> Who forces you ? You can use slack on the web can't you Slack's web client is still slow. Their "native" client is just a Chrome wrapper over their web app,

> Who forces you ? You can use slack on the web can't you Slack's web client is still slow. Their "native" client is just a Chrome wrapper over their web app, with some glue code to hook up notifications. > it has no good web interface so the casual user won't come in https://webchat.freenode.net https://webchat.freenode.net works fine. If you need or want help with a project and can't be asked to spend a few moments opening up an IRC client (native or web), then I don't know what to tell you. > Gitter, Mattermost, and Discord Gitter and Discord are both closed source, proprietary systems made by companies who want to make money. Open source projects shouldn't rely on them if possible. Mattermost is OK, but requires running your own server. IRC is free, and there are public servers specifically made for open source projects.