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aerc vs Openfire

A side-by-side look at aerc and Openfire. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

aerc

aerc

Office & Productivity

aerc is a terminal email client aimed at being fast, efficient, and easy to use. It has a clean and intuitive interface, supports multiple accounts, servers, and identities, handles encryption well, and has good performance with large mailboxes.

terminalfastefficientclean-interfacemultiple-accountsencryption-supportlarge-mailboxes
Openfire

Openfire

Social & Communications

Openfire is an open source instant messaging and chat server. It uses the XMPP protocol and can be configured to work with many chat clients such as Spark, Pidgin, and Web clients. It is written in Java and has features like group chat, messaging archive, and plugins.

xmppchat-serveropen-sourcejava

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