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Empathy vs jakeIRC

A side-by-side look at Empathy and jakeIRC. 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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jakeIRC

jakeIRC

Social & Communications

jakeIRC is an open-source, cross-platform IRC client written in Java. It provides a basic set of IRC features including multiple server support, channel management, private messaging, and scripting capabilities.

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