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Empathy vs localhost.run

A side-by-side look at Empathy and localhost.run. 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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localhost.run

localhost.run

Development

localhost.run is a platform that allows you to easily spin up local development environments inside your browser. It eliminates the need to install software locally by providing disposable, ready-to-code sandboxes for various languages and frameworks.

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