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24 alternatives to Gitter

Where communities thrive

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Gitter launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1GC
   Gitter – Chat for GitHub▲243

   2013 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Software Engineering Daily - Gitter, the chat client for developers▲60

   Gitter founders talk engineering, focus, product

   2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Gitter▲131

   free public chat rooms for open source projects on GitHub

   2014 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Slack▲2,714

   Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

   2013 · slack.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Blaze▲419

   The next gen community growth tool

   2022 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sidecar by Gitter▲158

   Embed a public chat room into your website

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Garnet▲338

   Build the one true home for your online community

   2021 · its alternatives →

8. 8GC
   Gis.chat – a Geospatial Community▲86

   Hi folks! I'm excited to show you gis.chat, a geospatial chat platform in both senses: a platform about geospatial topics and a geospatial platform itself, referencing the location of our communities. The setup is fairly simple and reproducible: a plain Zulip instance and a homepage with geospatial search capabilities. It seems almost trivial but it has some very nice features. I guess you should be familiar with Zulips stream/topic model to follow along (https://zulip.com/help/streams-and-topics). The core idea is that there are city-specific streams (currently…

   2023 · gis.chat · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Gist Platform▲211

   Live chat, bots & marketing automation -- free.

   2019 · getgist.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Talkbase▲404

    We measure why community matters

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Flow▲438

    Beautiful team chat with tightly integrated task management

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    GIF Messenger▲91

    A messenger that forces people to converse using just GIFs

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Comradery▲291

    Threaded discussions and real-time chat for your community!

    2020 · comradery.com · its alternatives →

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    GIPHY for iMessage▲279

    The easiest way to share all the GIFs in all your txts

    2016 · giphy.com · its alternatives →

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    A chat client built on git▲81

    Contribute to staab/git-chat development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

    2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

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    Gitr.io – It's how developers meet▲16

    2014 · gitr.io · its alternatives →

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    Raspchat▲135

    An unapologetically simple and lighweight chat server!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Tangled – Git collaboration platform built on atproto▲173

    The next-generation social coding platform.

    2025 · blog.tangled.sh · its alternatives →

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    Buzz▲161

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

    Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz · its alternatives →

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    GIPHY ❤ Vine▲315

    Convert all your Vines into GIFs!

    2016 · giphy.com · its alternatives →

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    Gizmo▲290

    Make, share, swipe

    2025 · atmasciences.com · its alternatives →

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    Discourse▲287

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

    2015 · discourse.org · its alternatives →

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    Cheeky Chat▲122

    Live GIF messages that move

    2016 · its alternatives →

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