Pidgin Alternatives

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free.

Stay in touch with your family and friends for free on Skype. Download Skype today to chat and call on desktop and mobile.

VoIPstudio is an award-winning VoIP system that offers businesses of all sizes a scalable communication solution. It’s inexpensive, easy-to-use, offers a full suite of PBX features, and is fully integrated for CRM.

Try for free paid Free Trial $4.99 / Monthly (User)

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.

Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.

Open Source

Fast, simple & secure messaging. Privacy that fits in your pocket.

Open Source

Open-source video calling and chat platform.

Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message.

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.

Open Source

WhatsApp Messenger: More than 1 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere.

free

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.

Open Source free

mIRC: Internet Relay Chat client

Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely.

Open Source