barnowl
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 1.10_p20190131-r3 Description: A curses-based IM client
Homepage:https://barnowl.mit.edu/ License: Sleepycat LGPL-2
biboumi
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 10.0_pre20260110 Description:
Biboumi is an XMPP gateway that connects to IRC servers and translates
between the two protocols. It can be used to access IRC channels using
any XMPP client as if these channels were XMPP MUCs.
Homepage:https://biboumi.codeberg.page License: ZLIB
bitlbee
- Ebuilds: 2, Stable: 3.6-r3, Testing: 9999 Description:
Bitlbee as an IRC to IM gateway. It provides an irc server that allows
you to log on and then connect to various instant messaging protocols.
Homepage:https://www.bitlbee.org/ License: GPL-2
bitlbee-steam
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 9999 Description:
The Steam protocol plugin for bitlbee. This plugin uses the Steam
Mobile API allowing it to run alongside the main Steam client.
It is worth noting that the Steam Mobile API is HTTP based, which
does lead to mild latency.
Homepage:https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee-steam License: GPL-2+
bluejeans
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 2.29.1 Description: Online meetings, video conferencing, and screen sharing for teams of any size
Homepage:https://www.bluejeans.com License: BlueJeans
cinny-desktop-bin
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 4.5.1 Description: Yet another matrix client for desktop
Homepage:https://cinny.in/ License: AGPL-3
communi-desktop
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 3.5.0 Description:
A simple and elegant cross-platform IRC client for desktop platforms,
based on Qt and the Communi IRC framework.
Homepage:https://github.com/communi/communi-desktop License: BSD
dingtalk (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 7, Testing: 8.1.0.6021101 Description: Communication platform that supports video and audio conferencing
Homepage:https://gov.dingtalk.com License: all-rights-reserved
dino
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 0.5.0, Testing: 9999 Description: Modern Jabber/XMPP Client using GTK+/Vala
Homepage:https://dino.im
dion
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 5.25.0 Description: Video conferencing and web conferencing service
Homepage:https://dion.vc/ License: all-rights-reserved
discord (ambiguous, available in 3 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 6, Stable: 0.0.130-r1 Description: All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers
Homepage:https://discord.com/ License: all-rights-reserved
element-desktop (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 7, Stable: 1.12.11, Testing: 9999 Description: A glossy Matrix collaboration client for desktop
Homepage:https://element.io/ License: Apache-2.0
element-desktop-bin (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 1.12.13 Description: A glossy Matrix collaboration client for desktop (binary package)
Homepage:https://element.io License: Apache-2.0
element-web (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 7, Stable: 1.12.11, Testing: 9999 Description: A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web
Homepage:https://element.io/ License: Apache-2.0
err
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 6.1.9 Description: Multiprotocol chatbot designed to be easily deployable and maintainable
Homepage:https://errbot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ License: GPL-3
ferdium-bin
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 6.3.0 Description:
Ferdium is a desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application. It is based on Franz - a software already used by thousands of people - with the difference that Ferdium gives you many additional features and doesn't restrict its usage! Furthermore, Ferdium is compatible with your existing Franz account, so you can continue right where you left off. Please find out more about Ferdium and its features on ferdium.org.
Homepage:https://ferdium.org/ License: Apache-2.0
forkgram
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 6.6.2 Description: Forkgram is the fork of the official Telegram Desktop application. This fork does not fundamentally change the official client and adds only some useful small feature
Homepage:https://github.com/forkgram/tdesktop License: BSD GPL-3-with-openssl-exception LGPL-2+
fractal (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 12.1-r1, Testing: 13 Description: Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust
Homepage:https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Fractal License: GPL-3+
gitter-bin (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Testing: 5.0.1-r2 Description:
A chat and networking platform that helps to manage,
grow and connect communities through messaging, content
and discovery.
Homepage:https://gitter.im License: all-rights-reserved
gomuks (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 9999, Testing: 0.3.1 Description: A terminal based Matrix client written in Go
Homepage:https://github.com/tulir/gomuks License: AGPL-3 Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 MIT MPL-2.0
kaidan (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 9999 Description: Modern XMPP chat app for every device
Homepage:https://www.kaidan.im
kotatogram-bin
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 1.4.9 Description: Telegram Desktop fork with wide messages, local folders, square avatars
Homepage:https://thatcat.space/kotatogram License: GPL-3
lemmy-notify-appimage
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 0.0.4 Description: Lemmy Notification app - for desktop atm
License: MIT
libcommuni
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 3.7.0-r2 Description:
A cross-platform IRC framework written with Qt.
Communi provides a set of tools for enabling
IRC connectivity in Qt-based C++ and QML applications.
Homepage:https://communi.github.io/ License: BSD
pidgin (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 4, Stable: 2.14.14-r2, Testing: 2.14.14-r3 Description:
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes.
You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!,
Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SIMPLE,
and Zephyr.
Homepage:https://pidgin.im/ License: GPL-2
profanity (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 0.15.0, Testing: 0.15.1 Description:
Profanity is a console based XMPP client written in C using
ncurses and libstrophe, inspired by Irssi.
Homepage:https://profanity-im.github.io License: GPL-3
prosody (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 4, Stable: 13.0.2, Testing: 13.0.4 Description:
Prosody is a modern XMPP communication server.
It aims to be easy to set up and configure,
and efficient with system resources.
Additionally, for developers it aims to be easy to extend
and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop
added functionality, or prototype new protocols.
Homepage:https://prosody.im/ License: MIT
prosody-modules (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Testing: 0_pre20241231 Description:
Prosody can be customized extensively using modules (plugins) to change
its default behaviour and to add new features and functionality.
Please note that each module is in a different state of development.
Some are proof-of-concept, others are quite stable and ready for production use.
Be sure to read the documentation page of any module before installing it on your server.
Homepage:https://modules.prosody.im License: MIT
psi
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Psi is a multi-platform XMPP client based on Qt and supports a wide range of XMPP extensions. It is extremely configurable and extendable with plugins.
Homepage:https://psi-im.org License: GPL-2 iconsets? ( all-rights-reserved )
psi-attention
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin for XEP-0224(Attention) support.
psi-birthdayreminder
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin allows check how many days
left to birthday of your contacts. It shows plain window with
nicks,jids,and amount of days when requested
psi-chess
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Easy chess plugin for Psi based on special type of xmpp messages
psi-enummessages
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
The plugin is designed to enumerate messages, adding the messages numbers in chat logs and notification of missed messages. Supports per contact on / off message enumeration via the buttons on the chats toolbar.
psi-extendedmenu
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Adds submenu with special actions
psi-extendedoptions
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin which adds user interface
for some frequently used but hidden options of Psi.
psi-historykeeper
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin allowing to erase history for certain
contacts on exit
psi-image
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin for sending in-band images
encoded in base64. Plugin uses standard xhtml xmpp extension and
img data protocol to encode image. So this raw xml should be
properly understood by any other xmpp client.
psi-imagepreview
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
This plugin shows the preview image for an image URL.
psi-jabberdisk
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Psi+ plugin for file sharing via jabber disk
psi-juick
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Juick plugin allows to use juick web
service from Psi. You should add juick@juick.com contact to
your list and send HELP to start using it.
psi-messagefilter
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Filters out messages by such conditions like: equal/no equal/contains/not contains. Remaining messages will be shown in chat log
psi-omemo
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Provides support for end-to-end encryption for Psi instant messenger.
Also used for encrypted downloads and encrypted file transfer.
psi-otr
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Jabber and Off-the-Record Messaging allows to
encrypt messages before send. This plugin do that for Psi
Homepage:http://public.tfh-berlin.de/~s30935/
psi-pepchangenotify
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
Plugin allows to show small popup near tray or any other coner when PEPs of contacts such as tune, mood and others change.
psi-plugins-meta
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Meta package for Psi plugins.
Just set USE flag corresponding to needed for you plugins
and emerge this package
Homepage:https://github.com/psi-im License: GPL-2
psi-qipxstatuses
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
This Psi plugin converts received by xmpp qip client's xStatuses to appropriate moods and activities
psi-screenshot
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Screenshot plugin allows
to quickly make screenshot from Psi and upload them somewhere
psi-stopspam
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin to block not-in-list contacts
until they answer some question. In other words block spammers.
psi-storagenotes
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin implements XEP-0049 - Jabber notes.
XEP-0049 allows to store any arbitrary XML on the server side.
psi-translate
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Translate plugin for Psi allows you
to quickly (by shortcut) translate text typed in invalid
keyboard layout to proper layout.
psi-videostatus
- Ebuilds: 1
Description:
This plugin sets some given status in psi while you watching video in some supported video player
psi-watcher
- Ebuilds: 1
Description: Psi plugin for watching on certain
contacts and executing various actions like popups and sounds
when they change their status
rambox-bin (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Testing: 0.8.0 Description: Free and Open Source messaging and emailing app
Homepage:http://rambox.pro/ License: GPL-3
ripcord
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 0.4.29 Description: Desktop chat client for Slack and Discord (not web-based).
Homepage:https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ License: Ripcord
rocketchat-desktop
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 4.3.0 Description:
The Ultimate Open Source Web Chat Platform.
Homepage:https://rocket.chat License:
MIT BSD BSD-2 BSD-4 AFL-2.1 Apache-2.0 Ms-PL GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 APSL-2
unRAR OFL-1.1 CC-BY-SA-3.0 MPL-2.0 android public-domain all-rights-reserved
rocketchat-desktop-bin
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 4.1.1-r1 Description: The Ultimate Open Source Web Chat Platform
Homepage:https://rocket.chat License:
MIT BSD BSD-2 BSD-4 AFL-2.1 Apache-2.0 Ms-PL GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 APSL-2
unRAR OFL-1.1 CC-BY-SA-3.0 MPL-2.0 android public-domain all-rights-reserved
sendxmpp
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 1.24, Testing: 1.24 Description: A perl-script to send xmpp (jabber), similar to what mail(1) does for mail
Homepage:http://sendxmpp.hostname.sk/ License: GPL-2
signal-cli-bin (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 0.13.9, Testing: 0.13.19 Description: Send and receive messages of Signal Messenger over a command line interface
Homepage:https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli License: GPL-3
signal-desktop
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 7.90.0 Description: Allows you to send and receive messages of Signal Messenger on your computer
Homepage:https://signal.org/
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop License: GPL-3 MIT MIT-with-advertising BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD Apache-2.0 ISC openssl ZLIB APSL-2 icu Artistic-2 LGPL-2.1
signal-desktop-bin
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 8.2.1 Description: Allows you to send and receive messages of Signal Messenger on your computer
Homepage:https://signal.org/
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop License: GPL-3 MIT MIT-with-advertising BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD Apache-2.0 ISC openssl ZLIB APSL-2 icu Artistic-2 LGPL-2.1
simplex-desktop-bin
- Ebuilds: 2, Stable: 6.4.10 Description: Private and secure open-source messenger - no user IDs (not even random numbers)
Homepage:https://simplex.chat/ License: AGPL-3
skypeforlinux
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 8.56.0.103-r2 Description: Skype is for doing things together, whenever you're apart. Skype's text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.
Homepage:https://www.skype.com/ License: Skype-TOS MIT MIT-with-advertising BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD Apache-2.0 Boost-1.0 ISC CC-BY-SA-3.0 CC0-1.0 openssl ZLIB APSL-2 icu Artistic-2 LGPL-2.1
slack (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 5, Testing: 4.48.102-r1 Description:
Slack offers persistent chat rooms organized by topic,
as well as private groups and direct messaging.
All content inside Slack is searchable, including files, conversations,
and people.
Homepage:https://slack.com License: all-rights-reserved
slackdump-bin
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 4.1.0 Description: Save or export your private and public Slack messages, threads, files, and users locally without admin privileges.
License: MIT
spectrum2
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 2.2.1-r1 Description:
Spectrum is an open source instant messaging transport.
It allows users to chat together even when they are using
different IM networks. It acts as a transport layer between
the users as showed in the animation above.
Homepage:https://www.spectrum.im License: GPL-2+
swift
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 4.0.3-r3 Description:
Swift is an elegant, secure, adaptable and intuitive XMPP client,
with features that make it suitable for a wide range of use scenarios.
Swiften is a robust, high-quality, standards-compliant,
cross-platform, and performant C++ library for
implementing XMPP applications.
Homepage:https://www.swift.im/ License: BSD BSD-1 CC-BY-3.0 GPL-3 OFL-1.1
teams-for-linux (ambiguous, available in 4 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 6, Stable: 0.7.0, Testing: 2.7.10 Description:
This is an unofficial Microsoft Teams client. The official one from
Microsoft is retired and got replaced with PWA.
Homepage:https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux License: GPL-3
telegram
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 6.6.4_beta Description: Official desktop client for Telegram (binary package)
Homepage:https://desktop.telegram.org License: GPL-3-with-openssl-exception
telepathy-mission-control
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 5.16.6, Testing: 5.16.6 Description:
Mission Control, or MC, is a telepathy component providing a way for
"end-user" applications to abstract some of the details of connection
managers, to provide a simple way to manipulate a bunch of connection
managers at once, and to remove the need to have in each program the account
definitions and credentials.
Homepage:https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-mission-control License: LGPL-2.1+
tencent-qq (ambiguous, available in 3 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 5, Testing: 3.2.26_p260319 Description: The new version of the official linux-qq(from gentoo-zh)
Homepage:https://im.qq.com/linuxqq/index.shtml License: Tencent
tkabber
- Ebuilds: 1, Stable: 1.1.2, Testing: 1.1.2 Description: Tkabber is a Free and Open Source client for the Jabber instant messaging system. It's written in Tcl/Tk, and works on many platforms.
Homepage:http://tkabber.jabber.ru/ License: GPL-2+
tokodon (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 25.12.2, Testing: 25.12.3 Description: Mastodon client for Plasma and Plasma Mobile
Homepage:https://apps.kde.org/tokodon/ License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 GPL-2+ GPL-3+ || ( LGPL-2.1+ LGPL-3+ ) MIT
toxic (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 0.16.0, Testing: 0.16.2 Description:
An ncurses-based Tox client written in C. Supports audio and video calling, file sharing, and desktop notifications.
Homepage:https://github.com/JFreegman/toxic License: GPL-3+
vesktop (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 4, Testing: 9999 Description: Vesktop is a alterntive discord client with extra features.
Homepage:https://github.com/Vencord/Vesktop License: GPL-3
viber (ambiguous, available in 3 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 3, Stable: 21.8.0.11, Testing: 24.9.0.3-r2 Description:
Viber is a calling and messaging app that connects people–no matter who they are, or where they’re from.
Each month, hundreds of millions of people connect, for free, with their loved ones via messaging, high-quality
voice and video calls, and more. All one-on-one Viber calls and personal chats, and all group chats
are protected by built-in end-to-end encryption, so you can be sure that your conversations are always secure.
Homepage:https://www.viber.com/ License: Viber
zapzap
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 6.3.4.1 Description: WhatsApp desktop application written in PyQt6 + PyQt6-WebEngine
Homepage:https://github.com/rafatosta/zapzap License: GPL-3
zephyr
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 3.1.2-r2 Description: The Project Athena instant messaging system
Homepage:https://github.com/zephyr-im License: HPND
zoom
- Ebuilds: 1, Testing: 6.7.5.6891-r1 Description: Video conferencing and web conferencing service
Homepage:https://www.zoom.com/ License: all-rights-reserved
zoom-bin (ambiguous, available in 2 overlays)
- Ebuilds: 2, Testing: 5.2.454870.0831 Description: Video conferencing and web conferencing service
Homepage:https://zoom.us License: ZOOM