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Imo.im – Instant Messenger

Imo.im – Instant Messenger

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·December 4, 2025

mrsssnake

- Russian Yandex.ru trackers on their website

- proprietary app

- no Linux version

Looks like houndreds of others shitty chat apps, why even post it?

drcongo

Not to mention the awful stock photos on the home page, and the word salad on the about us page: https://imo.im/about_us.html

minton

How are all these chat app funded?

ahofmann

imo was one of the last multi-messengers, where one could stay connected with almost everyone regardless what they used. It was a good time. It was a sad day, when I realized that they will pivot to their own solution, but I guess it was better for them.

ekjhgkejhgk

XMPP is still around.

pjerem

Beeper does a great job at this. I use it for all my IM needs.

kitd

A Linux (or at least web) version would be nice ...

APock

I'm surprised Imo still exists to be honest.