µTox is a lightweight open source Tox client with minimal dependencies; it not only looks attractive, it runs fast.
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Tag: instant messaging
Franz – messaging app for WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and more
Franz is an open source messaging app. It’s a good alternative to Signal, combining chat and messaging services into a single application.
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Fractal – matrix client for GNOME
Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects.
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NeoChat – KDE matrix client
NeoChat is a Matrix client. Send text messages, videos and audio files to your family, colleagues and friends using the Matrix protocol.
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Kopete – multi-protocol instant messaging client
Kopete is KDE’s instant messaging (IM) client. The software is designed to be modular and plugin based.
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Element – secure Matrix messaging and collaboration client
Element is a secure Matrix messaging client with encrypted chats, Spaces, threaded discussions, file sharing and voice and video calls.
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Psi – cross-platform XMPP instant messaging client
Psi is an instant messaging application designed for the Jabber (XMPP) IM network. Chat using Google Talk, LiveJournal and many other groups.
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Signal – encrypted communications app
Signal Desktop is an app that lets you send or receive Signal messages using your laptop or desktop computer. It runs independently of a web browser.
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Gajim – feature-rich XMPP messaging client
Gajim is an XMPP messaging client with OMEMO encryption, group chats, voice messages, file sharing and multi-account support.
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Empathy – messaging program
Empathy is an instant messaging (IM) and voice over IP (VoIP) client which supports text, voice, video, file transfers, and more.
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qTox – powerful Tox client
qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.
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Wire – encrypted messaging and conferencing
Wire offers encrypted messaging, file sharing and calls, with an experimental Linux desktop client and Messaging Layer Security.
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Linphone – SIP softphone for voice and video calls
Linphone is a SIP softphone for Linux, offering voice and video calls, messaging, contact management and encrypted communications.
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Jami – decentralised encrypted communication platform
Jami provides decentralised encrypted calls, video conferencing, group messaging and file sharing on Linux without a central server.
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Jitsi – open source video conferencing
Jitsi is an open source video conferencing stack with WebRTC meetings, an SFU, screen sharing, chat, recording and Linux clients.
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Pidgin – multi-protocol instant messaging client
Pidgin is an open source graphical Instant Messenger (IM) program that lets you sign on to many chat services.
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Konversation – graphical IRC client for KDE
Konversation is a KDE IRC client with multi-server connections, DCC file transfers, message highlighting, notifications and chat logging.
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BarnOwl – extensible terminal instant messaging client
BarnOwl is a curses-based instant messaging client supporting Zephyr, IRC and Jabber, with rich message filters and Perl plugins.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Messages
Messages is a proprietary freeware instant messaging software application. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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