Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Babble
The fast, modern forum platform that's like a messaging app
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Babble launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Thanks for checking out Babble! You might wonder why this app is even useful and why not just use Signal/PGP. This app's target audience is actually ordinary people in China or similar countries who are under severe government surveillance and censorship, where access to Signal and similar E2EE messaging software is blocked by nationwide firewalls, such as the Great Firewall of China (GFW). Chinese people have been deprived of freedom of speech even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Li Wenliang, who was among the first to notice the spread of the virus and warned his colleagues about it in…
2022 · babble.landrop.app · its alternatives →
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Build apps on top of Facebook Messenger
2015 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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Facebook Messenger for your website, chat with visitors
2016 · its alternatives →
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Build your bot and reach 900 million people around the world
2016 · developers.facebook.com · its alternatives →
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Discourse▲287A platform for community discussion. Free, open and simple.
2015 · discourse.org · its alternatives →
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Discourse 2.0▲291Civilized discussion for your community, redesigned ✨
2018 · blog.discourse.org · its alternatives →
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Discovery, chat extensions, and richer experiences
2017 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
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The Newscene▲81FB groups meet Mailchimp. Build your own social community.
2020 · newscene.io · its alternatives →
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Buy the domain name Chitter.io and launch your business with a premium domain and a high quality logo.
2019 · chitter.io · its alternatives →
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A collection of open-source, slim webapps that make very little use of javascript.
2017 · goodoldweb.com · its alternatives →
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ChatWerk▲75All messengers, one login to chat with clients effectively
2021 · chatwerk.de · its alternatives →
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I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately, so I decided to build a little web chat app inspired by Yahoo! Messenger. Right now it’s got group chat rooms. Super simple setup, no email required to register. You can create your own room or hop into one that’s already open. Room owners can customize things like backgrounds and even cursors of their room. Users can format their messages with basic markdown like bold, italics, and color texts (kind of like the old Yahoo! days). I even brought back the classic Yahoo! Messenger emoticons because… well, why not? You can try it out here:…
2025 · buzzed.chat · its alternatives →
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AI-powered, human-centered conversations
2023 · babblebox.ai · its alternatives →
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ChatGPT-based chatbots for your website in minutes
2023 · its alternatives →
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