Messaging owned by Meta, tied to a phone number and a closed network.
3 self-hosted replacements in this index, ranked by GitHub stars in the dataset.
Replacements
Zulip
Powerful group chat application.
26,154 stars Active
1 Nov 2026 13.0-rc1
Element
Fully-featured Matrix client for Web, iOS & Android.
13,633 stars Active
30 Oct 2026 v1.12.33
Converse.js
XMPP chat client in your browser.
3,302 stars Active
1 Nov 2026 v14.0.1
Popular comparisons
The most-starred pairings among these replacements, ranked by combined GitHub stars in the dataset.