Chat App Comparison List

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There are a lot of chat platforms on the internet. This page attempts to document them and details about them. Note that most of the figures are approximates due to the lack of readily accessible information.

This pages details a list of community-oriented chat platforms, though any entry is welcome. There is a legend at the bottom indicating what each column means.

Name Registered Users Protocol Protocol Type Lifecycle Active FOSS Voice Servers E2EE Funding
Discord 350,000,000 Discord protocol Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No VC / Monetised
Slack 65,000,000 Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No Monetised
Guilded 2,000,000 Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No VC
Revolt 700,000 Revolt protocol Centralised Beta Yes Yes Yes Yes No Donations
The Real World 113,000 Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No No Yes No Paid Entrance
Nerimity 24,265 Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes Yes Yes Yes No Donations
Valour 5,141 Bespoke Centralised Alpha Yes Yes Yes Yes No Donations, Web3
Zulip Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Wire Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mattermost Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Monetized
Quebic Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes Yes Monetised
Hyalus Bespoke Centralised Beta Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TitanicHub Bespoke Centralised Alpha Yes Yes No No No
Spacebar Discord protocol Centralised Alpha Yes Yes No Yes No Donations
Adapt Bespoke Centralised In Development Yes Yes No Yes No
VOLT.IM Bespoke Centralised In Development Yes No No Yes No
Mikoto Bespoke Centralised In Development Yes Yes No No No
TeamSpeak Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No
Mumble Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes Yes Yes No No
Ventrilo Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No
Parallel Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes No No
Rune Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes No No
ClickUp Chat Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No No Yes No Monetized
Swarm Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No Monetized
Circle Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No Monetized
Pumble Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes No No Monetized
Flock Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes No No Monetized
Rocket.chat Bespoke, compatible with Matrix protocol Federated Mature Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Enterprise Edition
Matrix - Matrix protocol Federated Mature Yes Yes No – Yes
KOOK Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No Monetised
Oopz Bespoke Centralised Mature Yes No Yes Yes No
Gitter - Bespoke Centralised Yes Yes No No No
Cabal - Bespoke Peer-to-Peer Yes Yes Yes

Discord Clones

Projects that position themselves as Discord clones, some of them are unnamed.

Name Creator Active FOSS Voice Servers E2EE Repository
Valkyrie sentrionic No Yes No Yes No https://github.com/sentrionic/Valkyrie
DClone theADAMJR No Yes No Yes No https://github.com/codea-live/dclone
ericellb No Yes Yes Yes No https://github.com/ericellb/React-Discord-Clone
MiniCord ThaiKod No Yes No Yes No https://github.com/ThalKod/discord-clone
miladr0 No Yes No Yes No https://github.com/miladr0/discord-clone
arihant-jain-09 No Yes Yes Yes No https://github.com/arihant-jain-09/discord-clone
Discors jeffdeliso No Yes Yes Yes No https://github.com/jeffdeliso/discors

Unreleased Projects

Projects whose service is not available for public access yet.

Name Protocol Type Registered Users FOSS Voice Servers E2EE Funding
Travesty Centralised 32 No No Yes No
Strafe.chat Centralised 30 Yes Yes Yes No Donations
Lantern Centralised 24 Yes No Yes No Donations
Root App Centralised No Yes Yes No
Bloyid Centralised Yes No No No Donations
Kastel Centralised Yes No Yes No
Squirrel Chat Centralised Yes

Defunct Services / Projects

Projects that no longer operate / are developed.

Name Peak Registered Users Protocol Protocol Type FOSS Voice Servers E2EE Historical Funding
Cirlos 138 Bespoke Centralised No Yes Yes No Monetised
Nertivia 10,818 Bespoke Centralised Yes P2P Yes No Donations
Derailed Bespoke Centralised Yes No Yes No
Ferris Chat 33 Ferris protocol Centralised Yes No No No
Meower 3,000 Meower protocol Federated Yes No No No
Memberset Bespoke Centralised No Yes Yes No Monetised
Hiven 800 Bespoke Centralised No Yes Yes Yes Monetised
Octii Bespoke Centralised Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dust Bespoke Centralised No No No No
Harmony Harmony Protocol Federated Yes No No Yes
Curse Voice Bespoke Centralised No Yes No No
Haya Bespoke Centralised No Yes No No
Pinch Bespoke Centralised No Yes No No
RaidCall Bespoke Centralised No Yes No No
XFire Bespoke Centralised No Yes No No
Accord (Mempler)
Whisper Yes
Selkhound Yes
Plausch 5 Discord protocol Centralised No No Yes No
Kaiheila Bespoke Centralised No Yes Yes No
Squirrel Bespoke No No
Concord Bespoke No No
Scintill Bespoke No No
Morse REMI Bespoke No No
Ansen Bespoke No No

Legend

  • Protocol Type: one of:
    • Centralised: a single authority is used to run the service.
    • Federated: multiple independent servers can join together and communicate between each other - learn more here.
    • Peer-to-peer: there is no central authority and all clients connect directly to each other.
  • Lifecycle indicates either an official statement on progress or a rough estimation and is one of:
    • Mature: product has been released and is relatively stable.
    • Beta: product is yet to release but has surpassed its Minimal Viable Product stage.
    • Alpha: product is still rough around the edges and likely does not have an MVP yet.
    • In Development: product is still in early development.
    • Shelved: product has been delayed indefinitely.
  • Active indicates whether the project is still in development or that the service is still online.
  • FOSS indicates whether the project is "free and open source software" - learn more here.
  • Voice indicates whether the project supports voice calls.
  • Servers indicates whether the project supports creating communities or groups of channels.[note 1]
  • E2EE indicates whether the project supports creating end-to-end encrypted channels.

References

  1. ↑ Depending on the platform, these may also be referred to as "guilds" or "spaces".
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