Editing List of Mac software (section)

==Chat (text, voice, image, and video)==
===Active===
[[File:AdiumX screenshot.png|thumb|right|160px|Adium on Mac OS X]]
*[[Adium]] – multi-protocol [[Instant messaging|IM]] client
*[[Colloquy (IRC client)|Colloquy]] – freeware advanced [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] and [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] client
*[[Discord (software)|Discord]] – IM and VoIP social platform
*[[FaceTime]] – [[videoconferencing]] between [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[iPhone]], [[iPad]] and [[iPod Touch]]
*[[iMessage]] – instant messaging between [[Macintosh|Mac]], and iDevices 
*[[Irssi]] – IrssiX and MacIrssi
*[[Kopete]] – free multi-protocol IM client
*[[LiveChat]] – online customer service software
*[[Microsoft Teams]] – team collaboration application
*[[Palringo]]
*[[Psi (instant messenger)]] – free IM client for the [[XMPP]] protocol
*[[Signal (software)|Signal]] – open-source, [[Encryption|encrypted]] messaging service for IM, [[Telephone call|voice calls]] and [[Videotelephony|video calls]]
*[[Snak]] – IRC client (shareware)
*[[Ventrilo]] – audio chatroom application
*[[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] – cross-platform, encrypted IM client

===Discontinued===
*[[aMSN]] – free [[Windows Live Messenger]] clone
*[[AOL Instant Messenger]] – discontinued as of December 15, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued|title=AIM has been discontinued as of December 15, 2017|website=help.aol.com/|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006155404/https://help.aol.com/articles/aim-discontinued|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[ChitChat]] – open-source IM client supporting the Yahoo! Messenger protocol
*[[HexChat]] – IRC client, discontinued as of February 9, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=2.16.2, The Final Release – HexChat |url=https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=hexchat.github.io |archive-date=2024-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310215749/https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Skype]] – telecommunications application supporting IM and VoIP-based [[videotelephony]] retired as of May 5, 2025<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |last2=Neuman |first2=Scott |date=2025-05-05 |title=It's last call for Skype as the once-popular video calling app shuts down |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387436/skype-shutting-down |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ircle]] – IRC client ([[shareware]])
*[[Microsoft Messenger for Mac]] – cross-platform IM client
*[[Yahoo! Messenger]] – IM client, also supporting VoIP, file transfers and webcam hosting