ICQ Alternatives

Stay in touch with your family and friends for free on Skype. Download Skype today to chat and call on desktop and mobile.

Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message.

Open-source video calling and chat platform.

Trillian is a decentralized and federated instant messaging platform that lets your whole company send private and group messages, keep tabs on what co-workers are doing, share files, and much more.

Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols.

Tagged makes it easy to meet and socialize with new people through games, shared interests, friend suggestions, browsing profiles, and much more.

LINE is a Japanese proprietary application for instant messaging on smartphones and PCs.

Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.

WhatsApp Messenger: More than 1 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere.

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free.

Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely.

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