Best Linux apps: chat & video calls

• Discord

  Chat, voice and video for groups and gaming communities. Discord publishes the Linux app itself.

  Free with paid extras

• Microsoft Teams

  Microsoft has ended the Linux desktop app. On Linux you use Teams in a browser, optionally pinned as its own window.

  Free with paid extras

• Signal

  Private messenger with end-to-end encryption. Signal provides an official Linux desktop app, linked to your phone.

  Free · Open source

• Slack

  Slack offers a Linux desktop app, still labelled beta on its own download page, plus the full browser version.

  Free with paid extras

• Telegram

  Messaging app with a full Linux desktop version that works on its own, without needing your phone switched on.

  Free · Open source

• Zoom

  Zoom publishes a real Linux desktop app, and the browser version works as a fallback.

  Free with paid extras