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Empathy vs Opal

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

Opal

Office & Productivity

Opal is an open-source alternative to Microsoft OneNote for taking notes and organizing information. It allows users to create digital notebooks to capture text, drawings, and web clippings.

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