Chat & Messenger für Windows
Instant Messenger und Team-Chat-Apps.
In dieser Kategorie sind 198 Windows-Programme gelistet: 66 % Open Source, 5 % kostenlose Closed-Source-Software. Am beliebtesten sind Signal, Discord und Telegram Desktop. 33 davon bieten eine native ARM64-Version, 185 eine dokumentierte stille Installation. Letztes Update: 27. Oktober 2026.
| # | Programm | Lizenz | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SignalChat & Messenger · Signal Messenger, LLC | 8.32.0 | Open Source | 20. Oktober 2026 | 284,4 MB | 3,4 Mio. ↓ |
| 2 |  DiscordChat & Messenger · Discord Inc. | 1.0.9266 | Proprietär | 26. Oktober 2026 | — | 882.365 ↓ |
| 3 |  Telegram DesktopChat & Messenger · Telegram FZ-LLC | 7.3.3 | Open Source | 22. Oktober 2026 | — | 1 Mio. ↓ |
| 4 |  SlackChat & Messenger · Slack Technologies Inc. | 4.52.182 | Proprietär | 20. Oktober 2026 | 172,7 MB | 9,8 Mio. ↓ |
| 5 |  Rocket.ChatChat & Messenger · Rocket.Chat Support | 4.18.5 | Open Source | 23. Oktober 2026 | — | 973.018 ↓ |
| 6 |  ViberChat & Messenger · Rakuten | 29.1.0.0 | Proprietär | 14. Oktober 2026 | 149,6 MB | 259.286 ↓ |
| 7 |  ZulipChat & Messenger · Kandra Labs, Inc. | 5.13.2 | Open Source | 27. September 2026 | — | 97.442 ↓ |
| 8 |  PidginChat & Messenger · Pidgin IM | 2.14.14 | Open Source | 23. Januar 2025 | 32,4 MB | 175.423 ↓ |
| 9 |  SessionChat & Messenger · Oxen Labs | 1.18.3 | Open Source | 26. Oktober 2026 | — | 17.302 ↓ |
| 10 |  Mumble (client)Chat & Messenger · Mumble VoIP | 1.5.939 | Open Source | 26. Oktober 2026 | — | 49.877 ↓ |
| 11 |  CaprineChat & Messenger · Sindre Sorhus | 2.61.0 | Open Source | 13. Januar 2026 | — | 18.088 ↓ |
| 12 |  FerdiumChat & Messenger · Ferdium Contributors | 7.2.3 | Open Source | 8. September 2026 | — | 44.831 ↓ |
| 13 |  mIRCChat & Messenger · mIRC Co. Ltd. | 7.83 | Proprietär | 22. November 2025 | 1 KB | 36.481 ↓ |
| 14 |  64Gram DesktopChat & Messenger · 64Gram | 1.2.10 | Open Source | 21. September 2026 | — | 15.016 ↓ |
| 15 |  RetroShareChat & Messenger · RetroShare Team | 0.6.7.2 | Open Source | 5. Dezember 2023 | — | 5586 ↓ |
| 16 |  HexChatChat & Messenger · HexChat | 2.16.2 | Open Source | 9. November 2024 | — | 60.428 ↓ |
| 17 |  FranzChat & Messenger · Stefan Malzner | 5.11.0 | Open Source | 22. April 2025 | — | 30.830 ↓ |
| 18 |  PsiChat & Messenger · the Psi team | 1.3 | Open Source | 14. April 2025 | 84,0 MB | 3187 ↓ |
| 19 |  ChattyChat & Messenger · Chatty | 0.28 | Open Source | 9. März 2026 | — | 29.409 ↓ |
| 20 |  Nicotine+Chat & Messenger · Nicotine+ Team | 3.3.11 | Open Source | 22. September 2026 | — | 14.873 ↓ |
| 21 |  ChatterinoChat & Messenger · Chatterino Team | 2.5.5 | Open Source | 22. März 2026 | — | 18.009 ↓ |
| 22 |  GajimChat & Messenger · The Gajim Team | 2.4.7 | Open Source | 30. Juni 2026 | 147,1 MB | 36.843 ↓ |
| 23 |  NhekoChat & Messenger · Mujx | 0.12.0.35798 | Open Source | 2. Juni 2025 | — | 9608 ↓ |
| 24 |  DorionChat & Messenger · SpikeHD | 6.14.0 | Open Source | 19. Oktober 2026 | — | 2586 ↓ |
| 25 |  ForkgramChat & Messenger · Forkgram | 7.3.3 | Open Source | 22. Oktober 2026 | — | 4350 ↓ |
| 26 |  JamiChat & Messenger · Savoir-faire Linux | 1.0.9197.28092 | Open Source | 8. März 2025 | 134,3 MB | 47.053 ↓ |
| 27 |  KakaoTalkChat & Messenger · Kakao Corp. | 26.9.0.5337 | Proprietär | 21. Oktober 2026 | 92,3 MB | 16.585 ↓ |
| 28 |  WhatsappTrayChat & Messenger · D4koon | 1.9.0.0 | Open Source | 8. Oktober 2022 | — | 16.726 ↓ |
| 29 |  HamsketChat & Messenger · TheGoddessInari | 0.6.3 | Open Source | 7. März 2022 | — | 3291 ↓ |
| 30 |  RicochetChat & Messenger · RicochetIM | 1.1.4.0 | Proprietär | 8. Juni 2021 | — | 1135 ↓ |
| 31 |  PatchworkChat & Messenger · Secure Scuttlebutt Consortium | 3.18.1 | Open Source | 2. Juni 2021 | — | 1162 ↓ |
| 32 |  Chatterino7Chat & Messenger · SevenTV | 7.5.5 | Open Source | 18. August 2026 | — | 3691 ↓ |
| 33 |  BlueBubblesChat & Messenger · BlueBubbles | 1.15.7 | Open Source | 4. Mai 2026 | — | 910 ↓ |
| 34 | rabbitmqChat & Messenger | 4.4.0 | Open Source | — | 663.201 ↓ | |
| 35 |  QuaternionChat & Messenger · quotient-im | 0.0.97.1 | Open Source | 4. April 2025 | — | 2441 ↓ |
| 36 |  Discord History TrackerChat & Messenger · chylex | 47.4 | Open Source | 29. Januar 2026 | — | 1434 ↓ |
| 37 |  oatmealChat & Messenger · dustinblackman | 0.13.0 | Open Source | 18. März 2024 | — | 1589 ↓ |
| 38 |  IGdmChat & Messenger · ifedapo olarewaju | 3.0.4 | Open Source | 19. April 2022 | — | 862 ↓ |
| 39 |  CrewLinkChat & Messenger · Ottomated | 2.0.1 | Proprietär | 2. Juni 2021 | — | 530 ↓ |
| 40 |  KVIrc IRC ClientChat & Messenger · The KVIrc Development Team | 5.2.10 | Open Source | 31. März 2026 | — | 2169 ↓ |
| 41 | Synology ChatChat & Messenger · Synology | 1.2.4-235 | Proprietär | 17. August 2026 | 64,9 MB | 135.159 ↓ |
| 42 |  TeamSpeak 3 ClientChat & Messenger · TeamSpeak Systems GmbH | 3.6.2 | Kostenlos | 21. September 2023 | — | 106.419 ↓ |
| 43 |  ElementChat & Messenger · Element | 1.12.32 | Open Source | 16. Oktober 2026 | 219,6 MB | ★ 1479 |
| 44 |  threema-webChat & Messenger · Threema GmbH | 1.2.50 | Open Source | 9. März 2026 | 144,4 MB | 7301 ↓ |
| 45 |  SimpleX ChatChat & Messenger · SimpleX | 7.0.3 | Open Source | 28. September 2026 | — | 2628 ↓ |
| 46 |  marchatChat & Messenger · Cod-e-Codes | 1.3.8 | Open Source | 1. Oktober 2026 | — | 341 ↓ |
| 47 |  FluxerChat & Messenger · Fluxer Platform AB | 2026.1026.24218 | Open Source | 26. Oktober 2026 | — | ★ 10.633 |
| 48 | waveboxChat & Messenger | 156.3.20.2 | Proprietär | 209,9 MB | 36.329 ↓ | |
| 49 |  Signal BetaChat & Messenger · Signal Messenger, LLC | 8.33.0-beta.1 | Open Source | 21. Oktober 2026 | 284,5 MB | ★ 16.609 |
| 50 |  telegram-owlChat & Messenger · Alexander Tebiev | 2.2.0 | Open Source | 27. September 2026 | — | 328 ↓ |