Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to LimeChat

The top open-source alternatives to LimeChat are irssi, HexChat, and WeeChat. 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.

irssi Landing Page
1

irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 6 social mentions
HexChat Landing Page
2

HexChat

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 7 social mentions
WeeChat Landing Page
3

WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 17 social mentions
Textual Landing Page
4

Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC)...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication
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
Kiwi IRC Landing Page
6

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
Colloquy Landing Page
7

Colloquy

Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication
Smuxi Landing Page
8

Smuxi

Smuxi is a free and user-friendly IRC / Twitter / Facebook Chat / gTalk / XMPP client for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication
Quassel IRC Landing Page
9

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
The Lounge Landing Page
10

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
Chatbot.team Landing Page
11

Chatbot.team

Connect, Engage, Convert
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $78.03 / Monthly
#Customer Experience Management #Customer Support #Customer Engagement 1 user reviews
Matrix.org Landing Page
12

Matrix.org

Matrix is an open standard for decentralized persistent communication over IP.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Instant Messaging 582 social mentions