Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Trillian

Trillian

Trillian is a decentralized and federated instant messaging platform that lets your whole company send private and group messages, keep tabs on what co-workers are doing, share files, and much more.

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 Trillian are Telegram, Franz, and Wire. 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 129 social mentions
Franz Landing Page
2

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
Wire Landing Page
3

Wire

Private & Secure Messenger
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 14 social mentions
Tox Landing Page
4

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
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
Dino Landing Page
6

Dino

Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 20 social mentions
CoyIM Landing Page
7

CoyIM

CoyIM is a safe and secure chat client.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 2 social mentions
Element.io Landing Page
8

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
HexChat Landing Page
9

HexChat

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 7 social mentions
irssi Landing Page
10

irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 6 social mentions
Zulip Landing Page
11

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
Berty Landing Page
12

Berty

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