Alternatives

Products that do what We actually built chat for GitHub - Kato.im does

1. 1GC
   Gitter – Chat for GitHub▲243

   2013 · gitter.im

2. 2AC
   A chat client built on git▲81

   2016 · github.com

3. 3
   Let's Chat▲321

   Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.

   2015

4. 4
   Gitter▲131

   free public chat rooms for open source projects on GitHub

   2014

5. 5
   CodeSpeak▲74

   Live Chat in GitHub Repos

   2014

6. 6IM
   I made a command-line Slack chat client▲90

   2015 · github.com

7. 7
   Total.js Messenger▲181

   A small, open-source alternative to Slack

   2017

8. 8
   GitHub Chat▲115

   Chat with any github repository, file or wiki

   2025

9. 9OS
   Open source Live Chat Engine for your own systems▲17

   2015 · github.com

10. 10AN
    a new team chat web/irc tool▲33

    2012 · teamchat.net

11. 11IM
    I Made a Chat Server▲20

    2021 · github.com

12. 12LT
    Lechat – team chat for developers▲34

    2013 · lechat.im

13. 13CB
    Chat bot powered by GPT-3▲70

    2020 · blog.quickchat.ai

14. 14CB
    Chat builder – Build a fully customizable open source chat-widget▲7

    2021 · github.com

15. 15WM
    We made Slack emulator to demo our chat bot (desktop only)▲14

    2018 · karmabot.chat

16. 16HC
    Husky Chat, a Chrome extension that overlays a chatroom on any website▲37

    2012 · huskylab.co

17. 17BO
    Botfront: open-source chatbot platform to craft complex conversations▲31

    2019 · botfront.io

18. 18CE
    ChatGitHub – Exploring GitHub Using Natural Language▲6

    2023 · github.com

19. 19HY
    Host your own open source Slack-like chat platform▲9

    2015 · rocket.chat

20. 20BA
    Build a decentralized web chat in 15 minutes▲11

    2019 · github.com

21. 21OS
    Open-Source Fully Featured Scalable Chat App (FFS Chat)▲20

    2021 · github.com

22. 22BA
    Building a Chatbot with my own Bot-Building Platform▲14

    2017 · chatbotsmagazine.com

23. 23C2
    Chatwoot 2.0 - Open-source Intercom / Zendesk▲7

    2021 · github.com

24. 24IB
    I Built an Open Source RAG App to Chat with Any GitHub Repository▲5

    2025 · github.com

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