Messenger for Desktop VS HexChat

Messenger for Desktop

A simple & beautiful app for Facebook Messenger.

HexChat

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Messenger for Desktop and HexChat)

HexChat

Messaging

23 23%

Messaging

77% 77

Communication

23 23%

Communication

77% 77

Group Chat & Notifications

20 20%

Group Chat & Notifications

80% 80

Linux

100 100%

Linux

0% 0

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, HexChat should be more popular than Messenger for Desktop. It has been mentiond 7 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Messenger for Desktop mentions (1)

The new FB Messenger for Windows 10 is crashing all the time, and I need to go back to an older version. I can't seem to find it on the official messenger.com website
I use Opera browser that includes a Messenger extension/app or https://messengerfordesktop.com. Source: almost 3 years ago

HexChat mentions (7)

getting started with IRC. I have some questions.
Start off using HexChat for a client. You can find channels here: https://netsplit.de/channels/. Source: about 1 year ago
DPReview.com is shutting down
First off, grab yourself an IRC client. On their connection info page Hackint has information for both WeeChat and Hexchat, but you could use any IRC client. Source: about 1 year ago
IRC Chat?
Gajim is for XMPP. For IRC you need Hexchat or Weechat or something like that. Source: over 1 year ago
TIFU by showing my dad the possibilities of the Internet.
Hexchat is one of the more popular ones. Source: over 1 year ago
Online in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.
IRC - Also still around and in some cases, the same as it ever was, albeit with a smaller user base. A list of networks can be found here, and while there are many actively developed IRC clients out there, if you don't know where to start, most people recommend HexChat. Reddit's affiliated network is called Snoonet. mIRC is still actively developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey, so by all means, feel free to give that a... Source: over 2 years ago