Glowing Bear AlternativesIRC Clients and other similar apps like Glowing Bear

Glowing Bear is described as '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' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Glowing Bear for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Glowing Bear 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 Glowing Bear are Wire, SeaMonkey, HexChat and Mattermost.

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  1. Element icon

    Element

     840 likes

    Provides secure collaboration with end-to-end encryption, supporting chat, voice, and video calls. Available on all major platforms, it enables digital sovereignty with a decentralized design and interoperability through bridges to systems like Slack and Teams. Includes enterprise-grade SaaS.

    354 Element alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    • OpenAPK
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  2. Pidgin icon

    Pidgin

     1533 likes

    Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log into accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on XMPP and sitting in an IRC channel at the same time.

    124 Pidgin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. Slack icon

    Slack

     883 likes

    Offers unified communication for teams with advanced real-time messaging, contextual features, versatile chat tools, and organized conversations in dedicated channels with integrated file sharing on Mac, Windows, Linux, and mobile platforms for enhanced productivity.

    266 Slack alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
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    • Electron
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Zoho Cliq

    Zoho Cliq simplifies your team communication with organized conversations, information that's easy to find and by connecting to the tools you love. Transform ideas into reality with your team. With channels, your team communi...

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  6. Wire icon

    Wire

     334 likes

    Secure communication platform featuring encrypted chats and calls, file and media sharing, self-deleting messages, device verification, group collaboration, and customizable settings. Supports use across multiple devices with no phone number required for access.

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Android
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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. SeaMonkey icon

    SeaMonkey

     250 likes

    Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.

    194 SeaMonkey alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • PortableApps.com
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  10. Mattermost icon

    Mattermost

     256 likes

    Self-hosted collaboration platform featuring chat, workflow automation, voice and video calling, screen sharing, AI capabilities, broad third-party integration support, cross-platform apps, compatibility with Slack imports, and flexible deployment options for secure team communication.

    153 Mattermost alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
    • US flagUnited States
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  11. Adium icon

    Adium

     337 likes

    Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. Based on the libpurple protocol library, Adium can connect you to any number of messaging accounts on any...

    69 Adium alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  12. irssi icon

    irssi

     89 likes

    Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

    60 irssi alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Global
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    mIRC

     99 likes

    Enables real-time chat on Windows with group or private messaging, multi-server access, file transfers, encryption, proxy and IPv6 support, chat logging, notifications, dark mode, and a scripting language for custom automation or developing communication tools and games.

    73 mIRC alternatives

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    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  14. Ripcord icon

    Ripcord

     30 likes

    Ripcord is a desktop chat client for group-centric services like Slack and Discord. It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users. It's not built on top of web browser technology: it responds quickly to input, sips gently from computer...

    174 Ripcord alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Discontinued

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    • Discord
    • Slack
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  15. Empathy icon

    Empathy

     156 likes

    Empathy is a 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.

    135 Empathy alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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