monocles chat is a fork of blabber.im and Conversations with some changes, to improve usability.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Conversations Alternatives
Conversations is described as 'Privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG]' and is a very popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Conversations for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and Linux apps. The best Conversations alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Conversations are Telegram, Element, Matrix and Pidgin.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
WorkChat streamlines collaboration for businesses. Connect seamlessly with team and clients, integrating WhatsApp, Skype, and Messenger to manage cross-channel messaging.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Technitium Mesh is a secure, anonymous, peer-to-peer (p2p), open source instant messenger designed to provide end-to-end encryption. Primary aim of developing this instant messenger is to provide privacy which is achieved using cryptography and anonymity using Tor network.
VIPole is a Secure Instant Messenger for secure messaging, encrypted voice/video calls, group chats that provides highly secure and strongly encrypted environment for all your communications and files you exchange over internet.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Hangouts
84 KakaoTalk alternativesKakaoTalk is a phone number based messenger service that allows users anywhere in the world to chat one-to-one or in a group for free. (no SMS service)
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Wear
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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A fork of Signal for Android with proprietary Google binary blobs removed. Uses OpenStreetMap for maps and a websocket server connection, instead of Google Maps and Firebase Cloud Messaging.
KeeperChat - The leading secure messaging app.
• Private vault for messages, photos and videos • Private, encrypted media gallery (nothing is saved on device’s camera roll) • Biometric login and self-destruct protection for vault • Message retraction and self-destruct timer • Tw.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
At this point in the digital world, our personal digital metadata – not just our messages, but data about who talks to whom, when, and where – has been marketed, auctioned, and monetized hundreds of thousands of times over.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
This simple Matrix client written in Python allows you to send and receive messages and files, verify other devices, and interact with your Matrix account or other Matrix users in many ways. You use it from the terminal (CLI) or integrate it into other simple Python programs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Docker
- Docker Hub
- Python
- Nix Package Manager
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