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Empathy vs X-Lite

A side-by-side look at Empathy and X-Lite. 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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X-Lite

X-Lite

Social & Communications

X-Lite is a free softphone application that enables VoIP audio and video calls over the internet. It supports common calling features like call waiting, call transfer, and conference calls. X-Lite is cross-platform and works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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