Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Minimal Chat

Simple, live messaging between your website visitor and you.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Minimal Chat launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Open Source alternative to services like Intercom.io and Smooch▲163
Client library for Minimal Chat. Contribute to minimalchat/client development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
Pure Chat - Free Live Chat▲134
Free full-featured live chat with unlimited users & chats
2017 · purechat.com · its alternatives →
3
Re:plain▲95
The simplest live chat in the world
2018 · replain.cc · its alternatives →
4
Smallchat Beta▲372
Slack integration for chatting with visitors to your website
2017 · small.chat · its alternatives →
5
Crisp Livechat▲371
The most modern experience to talk to website visitors
2017 · crisp.chat · its alternatives →
6SC
Simplest chat for platforms and marketplaces▲47
2012 · gaglers.com · its alternatives →
7
Converse.js▲126
A free and open-source chat client for your website
2014 · conversejs.org · its alternatives →
8
Facebook Chat for Websites▲423
Talk to your customers using Facebook Messenger
2016 · supple.com.au · its alternatives →
9
MinimalChat
A Minimal Full Featured LLM Chat Application
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
MinimalChat – A Simple and Customizable LLM Chat Application▲6
Hello everyone! I have a hobby project that has become fairly full featured that I figured I would share. The idea of MinimalChat has been to create a project that is a lightweight and dead simple application that can be deployed locally in a few seconds (with docker). While of course also having most of the nice to have features and looking pretty nice. A nice bonus is it a Progressive Web Application so it can be installed like a normal application to your mobile device. It has a full mobile UI. For those using Chrome and Edge you can also locally download, load and host entirely via your…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Blarb▲137
A free, frictionless web chat. No sign ups. No installs.
2025 · its alternatives →
12
zipp.chat▲93
Hosted, free, easy, and beautiful live chat support
2017 · its alternatives →
13
Smallchat 2.0▲202
Slack app for chatting with visitors to your website.
2018 · small.chat · its alternatives →
14
GoSquared Live Chat▲150
Beautiful, simple, and free live chat for your website
2016 · gosquared.com · its alternatives →
15
SurfChat▲171
Chat with anyone on any website
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
16
tinyfeed▲154
Social, without the media circus
2020 · its alternatives →
17
TalkWeb▲188
AI powered chrome extension to chat with any website
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
18
Chat by KeyReply▲180
Simplest live chat widget on the planet
2015 · getrezonate.com · its alternatives →
19
Reviews.chat▲80
Ask questions and leave reviews for any web page
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
20
Banter▲71
simple way to way to chat about what matters to you.
2014 · its alternatives →
21
PureChat▲70
Free Live Chat On Your Website
2014 · purechat.com · its alternatives →
22
Node.js Messenger▲140
A small alternative to Slack
2017 · totaljs.com · its alternatives →
23
MinChat▲71
chat sdk to build in-app chat functionality within minutes
2022 · its alternatives →
24
Zopim▲103
Live chat, lets you talk to visitors on your website
2014 · zopim.com · its alternatives →

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