Alternatives to Beeper

A unified chat app that brings WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Discord and other networks into one inbox. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Beeper.

  • Ferdium

    Combines your messaging and web services into one window with workspaces, as a community fork of Franz with the restrictions removed.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Ferdium is free and open source, but it loads each service as a web view in one desktop window rather than a unified inbox, and it has no mobile apps.

  • Rambox

    Desktop workspace that combines messaging and email web apps in one window.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Rambox also groups many messaging and email web apps in one desktop window with unified notifications, but it is desktop only and uses a lot of memory.

  • Pidgin

    A chat client that signs in to several networks at once, supporting XMPP, IRC, Matrix and more through plugins.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Pidgin is a free GPL desktop client that signs in to XMPP, IRC and other networks at once, but modern commercial networks depend on plugins that can break.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Beeper as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Caprine

    Unofficial desktop app for Facebook Messenger.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Beeper is a closed-source freemium unified inbox with desktop and mobile apps, but the roster does not list Messenger among its named networks.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.