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dirc vs Empathy

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

dirc

dirc

Social & Communications

dirc is an open-source, lightweight Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. It has a simple interface and low memory usage, making it a good option for text-based IRC chatting on low-powered machines.

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Empathy

Empathy

Social & Communications

Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.

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