Microsoft Teams is a messaging app for teams where all conversations, meetings, files, and notes can be accessed by everyone, all in one place. It's a place for collaboration and work to happen in the open. Here's why you should use it: - It's great. - It makes communicating one-on-one and with groups a snap. - Collaboration happens in real time.... More information

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/X... More information

Telegram is a cloud-based synchronized messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It's superfast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time - [Android](https://telegram.org/dl/android), [iOS](https://telegram.org/dl/ios), [WP](https://telegram.org/dl/wp), [Firefox](https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/telegram... More information

WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends. In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users... More information

Telegram is a cloud-based synchronized messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It's superfast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time - [Android](https://telegram.org/dl/android), [iOS](https://telegram.org/dl/ios), [WP](https://telegram.org/dl/wp), [Firefox](https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/telegram... More information

Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. ### Features * Low-latency and Minimal CPU Usage * IP and DDoS Protection * Multiple Channels, Friends List, Direct Messaging * In-game Overlay * Cross-Platform: Windows, OSX, Linux, Android, iOS and Browser Support * Modern text ... More information

Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. ### Features * Low-latency and Minimal CPU Usage * IP and DDoS Protection * Multiple Channels, Friends List, Direct Messaging * In-game Overlay * Cross-Platform: Windows, OSX, Linux, Android, iOS and Browser Support * Modern text ... More information

Microsoft Teams is a messaging app for teams where all conversations, meetings, files, and notes can be accessed by everyone, all in one place. It's a place for collaboration and work to happen in the open. Here's why you should use it: - It's great. - It makes communicating one-on-one and with groups a snap. - Collaboration happens in real time.... More information

Spark is an Open Source, cross-platform IM client optimized for businesses and organizations. It features built-in support for group chat, telephony integration, and strong security. It also offers a great end-user experience with features like in-line spell checking, group chat room bookmarks, and tabbed conversations. Combined with the Openfire ... More information

HipChat is group chat, file sharing, video chat & screen sharing built for teams & business. Collaborate from anywhere with apps on desktop & mobile.

HexChat is a fork of XChat which is free for Linux and Windows. It was originally named XChat-WDK and was created as an alternative to the Shareware version of XChat for Windows, but changed its name because it went far beyond being a simple Windows only version of XChat and efforts to merge into XChat officially hit a dead-end

The ultimate Free Open Source Solution for team communications. Rocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source. Replace email, HipChat and Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution. Communicate and collaborate using team chat and switch to video or audio calls with screen sharing for more efficient teamwork. Improve productivity by discu... More information

Signal is an encrypted communications application. It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos, and make one-to-one voice and video calls. ## Features - Send high-quality group, text, voice, video, document, and picture messages anywhere in the world without SMS or MMS fees. ... More information

Mumble is a voice over IP (VOIP) application primarily designed for use by gamers, similar to programs such as TeamSpeak and Ventrilo. Mumble uses a client-server architecture which allows users to talk to each other via the same server. It has a very simple administrative interface and features high sound quality and low latency. All communicatio... More information

Telegram is a cloud-based synchronized messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It's superfast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time - [Android](https://telegram.org/dl/android), [iOS](https://telegram.org/dl/ios), [WP](https://telegram.org/dl/wp), [Firefox](https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/telegram... More information

Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is a free and open source multiplatform voice (VoIP), videoconferencing and instant messaging application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It supports several popular instant messaging and telephony protocols, including open recognised encryption protocols for chat (OTR) and voice/video/streaming and voice/video co... More information

Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and customisable me... More information

THE NEW WAY TO ORGANIZE YOUR SERVICES Rambox gives you the possibility to add common services many times you need, all in one place. It's perfect for people who work with many services for business and private accounts.

Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application. It can connect to multiple IM services, such as AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Bonjour, XMPP, and Skype networks; as well as social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace; and email services, such as POP3, I... More information

mIRC is a full featured Internet Relay Chat client for Windows that can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks around the world, either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions. It has a clean, practical interface that is highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists, fil... More information

He currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more.

Purple Facebook implements the Facebook Messenger protocol into pidgin, finch, and libpurple. While the primary implementation is for purple3, this plugin is back-ported for purple2. The purple-facebook plugin is a replacement for the builtin Facebook XMPP plugin. Facebook is in the process of shutting down their XMPP service, which will... More information

qTox is a powerful [Tox](https://tox.chat/) client that follows the Tox design guidelines while running on all major platforms. ## Features * One to one chat with friends * Group chats * File transfers, with previewing of images * Audio calls, including group calls * Video calls * Tox DNS and Tox URI support * Translations in 26 languages * Avata... More information

Gitter is a chat and networking platform that helps to manage, grow and connect communities through messaging, content and discovery. **NOTE**: This is an automatically updated package. If you find it is out of date by more than a week, please contact the maintainer(s) and let them know the package is no longer updating correctly.

* Messages disappear forever once they’re read * Swiping prevents screenshots * Instantly send messages to any email address * Messages you send are private and encrypted * Read receipts tell you when your message is read * It’s FREE

Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free an... More information

Miranda NG is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows - Miranda IM. Very light on system resources and extremely fast.

Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the open protocol XMPP network. Fast and lightweight, Psi is fully open-source and compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an open technology for real-time communication, which powers a wide range of applications including instant me... More information

Shredder – Irreversibly remove all deleted messages, images, and video content from your device Configurable Timer – Set the expiration time on all your messaging content No Metadata – Wickr removes all records, geotags and identifying information from your messages and media No Ads – Ever Secure – Send and receive secure messages, documents, pictu... More information