Adium
A classic instant messaging client for macOS built on libpurple, with tabbed chats, themes and OTR encryption.GetGPL-2.0
Session
A messaging app that uses account identifiers instead of requiring a phone number.
GPL-3.0 · Downloads from getsession.org
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- session-foundation
- Verified
- 2026
About Session
Session provides desktop messaging with an account model that does not depend on a phone number. It offers conversations and groups through its network.
The desktop client is published as open-source software. macOS releases are provided for supported processor architectures.
Information
- Source code
- session-foundation/session-desktop
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Website
- getsession.org
- Download
- getsession.org
- Category
- Internet
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop
- github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop/blob/dev/LICENSE
- getsession.org/download
- icon.png: Session contributors. GPL-3.0; project trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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