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Empathy vs RebTel

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

RebTel

Social & Communications

RebTel is an open-source alternative to Skype focused on privacy and security. It offers encrypted messaging, audio/video calls, screen sharing, and other communication tools.

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