Empathy vs lightIRC
A side-by-side look at Empathy and lightIRC. 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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lightIRC
Social & Communications
lightIRC is an open-source, lightweight Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Windows. It has a simple, easy-to-use interface allowing users to connect to IRC networks and chat channels. lightIRC is focused on being a small, fast, and portable IRC client.
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