Chatty App Alternatives

Chatty App is described as 'A simple-to-use messaging app for 1:1 communication and small groups supporting SMS, MMS, matrix and XMPP through libpurple' and is a instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Chatty App for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Android apps. The best Chatty App alternative is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Pidgin. Other great apps like Chatty App are HexChat, Element X, Adium and Trillian.

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  1. Messenger for Desktop is a wrapper for the official client messenger.com. Therefore it works like a regular browser which can only navigate to the messenger.com web app. MFD doesn't touch your messages, account or personal data. All that is handled securely by Facebook.

    84 Messenger for Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Kadu icon
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    Kadu is an open source Jabber/XMPP and Gadu-Gadu instant messenger client for Linux, *BSD, Mac and Windows.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Tencent QQ icon
     27 likes

    QQ is a widely used Chinese instant messaging service developed by Tencent, offering chat, voice, and video communication. It integrates social networking features like groups, forums, and customizable avatars to enhance user interaction.

    53 Tencent QQ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Facebook
     
  4. Pinger icon
     14 likes

    Pinger lets you text and talk free with the people you care about most, anywhere on the planet. Tap a picture and you'll see all of your communications—texts, pics, calls, voicemails—all in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. Messenger Kids is a free video calling and messaging app designed for kids to connect with close friends and family from their tablet or smartphone. Kids can only connect with parent-approved contacts, which creates a more controlled environment.

    32 Messenger Kids alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  6. Glowing Bear icon
     7 likes

    Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all the heavy lifting and then provides some nice features on top of that, like...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • WeeChat
     
  7. Virtual PBX enables small businesses to set up professional, hardware-free phone solutions with Auto Attendant, business SMS, call routing, enhanced voicemail, customizable greetings, faxes, scalable extensions, and an online portal for easy management.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
     
  8. GYachI icon
     7 likes

    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 to find on the official Windows Yahoo!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Beagle IM icon
     3 likes

    BeagleIM is a lightweight and powerful XMPP client developed by Tigase, Inc. It provides an easy way to start using the XMPP Protocol (formerly known as Jabber) if you've never used it before. Veterans of the protocol will find many features here they are familiar.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Psyced icon
     2 likes

    This is psyced, a scalable multi-protocol multi-casting chat, messaging and social server solution to build decentralized chat networks upon, released as free software. Powerful, not bloated, not too hard to get into.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Atomic IRC icon
     2 likes

    Atomic is an open source IRC client built for a new age. New features from its heritage of Yaaic, improvements and stuff.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. Ergo icon
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    Ergo (formerly known as Oragono) is a modern IRC server written in Go. Its core design principles are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
    • OpenBSD
     
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