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Empathy vs The Lounge

A side-by-side look at Empathy and The Lounge. 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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The Lounge

The Lounge

Social & Communications

The Lounge is an open source, self-hosted web IRC client that allows users to access IRC channels via a modern web interface. It provides features like push notifications, link previews, file uploads and more to enhance the traditional IRC experience.

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