Empathy Alternatives

Empathy is described as 'Messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application' and is a very popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Empathy for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Empathy alternative is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Matrix. Other great apps like Empathy are Tox, Jitsi Meet, Jami and Wire.

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  1. Librem Chat icon

    Librem Chat

     8 likes

    End-to-end encrypted chat, VOIP, and video calling used by millions of people.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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  2. Tango icon

    Tango

     30 likes

    Offers free global video and voice calling, group chat with up to 50 participants, in-app messaging that bypasses SMS plans, music clip sharing via Spotify, photo editing, gaming and gifts, animated messages, mini-games during calls, and centralized media gallery.

    95 Tango alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. Matrix Commander icon

    Matrix Commander

     1 like

    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
     
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  6. Jami Commander

     1 like

    jami-commander (jc for short) is a simple but convenient CLI-based Jami client app for setting up accounts and swarms as well as sending.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Xabber icon

    Xabber

     53 likes

    Open source Jabber (XMPP) client with multi-account support, clean and simple interface. Being both free (as in freedom!) and ad-free, Xabber is designed to be the best Jabber client for Android .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  8. Spark IM icon

    Spark IM

     30 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Multi-user chat
     
  10. Caprine icon

    Caprine

     17 likes

    Caprine is an unofficial and privacy focused Facebook Messenger app with many useful features.

    18 Caprine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Caprine screenshot 1
     
  12. Prav icon

    Prav

     4 likes

    A user-friendly messenger for everyone with a focus on privacy and freedom.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Prav screenshot 1
     
  14. JusTalk icon

    JusTalk

     1 like

    With JusTalk you will experience the most crystal clear video calls, voice calls, group calls and conference calls. It's easy for everyone to use Facebook account or mobile phone number to start a JusTalk video call, voice call or group chat.

    58 JusTalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    JusTalk screenshot 1
     
  15. WWChat icon

    WWChat

     4 likes

    Indie Chat / Messenger for Android.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    WWChat screenshot 1
     
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