Web site: slack.com Category: Network Subcategory: Instant Messengers Platform: Android, iOS, Linux, OS X, Windows License: Proprietary Interface: GUI First release: August 2013 Slack – a communication platform which offers IRC style features, including persistent chat rooms organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging. Slack brings team communication and collaboration into one place so … Read more
Web site: hangouts.google.com Category: Network Subcategory: Instant Messengers, VoIP clients Platform: Android, iOS License: Freeware Interface: GUI First release: May 2013 Google Hangouts (formerly known as Google Talk) – a free messenger for traditional text and video chat using a microphone and a webcam. Google Hangouts takes users to a whole new dimension, enabling photo … Read more
Web site: github.com/naxuroqa/Venom Category: Network Subcategory: Instant Messengers Platform: Linux License: GPL Interface: GUI First release: October 1, 2013 Venom – a modern Tox client for the GNU/Linux desktop. Features: – Encrypted profiles – Secure, private messaging – Read receipts – Contact aliases – Customizable avatars – Emojis +1 – File transfers – Screenshot sharing … Read more
Web site: github.com/Jfreegman/toxic Category: Network Subcategory: Instant Messengers Platform: BSD, Linux, OS X License: GPL Interface: ncurses First release: 2013 (?) Toxic – a ncurses-based Tox client which offers an instant messaging and video chat features. It is a text based application which uses the ncurses interface. The project founder is JFreegman. Download Toxic
Web site: discourse.org Category: Network Subcategory: Forums Platform: Linux, OS X, Windows License: GPL Interface: Web First release: 2013 Discourse – an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. It can be used as a mailing list, discussion forum or long-form chat room. Discourse breaks with existing schemes of present … Read more