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Empathy vs LimeChat

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

LimeChat

Social & Communications

LimeChat is an open-source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for macOS. It features a simple and intuitive interface, support for multiple servers and channels, customizable themes, keyboard shortcuts, and more.

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