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Signal – encrypted communications app

Signal Desktop is an app that lets you send or receive Signal messages using your laptop or desktop computer. It runs independently of a web browser.

Gajim is an open source Jabber client written in Python, with a GTK+ frontend.

Empathy is an instant messaging (IM) and voice over IP (VoIP) client which supports text, voice, video, file transfers, and more.

qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.

Wire is a cross-platform, encrypted instant messaging client. It allows users to exchange text, voice, photo, video and music messages.

GNU Ring (formerly SFLphone) is an open source SIP-compatible softphone and SIP-based instant messenger for Linux.

Jitsi is a set of open-source projects that allows you to easily build and deploy secure videoconferencing solutions.

Pidgin is an open source graphical Instant Messenger (IM) program that lets you sign on to many chat services.

Messages is a proprietary freeware instant messaging software application. What are the best free and open source alternatives?