Communication - Custom Communication Systems#
Communication software used to provide remote access to systems and exchange files and messages in text, audio and/or video formats between different computers or users, using their own custom protocols.
Software#
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AnyCable#
Realtime server for reliable two-way communication over WebSockets, Server-sent events, etc.
Apprise#
Apprise allows you to send a notification to almost all of the most popular notification services available to us today such as: Telegram, Discord, Slack, Amazon SNS, Gotify, etc.
Centrifugo#
Language-agnostic real-time messaging (Websocket or SockJS) server.
Chitchatter#
Peer-to-peer chat app that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral.
Conduit#
Simple, fast, and reliable chat server powered by Matrix.
★962 2026-10-18 Rust Apache-2.0
Continuwuity#
Community-driven Matrix homeserver, the continuation of conduwuit focusing on user experience and new features (fork of Conduit).
★? ? Rust Docker K8S deb Apache-2.0
Databag#
Federated, end-to-end encrypted messaging service for the web, iOS, and Android, supporting text, photos, video, and WebRTC video and audio calls.
★1513 2026-06-14 Docker Apache-2.0
Element#
Fully-featured Matrix client for Web, iOS & Android.
★13640 2026-11-06 Nodejs Apache-2.0
Fluxer#
Instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities (alternative to Discord).
Website Source Code Clients Demo
GlobaLeaks#
Whistleblowing software enabling anyone to easily set up and maintain a secure reporting platform.
GNUnet#
Software framework for decentralized, peer-to-peer networking.
Gotify#
Notification server with Android and CLI clients (alternative to PushBullet).
Hyphanet#
Anonymously share files, browse and publish freesites (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums.
Jami#
Universal communication platform which preserves the user’s privacy and freedoms.
Live Helper Chat#
Live Support chat for your website.
★2255 2026-11-06 PHP Apache-2.0
Mumble#
Low-latency, high quality voice/text chat software.
★8404 2026-11-08 C++ deb BSD-3-Clause
Notifo#
Multichannel notification server with support for Email, Mobile Push, Web Push, SMS, messaging and a javascript plugin.
Novu#
Notification infrastructure for developers.
ntfy#
Push notifications to phone or desktop using HTTP PUT/POST, with Android app, CLI and web app, similar to Pushover and Gotify.
Website Source Code Clients Demo
★35401 2026-11-04 Go Docker K8S Apache-2.0 GPL-2.0
One Time Secret#
Share sensitive information securely with self-destructing links that are only viewable once.
OpenWA#
WhatsApp API gateway exposing messaging as REST endpoints, with a web dashboard, multi-account sessions, and webhook events (alternative to WhatsApp Business API providers).
OTS#
One-Time-Secret sharing platform with a symmetric 256bit AES encryption in the browser.
★810 2026-11-08 Go Apache-2.0
PushBits#
Notification server for relaying push notifications via Matrix, similar to PushBullet and Gotify.
RetroShare#
Secured and decentralized communication system. Offers decentralized chat, forums, messaging, file transfer.
Rocket.Chat#
Communications platform that puts data protection first (alternative to Gitter.im and Slack).
SAMA#
Next-Gen self-hosted chat server and clients.
Website Source Code Clients Demo
Screego#
Simple tool to quickly share your screen to one or multiple people via web browser.
Shhh#
Keep secrets out of emails or chat logs, share them using secure links with passphrase and expiration dates.
SimpleX Chat#
Most private and secure chat and applications platform - now with double ratchet E2E encryption.
Spectrum 2#
Instant messaging transport. It allows users to chat together even when they are using different IM networks.
Stoat#
User-first chat platform built with modern web technologies.
Synapse#
Server for Matrix, an open standard for decentralized persistent communication.
★4771 2026-11-06 Python deb Apache-2.0
Tiledesk#
All-in-one customer engagement platform from lead-gen to post-sales, from WhatsApp to your website. With omni-channel live agents and AI-powered chatbots (alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Tawk.to).
Tinode#
Instant messaging platform. Backend in Go. Clients: Swift iOS, Java Android, JS webapp, scriptable command line; chatbots.
Tox#
Distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities.
Tuwunel#
High-performance and feature-rich chat server for Matrix, and the successor to conduwuit (fork of Conduit).
★2746 2026-11-07 deb Docker Nix Rust Apache-2.0
Typebot#
Conversational app builder (alternative to Typeform and Landbot).
WBO#
Web Whiteboard to collaborate in real-time on schemas, drawings, and notes.
Zulip#
Powerful group chat application.
★26192 2026-11-06 Python Apache-2.0