Empathy vs ZNC
A side-by-side look at Empathy and ZNC. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
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.
chatmessagingvoipxmppirc
ZNC
Network & Admin
ZNC is an open-source IRC bouncer written in C++ that allows users to connect to IRC networks and remain connected even when their client goes offline. It can be self-hosted or used with a hosting provider.
ircbouncerselfhosted
Related Comparisons
Franz
mIRC
FaceFlow
Tox
Zulip
Meebo