Empathy vs irssi
A side-by-side look at Empathy and irssi. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
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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irssi
Social & Communications
irssi is a terminal based IRC client for Linux/UNIX systems. It supports multiple servers/channels and is highly configurable with plugins and scripts. irssi is commonly used by system administrators and advanced users who desire a powerful and extensible IRC client for the terminal.
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