람과 세상을 연결하는 전 우주 통신규약을 꿈꾸는 메신저 |
| KiwiIRC | KiwiIRC makes Web IRC easy. |
| LimeChat | Windows用のIRCクライアントです。 |
| Mango | is a viewer for medical research images. |
| mIRC | mIRC: Internet Relay Chat client |
| Molly | An improved Signal app |
| Nettalk | Nettalk - www.ntalk.de - IRC-Client |
| Open chat | 共通点でつながるLINEの新しいSNS |
| Poezio | Poezio is a free console XMPP client |
| WeeChat | WeeChat, the extensible chat client |
| Zalo | Ứng dụng liên lạc số 1 Việt Nam |
| rcirc | an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client written in Emacs Lisp. One of two IRC clients included in GNU Emacs since release 22.1, alongside ERC. |
| Centericq | text mode menu- and window-driven instant messaging interface |
| Fractal | messaging and collaboration software by GNOME based on the Matrix protocol |
| Gabber | free and open-source instant messaging client |
| Gajim | free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol |
| GoldBug | secure e-mail client and instant messenger software |
| KDE Telepathy | instant messaging and voice over IP client |
| LINE | instant messaging and social networking service |
| Meetro | location-based multi-network social messenger |
| Messenger Kids | Instant messaging service and software application for kids below the age of 13 |
| Mxit | defunct South African instant messaging platform |
| Myspace IM | discontinued instant messaging client for Myspace |
| nheko | instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol |
| PJIRC | web-based open-source IRC client written in Java |
| Quaternion | instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol |
| 2go messenger | instant messenger |
| Alice Messenger | IM client |
| aMSN | instant messaging client |
| Ayttm | instant messaging client |
| Bersirc | former Internet Relay Chat client |
| BitchX | free IRC client |
| BlackBerry Messenger | Instant messaging software |
| ChitChat | instant messaging client for Mac OS X |
| Colloquy | IRC client |
| CSpace | free software |
| Delta Chat | instant messaging client |
| DingTalk | Instant messaging software |
| Fire | instant messaging client |
| Forfone | instant messaging client |
| Hello | online social network |
| Hike | instant messaging app |
| HydraIRC | IRC client |
| IBM Lotus Sametime | computer program |
| ii | minimal IRC client |
| Ircle | IRC client |
| JAJC | XMPP client |
| Jimm | instant messaging client |
| Kopete | free multiprotocol messenger |
| LeafChat | IRC client |
| Linkinus | shareware IRC client |
| meebo | instant messaging client |
| Morpheus | peer-to-peer file sharing client |
| PIRCH | shareware IRC client |
| QuteCom | Voice over IP client |
| Raya | Dating and networking app for iOS |
| Ricochet | anonymized free instant messaging client |
| RingID | social networking platform |
| Shareaza | peer-to-peer file sharing application |
| SOMA Messenger | instant messaging software |
| stashcat | German instant messaging service |
| Surespot messenger | instant messaging software |
| TamTam | Free Messenger App |
| Tinder | social network and dating platform |
| TU Me | Instant messaging and Voice over IP app |
| utalk | instant messaging software |
| Visual IRC | open source Internet Relay Chat client |
| XChat | messaging app by X |
| BirdyChat | Not observed |
| KMeet | Not observed |
| Messenger | Not observed |
| R&Q | Not observed |
| Ruliu | Not observed |
| Tencent Instant Messenger | Not observed |
| Yahoo Together | Not observed |
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