Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Layer

Product categories

APIs Audio Conferencing Chat Chat Platform Chat SDK Chatbot Platforms & Tools Communication Customer Engagement Group Chat & Notifications Messaging Video Conferencing Voice And Messaging API

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Layer are Twilio, MirrorFly, and Chat by Stream. 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.

Twilio Landing Page
1

Twilio

Brings voice and messaging to your web and mobile applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Cloud Communications #Customer Engagement
MirrorFly Landing Page
2

MirrorFly

World's Most Scalable Voice, Video & Chat SDK for Small, Medium & Enterprises
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
#Communication #Chat SDK #Group Chat & Notifications 8 user reviews
Chat by Stream Landing Page
3

Chat by Stream

Build and ship in app messaging in a few hours
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Chat SDK #Prototyping 13 social mentions
OpenTok Landing Page
4

OpenTok

Build a custom video experience using our robust APIs, or add plug-and-play video to your website in minutes using Video Chat Embeds. Start Building for FreeTalk to SalesTalk to Sales .
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Messaging #Cpaas
GetStream.io Landing Page
5

GetStream.io

APIs for the development of scalable newsfeeds and chat applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
#APIs #Voice And Messaging API #Stream Processing 28 social mentions
sdelements.github.io
6

Lets Chat

Open source self-hosted chat app for small teams
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Team Collaboration 1 social mentions
Melrose Labs SMSC Simulator Landing Page
7

Melrose Labs SMSC Simulator

SMPP SMSC simulator to test SMS messaging applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Messaging #Communication #Text Messaging
CometChat Landing Page
8

CometChat

Seamless Real-Time Chat Integration for Your Applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $109.0 / Monthly (Based on the Monthly Active Users (MAUs))
#Chat SDK #Communication #Voice And Messaging API 4 social mentions
freepbx Landing Page
9

freepbx

FreePBX is a web-based open source GUI that controls and manages Asterisk (PBX).
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #VoIP #Enterprise Communication
Rocket.Chat Landing Page
10

Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 65 social mentions
Prosody Landing Page
11

Prosody

Prosody is a modern flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Chat 15 social mentions
WebRTC Landing Page
12

WebRTC

WebRTC is a free, open project that enables web browsers with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple JavaScript APIs. The WebRTC components have been optimized to best serve this purpose.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Video Conferencing #Group Chat & Notifications #Communication 45 social mentions