Empathy vs Pidgin on MacOSX

A side-by-side look at Empathy and Pidgin on MacOSX. 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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Pidgin on MacOSX

Social & Communications

Pidgin is a popular open source chat client that supports multiple chat protocols including IRC, XMPP, Bonjour, and more. The MacOSX version provides a native interface for Mac users. It's lightweight, customizable, and encrypts chats for privacy.

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