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24 alternatives to Micro Chat – Private group chat
Hey all I'm Asim. I'm an engineer who's been hacking on an open source project called Micro for the past eight years (https://micro.dev). In that time I've done a lot of things, all Dev related but ultimately most of my career was spent working on platforms for consumer products. After many attempts I've decided the path forward is to focus on building something that solves my own problem. Micro Chat is a solution to some of the social media problems I've been having. What I've been looking for most of my life is a community. A place to belong. I scoured the internet for that with…
Micro Chat is a private group messaging platform designed for smaller communities built on real connections. Created by an engineer with eight years of experience in developer tools and consumer platforms, it addresses… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Micro Chat – Private group chat launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Talk with your fellow makers directly inside Product Hunt 😺💬
2018 · its alternatives →
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Collaborate with others & ChatGPT in the same conversation
Nov 2025 · openai.com · its alternatives →
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#Startup Chat▲358The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
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Buzz▲161Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place
Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz · its alternatives →
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Client library for Minimal Chat. Contribute to minimalchat/client development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Self-hosted chat for small teams.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
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Let's Chat▲323Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
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2011 · freeversation.com · its alternatives →
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#Launch▲250The 9-year-old secret community of makers, relaunching today
2015 · launch-chat.com · its alternatives →
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Create a chat, copy the URL, paste it wherever you want. Perfect for those that would like to continue a discussion on a social network without having to sign up for anything. http://beta.mss.gs/#!/page/home
2012 · beta.mss.gs · its alternatives →
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2014 · microco.sm · its alternatives →
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Chat for small teams — encrypted and decentralized
2019 · blockslack.io · its alternatives →
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A runtime for agents and services. Contribute to micro/mu development by creating an account on GitHub.
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built a location-based chatroom with Discord-like servers. This started as a portfolio project to learn WebSockets but has spiraled into something else entirely. There are two features right now: Drop - Single chatrooms that can only be seen within a specified radius and only last for a time less than 48 hours chosen by the user. Hubs - Geofenced servers modeled after Discord. These are not time restricted. They can be created by anyone and the creator becomes the admin able to add channels and set rules. When a user enters the location’s area, they can join the hub and continue…
Nov 2025 · vicinity.social · its alternatives →
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2016 · jack.chat · its alternatives →
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Grouphub▲69Compile group chats on Discord, Groupme and other platforms
2021 · grouphub.app · its alternatives →
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