Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Hangouts

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Hangouts bring conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls for free. Connect with friends across computers, Android, and Apple devices. subtitle

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🚨 Hangouts was discontinued on 2019-10-01
❓ Reason: Replaced by "Hangouts Chat"
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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Hangouts

Product categories

Chat Communication Group Chat & Notifications Group Messaging Instant Messaging Internet Calls Messaging Productivity Text Messaging Video Chat

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Hangouts are Telegram, Discord, and Tox. 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.

Telegram Landing Page
1

Telegram

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Messaging #Instant Messaging 128 social mentions
Discord Landing Page
2

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
Tox Landing Page
3

Tox

Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Instant Messaging 28 social mentions
Wire Landing Page
4

Wire

Private & Secure Messenger
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 14 social mentions
Signal Landing Page
5

Signal

Fast, simple & secure messaging. Privacy that fits in your pocket.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 180 social mentions
Element.io Landing Page
6

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
Franz Landing Page
7

Franz

Franz is your messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Gmail, Telegram and many many more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- €4.0 / Monthly
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 28 social mentions
Zulip Landing Page
8

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 50 social mentions
CoyIM Landing Page
9

CoyIM

CoyIM is a safe and secure chat client.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 2 social mentions
Mumble Landing Page
10

Mumble

Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 2 social mentions
Berty Landing Page
11

Berty

We build tools to enhance communication freedom
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Instant Messaging 18 social mentions
Dino Landing Page
12

Dino

Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 20 social mentions