# Alternatives to HipChat

Atlassian's chat, sold to Slack. HipChat has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

None of its 12 checklist rows are verified yet.

Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/hipchat/
Category: Team chat

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: HipChat was aimed at software teams and companies wanting persistent group chat rooms alongside their development tools, particularly organizations already using Atlassian products like JIRA and Bitbucket.
- **What you get**: HipChat provided persistent chat rooms, one-to-one messaging, and video/voice calls with screen sharing. It included file and image sharing with inline previews, searchable message history, and integrations with development tools such as JIRA, Bitbucket, and other Atlassian and third-party services via webhooks and a REST API. Desktop, web, and mobile clients were available.
- **How it works**: Users created or joined topic- or project-based chat rooms, could send direct messages, and connected integrations that posted automated notifications (e.g., build results or code commits) into rooms. Atlassian discontinued HipChat in 2019, selling its intellectual property to Slack and directing customers to migrate to Stride (short-lived) or Slack.

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## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [Discord](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/discord.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 2 | [Element](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/element.md) | building | AGPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 3 | [Mattermost](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/mattermost.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 4 | [Microsoft Teams](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/microsoft-teams.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 5 | [Rocket.Chat](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/rocketchat.md) | building | MIT | Web, iOS, Android |
| 6 | [Slack](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/slack.md) | building | ? | ? |
| 7 | [Twist](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/twist.md) | building | ? | ? |
| 8 | [Zulip](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/zulip.md) | building | Apache-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |

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