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Empathy vs Light Table

A side-by-side look at Empathy and Light Table. 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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Light Table

Light Table

Development

Light Table is an open-source, lightweight integrated development environment with support for live coding. It features a minimalist editor with instant feedback, allowing developers to see changes as they write their code.

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