Freemium

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

Hangouts

Free

Hangouts is an instant messaging software developed by Google.

WhatsApp Messenger

Free

WhatsApp Messenger is an instant messaging platform owned by Facebook.

Discord

Free

Discord is a freeware proprietary VoIP application designed for gaming communities.

Jitsi

Open Source

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

TeamSpeak

Freemium

TeamSpeak is software for quality voice communication via the Internet.

Linphone

Open Source

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

RetroShare

Open Source

RetroShare is open source software for encrypted filesharing, serverless email, instant messaging, online chat, and BBS, based on a friend-to-friend network b…

ChatSecure

Open Source

ChatSecure is a messaging application for iOS which allows OTR and OMEMO encryption for the XMPP protocol.

Bitmessage

Open Source

Bitmessage is a decentralized, encrypted, peer-to-peer, trustless communications protocol that can be used by one person to send encrypted messages to another…

Zoiper

Freemium

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

Blink

Freemium

Blink is the best real-time communications client using the SIP protocol.

Bit Chat

Open Source

Bit Chat is a secure, peer-to-peer, open source instant messenger with end-to-end encryption.

Silence.im

Open Source

Silence.im is an encrypted text messaging service.

Wickr

Free

Wickr is an instant messenger application.

Pidgin-Encryption

Open Source

Pidgin-Encryption transparently encrypts your instant messages with RSA encryption.

Pidgin

Open Source

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

Free

Telegram is a free cloud-based instant messaging platform.

Tox

Open Source

Tox is a peer-to-peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption.

Signal

Open Source

Signal is the most scalable encryption tool.

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…

IM+

Freemium

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

LINE

Freemium

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

FaceTime

Freemium

FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. FaceTime Audio is an audio-only version.

Off-the-Record Messaging

Open Source

Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) is a cryptographic protocol that provides encryption for instant messaging conversations.

CSipSimple

Open Source

CSipSimple is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application for Google Android operating system using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

Otr.to

Open Source

Otr.to is a browser based chat client.

Jitsi Meet

Open Source

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

Disa

Open Source

Disa is your new messaging hub. Conversations from different services can seamlessly be joined together, or disbanded within seconds.

Dialog Messenger

Free Personal

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

Ricochet

Open Source

Ricochet uses the Tor network to reach your contacts without relying on messaging servers.

YakYak

Open Source

YakYak is a desktop chat client for Google Hangouts.

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