Alternatives

Products that do what Efadro does

Efadro is a free open source self hosted messenger

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   Open-Source Alternative to Intercom, Drift, Zendesk, FreshChat▲417

   2019 · github.com

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   KoiHi▲97

   Make your own WhatsApp with E2EE self hosted chat solution

   2023

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   xPrivo▲141

   Open Source, Free Anonymous AI Chat - Ready to Run Locally

   Dec 2025

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   M▲711

   A personal assistant built inside Facebook Messenger

   2015 · facebook.com

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   HuggingChat▲144

   The smart router for open-source models

   Oct 2025

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   Facebook Messenger▲429

   Facebook's standalone Messenger for the web

   2015

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   Ollama Desktop App▲494

   The easiest way to chat with local AI

   2025

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   Jan▲334

   Open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs 100% offline

   2024

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   Fluxer▲154

   Open-source Discord-like instant messaging & VoIP platform

   Jan 2026

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    Flux▲374

    Build your own agents in iMessage

    Jan 2026

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    Chatfuel▲401

    Create chatbots to engage with your audience on messengers

    2016

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    Free HelpCrunch Live Chat▲90

    Free live chat & in-app messenger for startups

    2018

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    Dock – Slack minus the bloat, tax, and 90-day memory loss▲177

    Hey HN – I built Dock after years of team chat frustrations as a founder. Free forever for teams up to 5. Unlimited search, unlimited history. No "upgrade to see messages older than 90 days" nonsense. Built for teams who work both async and sync/real-time when it matters. runs on SOC 2 infra, compliant, secure and in-transit and at-rest encryption, runs on Cloudflare. Early stage – would love feedback from anyone who's felt the same pain.

    Jan 2026 · getdock.io

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    Mogo Chat – open-source team chat app written in Elixir and Ember.js▲140

    2014 · getmogochat.com

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    Hugging Chat▲374

    The first open source alternative to ChatGPT

    2023

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    Buzz▲161

    Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place

    Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz

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    Flarum – Delightfully simple open-source forum software▲163

    2015 · flarum.org

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    Rocket.Chat▲152

    Your own open source Slack-like chat

    2015

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    Discourse▲287

    A platform for community discussion. Free, open and simple.

    2015

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    Flock▲168

    Real-time team messenger tool

    2016

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    Orange Forum – Web 1.0 style forum written in Go▲226

    2017 · goodoldweb.com

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    Brie.fi/ng▲93

    Secure group video chat

    2020

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    All-in-One Messenger▲174

    Your messengers in one place. Easy and free Chrome app.

    2016

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    LibreTaxi▲190

    Open source alternative to Uber/Lyft for Telegram

    2017

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