Top Alternatives to Xabber

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

Hangouts is an instant messaging software developed by Google.

Telegram is a free cloud-based instant messaging platform.

WhatsApp Messenger is an instant messaging platform owned by Facebook.

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

Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application.

Viber Free Messenger and Phone Calls.

Signal is the most scalable encryption tool.

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

Imo free video calls and chat is a kind of Communication apps for Android.

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

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.

Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the XMPP network (including Google Talk). Fast and lightweight, Psi is fully open-source and compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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.

Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client released as part of the KDE Software Compilation. Although it can run in numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the KDE Plasma Workspaces.

ICQ is an open source instant messaging software.

WeChat is a social media with instant messaging, commerce and payment services application.

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

Kik Messenger is an instant messenger software.

Gajim is an instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit.

iMessage is an instant messaging service.

Threema is an encrypted instant messaging application for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

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.

BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM is an instant messenger and videotelephony application included on BlackBerry devices that allows messaging and voice calls between BlackBerry, iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile users.

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.

Conversations is an open source XMPP/Jabber client for the Android platform.

Sicher is a freeware instant messaging application for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Sicher allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted text messages, media files and documents in both private and group chats.

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

Tencent QQ (QQ) is an instant messaging software service.

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

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

Zulip is a chat and collaborative software.

QuteCom (WengoPhone) is a free-software SIP-compliant VoIP client.

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

Dasher Messenger provids a way to message friends.

YakYak is a desktop chat client for Google Hangouts.