Alternatives

Products that do what Open-source conversational platform and unified messaging APIs does

1. 1LS
   Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams▲350

   2015 · sdelements.github.io

2. 2
   Designing Conversational Interfaces▲86

   An introduction to creating compelling chat applications

   2016

3. 3TI
   TalkJS – Integrated messaging for web and mobile products▲44

   2017 · talkjs.com

4. 4OS
   Open-Source Fully Featured Scalable Chat App (FFS Chat)▲20

   2021 · github.com

5. 5
   Total.js Messenger▲181

   A small, open-source alternative to Slack

   2017

6. 6IN
   InstaNote – notes in a simple chat interface▲89

   2020 · instanote.io

7. 7OS
   Open-source, fully customizable voice and chat widgets for the web▲74

   2020 · jovo.tech

8. 8MA
   MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code▲205

   2015 · idoco.github.io

9. 9
   Tox▲102

   An open source alternative to WhatsApp

   2014

10. 10
    Node.js Messenger▲140

    A small alternative to Slack

    2017

11. 11OS
    Open source Live Chat Engine for your own systems▲17

    2015 · github.com

12. 12TA
    Tact – A simple chat app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS▲69

    2021 · justtact.com

13. 13AM
    Actor Messaging platform▲110

    2015 · github.com

14. 14BA
    Bridge, a cross-language RPC messaging system▲105

    2012 · flotype.com

15. 15BO
    Botfront: open-source chatbot platform to craft complex conversations▲31

    2019 · botfront.io

16. 16SC
    Simplest chat for platforms and marketplaces▲47

    2012 · gaglers.com

17. 17OA
    Outkit – an abstraction layer for outbound messaging▲7

    2018 · outkit.io

18. 18MJ
    Msngr.js, a messaging library for JavaScript▲32

    2015 · github.com

19. 19DL
    Distributed – Live social chat app to help remote teams stay in sync▲47

    2021 · joindistributed.com

20. 20LT
    Lechat – team chat for developers▲34

    2013 · lechat.im

21. 21SA
    Spiral – A Reddit-inspired local message board app▲37

    2014 · getspiralapp.com

22. 22HP
    High performance room-based chat server example built with Oat++▲8

    2019 · github.com

23. 23AD
    A dialog system framework for conversational services?▲16

    2016 · github.com

24. 24BS
    Botschaft – self-hosted messaging and notifications API▲5

    2021 · github.com

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