Open Source

Pidgin is a free and open-source chat client which supports AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, XMPP protocols.

Open Source

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

Psi

Open Source

Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the XMPP network (including Google Talk). Fast and lightweight, Psi is fully open-source and compatib…

Franz

Free

Franz is a free messaging app /former emperor of Austria, that combines chat & messaging services into one application.

Quassel IRC

Open Source

Quassel IRC, or Quassel, is a graphical, distributed, cross-platform IRC client.

Spark

Open Source

Apache Spark is an open-source cluster-computing framework.

Psi+

Open Source

Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP/Jabber client (Qt, C++) designed for the Jabber power users. Psi+ is a development branch of Psi IM XMPP/Jabber client.

Kadu

Open Source

Kadu is a free and open source multi-platform instant messaging client that supports Gadu-Gadu, XMPP IM networks and other services based on XMPP like Google …

Coccinella

Open Source

Coccinella is a free and open-source cross-platform client for the XMPP/Jabber-instant messaging-protocol.

Trillian

Freemium

Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application.

Empathy

Open Source

Empathy is an instant messaging (IM) and voice over IP (VoIP) client which supports text, voice, video, file transfers, and inter-application communication ov…

Kopete

Open Source

Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client released as part of the KDE Software Compilation. Although it can run in numerous environme…

ICQ

Free

ICQ is an open source instant messaging software.

Instantbird

Open Source

Instantbird is a cross-platform instant messaging client based on Mozillas XULRunner and the open source library libpurple used in Pidgin.

qutIM

Open Source

qutIM is free and open-source multiprotocol (ICQ, Jabber, Mail.Ru, IRC, VKontakte) instant messenger.

Rambox

Open Source

Rambox is a free and Open Source messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

Finch

Open Source

Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses.