Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to The Lounge

Product categories

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

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to The Lounge are Kiwi IRC, WeeChat, and irssi. 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.

Kiwi IRC Landing Page
1

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
WeeChat Landing Page
2

WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 17 social mentions
irssi Landing Page
3

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
4

HexChat

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

Convos

Convos is the simplest way to use IRC.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 10 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
Telegram Landing Page
9

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 129 social mentions
ngIRCd Landing Page
10

ngIRCd

ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 2 social mentions
Revolt.chat Landing Page
11

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 87 social mentions
Element.io Landing Page
12

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