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Empathy vs Skygear Chat

A side-by-side look at Empathy and Skygear Chat. 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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Skygear Chat

Skygear Chat

Social & Communications

Skygear Chat is an open-source chat SDK for building in-app messaging into mobile apps and websites. It handles backend infrastructure and provides APIs for building chat features.

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