Glowing Bear Alternatives

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15 best glowing bear alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Glowing Bear alternative list source: glowing-bear.org

15 alternativesOpen Source, Free, Freemium, Commercial +1 Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, Web +2

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What is Glowing Bear?

15 best glowing bear alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Glowing Bear alternative list source: glowing-bear.org

Who should use these alternatives?

These alternatives are useful when you want to compare similar tools by platform support, licensing signals, practical features, and archived community feedback before visiting official product websites.

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Originally added: September 17, 2018

Compare Glowing Bear alternatives

Compare top-ranked Glowing Bear alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.

Alternative	Score	License	Platforms
Pidgin	100% Archived community votes: 2899	Free, Open Source	Windows, Mac, Linux
Slack	100% Archived community votes: 1269	Freemium	Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
Adium	100% Archived community votes: 661	Free, Open Source	Mac
Jitsi	99% Archived community votes: 567	Free, Open Source	Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
Riot.im	99% Archived community votes: 387	Free, Open Source	Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
Wire	98% Archived community votes: 375	Free, Open Source, Personal	Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
HexChat	98% Archived community votes: 361	Free, Open Source	Windows, Linux
Empathy	99% Archived community votes: 309	Free, Open Source	Linux
Mattermost	97% Archived community votes: 277	Open Source, Freemium	Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone
XChat for Linux	99% Archived community votes: 207	Free, Open Source	Windows, Linux
MIRC	95% Archived community votes: 171	Commercial	Windows
Irssi	95% Archived community votes: 147	Free, Open Source	Windows, Mac, Linux

Archived community votes are historical community signals and are not verified reviews.

2899

Pidgin

Score: 100%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux

Pidgin multi-Protocol chat client used by millions of users and it is easy to use. Connect to aim, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks. Built-in Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,

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1269

Slack

Score: 100%

FreemiumWebWindowsMacLinuxAndroid

Slack brings together all your communications in one place. Modern teams for the real-time messaging, archiving and search. Features:Freemium,Mac,Windows,Linux,Web,Android

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661

Adium

Score: 100%

FreeOpen SourceMac

Free and open source instant messaging application Adium for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL, developed and published by Adium Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac

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567

Jitsi

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWebWindowsMacLinuxAndroid

JITs (formerly sip communicator) SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/aim, complete with endtoend encryption, protocols supported, such as audio /video and chat communication tool Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Web,Android

387

Riot.im

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWebWindowsMacLinuxAndroid

(Old-stock) riot on the web, iOS and Android is an application that runs on open source that can work. Chat rooms, is built to both public and private, and GitHub, Jira, Jenkins, and soon to even more tools for messaging, Android and the web (beta), file-sharing, voice-and video-conference-integration. How vector Abundance, IRC more soon, and many other systems, provides a bridge matrix.org built on open standards. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Web,Android

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375

Wire

Score: 98%

FreeOpen SourcePersonalWebWindowsMacLinuxAndroid

Tel mobile phones, tablets, and Desktops secure and private a precursor. Crystal clear voice and video calls, private group chats, file sharing, voice and video messages Features:Free,Personal,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Web,Android

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361

HexChat

Score: 98%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsLinux

Is HexChat is based on xchat for Linux IRC client , but unlike the chat -, Windows -, and Unix-like systems is completely free of charge. HexChat was Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,Linux,BSD,Xfce

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309

Empathy

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceLinux

Empathy through different protocols, which is for text, audio, video, chat and file transfer is a program that supports messaging. You tell him that your accounts are all about Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD

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277

Mattermost

Score: 97%

Open SourceFreemiumWindowsMacLinuxAndroidiPhone

To Abundance no matter, most of the open-source, self-hosted alternative. Private messages as a SaaS alternative thing most brings Features:Freemium,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Android,iPhone

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207

XChat for Linux

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsLinux

XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and windows. At the same time (chat rooms), you can in the IRC channels, talk in public, private Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows,Linux

171

MIRC

Score: 95%

CommercialWindows

Music is to communicate a popular IRC Internet Relay Chat client millions of people and thousands of organizations, to, share, play and work Features:Commercial,Windows

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147

Irssi

Score: 95%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux

Irssi terminal based IRC client for Unix systems. Also SILC and ICB protocols supported via plugins. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD,Cygwin

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Quassel IRC

Score: 92%

FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux

Quassel IRC is a modern, cross, distributed IRC client based on the Qt4 framework. (S) one(or more), and add a separate client distributed Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Self-Hosted

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Kiwi IRC

Score: 80%

FreeOpen SourceChromeWeb

Enjoy hand-made an IRC client. Designed to be lightweight and free. Webirc is a faster and easier option, customers, General public Features:Free,Open,Source,Web,Self-Hosted,Chrome

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IRCCloud

Score: 90%

FreemiumWebAndroidiPhone

The future of iCloud, which is a IRC client. Connected, chat from anywhere, and you miss never a message. Features:Freemium,Web,Android,iPhone

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Glowing Bear alternatives FAQ

What is the best Glowing Bear alternative?

Pidgin is currently the top-ranked option on this list based on community votes and item score.

Are there free Glowing Bear alternatives?

Yes. Free, freemium, or open-source options in this list include Pidgin, Slack, Adium, Jitsi, Riot.im.

Which platforms are covered?

The alternatives in this list include options for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, Web +2, depending on each product.

How are alternatives ranked?

Alternatives are ordered by community voting signals, item score, and the available product details collected for each option.

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