Top 15 Vacuum-IM Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

Crossplatform Jabber client. The core program is just a plugin loader - all functionality is made available via plugins. This enforces modularity and ensures well defined component interaction via interfaces.

1. Gajim

Gajim The goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber client. Gajim works nicely with GNOME, but does not require it to run. It is released under the GNU General Public License.......

2. Spark

Spark Spark is an Open Source, cross-platform IM client optimized for businesses and organizations. It features built-in support for group chat, telephony integration, and strong security. It also offers a great end-user experience with features like in-line spell checking, group chat room bookmarks, and tabbed conversations.......

3. Conversations

Conversations Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG]......

4. Xabber

Xabber Open source Jabber (XMPP) client with multi-account support, clean and simple interface. Being both free (as in freedom!) and ad-free, Xabber is designed to be the best Jabber client for Android .......

5. Psi

Psi Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open Jabber IM network (also known as XMPP).Localized versions of Psi are available in almost twenty different languages. Built-in support for the Unicode international text standard allows you to send and receive......

6. Monal

Monal Monal is an XMPP/Jabber IM client. It can connect to any standard XMPP chat server such as Gtalk or Facebook chat.Notable features:- Free and No Ads! Strong focus on privacy. Does not phone home and does not have "metrics" software. Does not read any personal information.- A direct client that......

7. Psi+

Psi+ Psi+ is a development branch of Psi IM XMPP/Jabber client. Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP/Jabber client (Qt, C++) designed for the Jabber power users.......

8. Ayttm

Ayttm Ayttm is an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several major instant messaging services from one simple program. Ayttm "Contacts" allow you to refer to several accounts of the same person from a single contact name, making it one of the cleanest and simplest clients......

9. Openfire

Openfire Openfire (formerly Wildfire) is a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and groupchat server. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and performance.......

10. Kadu

Kadu Kadu is an open source Jabber/XMPP and Gadu-Gadu instant messenger client for Linux, *BSD, Mac and Windows.......

11. QIP Infium

QIP Infium QIP Infium is a multiprotocol instant messaging client. It supports ICQ (OSCAR), Jabber (XMPP), Mail.ru Agnet (MRA), IRC, XIMSS, SIP, Twitter, Facebook and other.......

12. WeeChat

WeeChat WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms (including Linux, BSD and Mac OS). WeeChat is: - modular: a lightweight core with plugins around - multi-protocols: IRC and Jabber (other soon) - extensible: C plugins and scripts (Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl and Scheme)......

13. WTW

WTW [Polish only]Comfortable and minimalistic multi-messenger. Allows you to communicate via XMPP, tlen and gadu-gadu protocol. Features avatars on every protocol. Develops in very quick way. Doesn't support emoticons, sounds and advertisements :) Although you can add features via installing many plugins which are available. It's also quite stable.......

14. Pidgin on MacOSX

Pidgin on MacOSX This is an unofficial native port of Pidgin to Mac OS X. It uses native GTK+ ( www.gtk-osx.org ) which provides better integration and does not require X11. It also comes with more plugins out of the box, including OTR.......

15. ejabberd SaaS

ejabberd SaaS ejabberd SaaS (Software as a Service) messaging is the ideal solution for companies that want to provide state of the art and future proof messaging service for their own users.With ejabberd SaaS you get a service that can help you get from 1st user to tens of millions, at the......