# Miranda IM

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Miranda IM and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Miranda IM as a small, portable multi-protocol chat client that is highly customizable with plugins, settings and themes.

## Why people recommend it

- Highly customizable with plugins and themes (3 comments): "Beautiful app with lots of plugins, and lot of settings and themes to customize it for yourself." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47053066)) "I long to bring this back in a Miranda-IM way (super customizable)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048418)) "were also fully customizable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48763196))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Facebook Messenger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-messenger.md): 36 recommend
- [Pidgin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pidgin.md): 30 recommend
- [Beeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beeper.md): 29 recommend
- [Dino XMPP client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dino.md): 21 recommend
- [Element X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/element-x.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Miranda IM", https://hackerapproved.com/p/miranda-im/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).