Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Skype

Product categories

Chat Cloud Contact Center Communication Enterprise Communication Group Chat & Notifications Instant Messaging LMS Messaging Online Learning Online Meetings Productivity Web And Video Conferencing

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Skype are Signal, Discord, and Element.io. 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.

Signal Landing Page
1

Signal

Fast, simple & secure messaging. Privacy that fits in your pocket.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 180 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
Element.io Landing Page
3

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
Wire Landing Page
4

Wire

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

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
Rocket.Chat Landing Page
6

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
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
Jami Landing Page
9

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Jami

Application and Data, Collaboration, and Web and Video Conferencing
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 9 social mentions
RingCentral Landing Page
10

RingCentral

RingCentral is the leading provider of cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions for small business and enterprise companies
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $19.99 / Monthly (All-in-One Phone, Team Messaging, and Video Conferencing.)
#Communication #VoIP #Cloud Contact Center 3 social mentions
BigBlueButton Landing Page
11

BigBlueButton

Engage Your Online Students. BigBlueButton is a web conferencing system designed for online learning.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web And Video Conferencing #LMS #Group Chat & Notifications 17 social mentions
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