Top 15 Windows Live Messenger Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

With Live Messenger you can chat online instantly in real time with friends, family and colleagues. Its faster than e-mail, more discreet than a phone call.

1. Digsby

Digsby Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. Its also a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed......

2. eBuddy Chat

eBuddy Chat eBuddy is a web and mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging services.Features include chat on Windows Live Messenger (also known as MSN), Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, MySpace Instant Messenger and Facebook Chat using one interface. eBuddy can also be accessed from mobile platforms such as......

3. Snappy

Snappy Snappy is the best way to use SnapChat on your Mac. Snappy is a ghost puppy. He will loyally deliver your Snaps directly to your Mac. View, send and add awesome filters to your Snaps. • Send and receive Snaps through your Snapchat account. • Drag-and-drop pictures saved......

4. Subrosa

Subrosa Subrosa is an open source, end to end encrypted messaging app. It supports text, voice and video calls, and all communication is end to end encrypted. Subrosa can be run from any browser, without any downloads. Subrosa's security has been independently audited. It is licensed under the GPL license.......

5. X-Chat 2 for Windows

X-Chat 2 for Windows A freeware build of X-Chat for windows, as opposed to the official 30-day-trial shareware Windows build.......

6. Sicher

Sicher Free secure Germany-based messenger available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Sicher has true end-to-end encryption of both text messages and file attachments. With anonymous push notifications and the ability to set a timer for when messages will self-destruct (a manual purge option is also available), Sicher also includes password......

7. shMessenger

shMessenger ShMessenger Mobile is a free instant messaging client for mobile phones, which supports YMSG (Yahoo!), MSN and GTalk protocols. In just a few minutes, you can chat with your friends on Yahoo!, MSN or GTalk from your mobile phone.......

8. Snapgasm

Snapgasm Snapgasm is a new adult anonymous snapchat alternative and much safer to use. All pictures are deleted permanently and cannot be restored........

9. iChat

iChat iChat (formerly iChat AV) is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP client by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication. iChat's AIM support is fully endorsed by AOL, and uses......

10. Subway

Subway Subway is a web-based IRC client with a multi-user backend and a JavaScript-heavy UI. Frontend/backend communication is done with websockets (or best available fallback where not available). The backend supports connection persistence and optional logging when the browser disconnects.Subway is built with node.js, node-irc and Backbone.js and jQuery on the......

11. XChat for Linux

XChat for Linux XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux (Open Source) and Windows (Shareware, 30-day trial). It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.......

12. Gyach

Gyach Gyach is a GTK+ based Yahoo! Chat client.......

13. Emesene

Emesene emesene is an instant messenger capable of connecting to various networks and utilizing different graphical toolkits. Currently msn and jabber are supported through papyon and xmppy, which allows emesene to connect to various IM services such as GTalk, Facebook Chat, etc.......

14. Nokia Chat

Nokia Chat Message your friends, family, and millions of other Nokia Chat and Yahoo! Messenger users. It's simple, and works using Wi-Fi or mobile data. Sign in with your current Nokia Chat or Yahoo! Messenger address, or create a new one. Then connect with Nokia Chat friends who use......

15. XChat for Windows

XChat for Windows XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux (Open Source) and Windows (Shareware, 30-day trial). It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.......