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Empathy vs Recess

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

Recess

Productivity

Recess is a free and open source time/focus management tool to help you be more productive. It optimizes and automates breaks by monitoring your computer activity and gently reminds you to take breaks when it's a good time.

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