Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Convos

Product categories

Chat Communication Group Chat & Notifications Instant Messaging Live Chat Messaging Text Messaging

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Convos are The Lounge, Kiwi IRC, and HexChat. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

The Lounge Landing Page
1

The Lounge

The Lounge is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 38 social mentions
Kiwi IRC Landing Page
2

Kiwi IRC

A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 6 social mentions
HexChat Landing Page
3

HexChat

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 7 social mentions
irssi Landing Page
4

irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 6 social mentions
KVIrc Landing Page
5

KVIrc

KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication
Quassel IRC Landing Page
6

Quassel IRC

Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt4 framework.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 4 social mentions
Revolt.chat Landing Page
7

Revolt.chat

Don't bother with chat apps that don't respect your privacy. Revolt is a brand new chat platform designed around you.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Live Chat #Group Chat & Notifications 88 social mentions
Textual Landing Page
8

Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC)...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication
WeeChat Landing Page
9

WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 17 social mentions
Zulip Landing Page
10

Zulip

Chat for distributed teams. Zulip combines the immediacy of real-time chat with an email threading model. With Zulip, you can catch up on important conversations while ignoring irrelevant ones.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 54 social mentions
Element.io Landing Page
11

Element.io

Secure messaging app with strong end-to-end encryption, advanced group chat privacy settings, secure video calls for teams, encrypted communication using Matrix open network. Riot.im is now Element.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Chat 1 social mentions
Discord Landing Page
12

Discord

Step up your game with a modern voice & text chat app. Crystal clear voice, multiple server and channel support, mobile apps, and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 122 social mentions