Empathy Alternatives for Online

Skype is an instant messaging and VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) client to communicate with people in a distant place.

Hangouts is an instant messaging software developed by Google.

Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application.

Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is a free and open source multiplatform voice (VoIP), videoconferencing and instant messaging application.

Facebook Messenger is the official Facebook app that lets you have text conversations with all of your friends on the popular social network.

IM+ supports simultaneously major IM services, including Google Talk, Twitter DMs, Yahoo!, AIM/iChat, ICQ, Jabber (and Slack through Jabber), etc.

Linphone is a free voice over IP (VoIP) service and SIP client.

LINE is a new communication app which allows you to make free voice calls and send free messages whenever and wherever you are.

Wire is a cross-platform, encrypted instant messaging client created by Wire Swiss. It is available for iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, macOS and Web browser clients.

ICQ is an open source instant messaging software.

appear.in provides one-click video conferences right in your browser without requiring PIN codes or additional software.

Matrix is an open protocol for real-time communication. It is designed to allow users with accounts at one communications service provider to communicate with users of a different service provider via online chat, Voice over IP, and Videotelephony.

Zoiper is an easy to use sip video softphone, with excellent voice quality and easy to setup.

Jitsi Meet is an open-source (Apache) WebRTC JavaScript application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, scalable video conferences.

Zulip is a chat and collaborative software.

Dialog Messenger is a handy and feature-rich enterprise multi-device messenger available for server or cloud.

Shout is a self-hosted web IRC client.

Dasher Messenger provids a way to message friends.