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Empathy vs Extraterm

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

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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Extraterm

Extraterm

Development

Extraterm is a terminal emulator focused on workflow efficiency. It has a minimal interface allowing users to arrange terminals spatially and provides advanced tab management and search capabilities.

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