Ferdium
Puts all your messaging services in one desktop app.
Instead of A dozen chat tabs
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Ferdium gathers WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram and the rest into one window with workspaces, so the messengers stop owning your browser. It is community-run free software, and you can host your own Ferdium server to keep your settings off anyone else's machine.
Be clear about what it is, though. It helps you live with the messaging monopolies rather than escape them, and wrapping a dozen web apps in one Electron app is heavy on your computer.
For comparison, we also reviewed WhatsApp (14/30) and Gmail (16/30) as a benchmark.