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Pidgin
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Support for a wide range of additional chat services
Pidgin not only supports IRC, it also supports plenty of other services such as AIM, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ and plenty of others. This way, you can have all of your conversations in the same app and won't have to deal with multiple chat windows being open.
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Miserable IRC font controls (as of 2.13.0.17)
Does its best to avoid putting sensible default font controls in any place where you can get to it. And when it does grudgingly change it, based on system preferences (not local preferences), it does so in an inconsistent and unpredictable fashion.
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Free and open source
Pidgin and its code is completely free and open source. Pidgin has no ads and no features behind a paywall.
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No native VoIP support
While there are plugins there is no built in support for VoIP in Pidgin which is time consuming to implement instead of being baked in from the jump.
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Cross platform
The Pidgin instant messaging client is cross platform, working on Linux, Windows and OSX.
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Convenient notification features
Like other quality IRC clients, Pidgin features notifications that the user can set in order to have a variety of things happen when the users is mentioned, such as an audio cue or changing the system tray icon.
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Highly customisable with plugins
Pidgin not only has a large plugin library built-in, but also an array of third party plugins for a variety of functions.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux
License:
GPL
Media:
Video send/receive, Images
Message history:
Optional
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Beeper
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5
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Multi Platform
Windows, MacOS, Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android.
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Still couple of bugs or improvements areas
But updates are frequent.
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Multi devices
Mobile and desktop.
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Sign up waiting list
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Built on Open Source Protocol Matrix
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Support for lot of chat networks
Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, iMessage, Slack, LinkedIn, Twitter.
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Free plan available
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Jitsi
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Crashes on MacOS Monterey
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Open-source
Project available on github for anyone to contribute to or use.
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Abandoned Android development
They switched focus to Jitsi Meet client for Android.
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Cross platform
Mac, Windows & Linux availability.
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Uses Java
Not a native app, takes awhile to load.
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Video calls
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Gui not as slick or streamlined as competitors
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OMEMO encryption without plugin
Secure Jabber Texting, better than legacy sms texting.
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Supports SIP accounts
well implemented SIP SIMPLE (texting), SIP presence, XCAP.
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Supports XEP-0016 and privacy Lists
Jabber Texting apps without Privacy Lists are WOEFULLY deficient.
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Encryption out of the box
Encryption for chat, desktop sharing, and web confrencing available.
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Platforms:
Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows,
Technology:
Java
Videoconferencing:
Yes
Media:
Yes
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Miranda
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Requires no installation and is very lightweight
Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive.
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Outdated XMPP Support
Missing OMEMO, Carbon Copy, HTTP-Upload ...
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Insanely customisable
You can see all the plugins available for Miranda here.
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Does not support BOSH
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OMEMO supported
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Trillian
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Supports all dead services.
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In-house server support
You can set up a dedicated server to hold your communications. Great for businesses that want to build their own infrastructure.
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Multiple networks in one place
Among them Yahoo!, Facebook, Skype, Google, AIM, ICQ, XMPP, MSN. You can have multiple accounts associated with each service.
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Group chat
Trillian to Trillian group chat is available.
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Disa
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Doesn't support most messaging apps
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Does what it's supposed to do, without bloatware
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Disa doesn't follow the Google Design Guidelines
Hamburger Menu/Navigation Drawer (Side Menu): https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/navigation-drawer.html#navigation-drawer-content No Animations: https://www.google.com/design/spec/animation/meaningful-transitions.html https://www.google.com/design/spec/animation/delightful-details.html Empty Pages/States: https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/empty-states.html# Maybe a Launch screen?: https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/launch-screens.html#launch-screens-branded-launch
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Open source plugin API
Everyone can develop their own plug-ins.
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Does not support Google SMS
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Easy to use
Disa is very easy to use and has an open source API, so many new services will be added soon.
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Closed source
Disa is closed source, so the development speed is capped of their team, no external developer can help or add features that are not on the route of the team.
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Customizable notifications
Ability to set different notification sound/vibration/led based on the plugin.
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Doesn't support WhatsApp at the moment
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Unified conversations
Ability to merge conversations from the same contact on different services.
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Attaching pictures suddenly failed; no working solution.
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Friendly developers and generally good G+ community
Fast, decent replies to questions, even if they've been asked before.
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Smaller development team leading somewhat slow implementation of requested features
Though the main development (framework, etc) is moving along fine, things like quick reply and sending multiple images at once should've been in quicker.
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Many requested features
The developer team does actually listen to the community and adds requested features.
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Constantly asks to re-authenticate WhatsApp
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Pushbullet support
Disa works great with Pushbullet, allowing you to answer from your PC.
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Doesn't let you customize notifications per conversation or contact
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Many languages
Help and support in many languages.
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Disa takes privacy much more serious
Currently, the Disa team knows less about you than the website you're currently visiting.
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Great material design
With color-changing design with custom colors for each service.
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Platforms:
Android
Publisher:
Disa.im
File Size:
34M
Required Android Version:
4.0 and up
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AstraChat
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Direct connect
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No OTR service
Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) is a cryptographic protocol that provides encryption for instant messaging conversations. Astrachat doesn't include this protocol, that it is often included in other XMPP services.
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Secure
Messages are received from clients using secured (TLS or SSL) XMPP (jabber) protocol.
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Network efficient
AstraChat is tuned to make very efficient use of the network connection and processor so you can be confident that it will use very little of your battery or data allowance.
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Supports a lot of protocol
RFC-3920:Core RFC-3921:Instant Messaging and Presence XEP-0012 Last Activity XEP-0016 Privact lists XEP-0054 VCARD-temp XEP-0085 Chat State Notifications XEP-0153 vCard-Based Avatars XEP-0172 User Nickname XEP-0184 Message delivery receipts XEP-0191 Blocking commands XEP-0198 Stream Management XEP-0199 XMPP Ping XEP-0176: Jingle ICE-UDP XEP-0136: Message Archiving XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat
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Platforms:
Windows , Linux , Mac , Android , iOS
Hosting options:
Hosted & self-hosted
Media:
Yes
VoIP:
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