Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to tChat
Terminal messaging application for developers
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. tChat launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Run `ssh devzat.hackclub.com` to try it out! The repo is here: https://github.com/quackduck/devzat (golang). It has markdown and emoji support, DMs, channels, and it can show images too. You can send code, and it gets syntax highlighted (you can change the theme). You can ping people like so: @user and it sends them a \a, which should play an audible sound if the terminal allows it. There's inbuilt games and rainbow names and a lot of other small things I don't remember right now. You might find the auth system interesting: it's based on a hash of ssh pubkey (bans use…
2022 · its alternatives →
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Xypher▲125Effortless file sharing with a single command
2024 · xypher.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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group chat with end-to-end encryption. Contribute to jeztek/deadchat development by creating an account on GitHub.
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A point to point color terminal video chat. Contribute to mofarrell/p2pvc development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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integrate chatGPT into your scripts or terminal work. Supports piping text, saving prompts, estimating costs, and some basic json/yaml extraction. I've added some elaborate examples on the readme of how to use it with pictures, that may provide a better overview.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to staab/git-chat development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, This is a TUI app which displays interactive Markdown documents. Interactive in the sense that you can scroll code fences / tables / and click links. There's a Table of Contents extracted from the MD, and a very rudimentary browser like forward + back. I'm thinking it could be the starting point for a variety of hypertext like applications in the terminal. Very much a work in progress.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Underground developer meeting room.
2020 · consolechat.io · its alternatives →
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Connect, chat, collaborate - all from your command line
2024 · tarminal-chat-app.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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send iMessages from your terminal and over ssh!
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A simple chat server written in C#. Contribute to Sieep-Coding/simple-chat-csharp development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The lean application framework for Python. Build sophisticated user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal and a web browser. - textual/README.md at main · Textualize/textual
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Share a terminal session over WebRTC. Contribute to maxmcd/webtty development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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send and receive iMessages in a terminal or over ssh - CamHenlin/imessageclient
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple Slack client for the CLI. Contribute to TidalLabs/Slacker development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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❯❯❯ Chat without leaving your terminal. Contribute to aviaryan/chattt development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Files, URLs, Connect to Database, Terminal
2023 · faqai.app · its alternatives →
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