Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to WeeChat

Product categories

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

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to WeeChat are irssi, HexChat, and Kiwi IRC. 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
Kiwi IRC Landing Page
3

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
The Lounge Landing Page
4

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
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
Textual Landing Page
6

Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC)...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication
Quassel IRC Landing Page
7

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
Matrix.org Landing Page
8

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
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
Element.io Landing Page
10

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
Smuxi Landing Page
11

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
Colloquy Landing Page
12

Colloquy

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