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Protocol? I kind of assumed things like Slack, Gitter, etc. were just using websockets that communicate with their backend.
by zbuttram 10y ago
Protocol? I kind of assumed things like Slack, Gitter, etc. were just using websockets that communicate with their backend.
- Duhck 10y agoSlack is built on top of IRC. Presumably Gitter is as well
- edoceo 10y agoNot on top of IRC. Just similar in that they are both chat like
- detaro 10y ago> Slack is built on top of IRC Source? First time I hear that, and it seems unlikely, since they have quite a few features that don't fit nicely in stock IRC.
- kuschku 10y agoI’m not sure there are any Slack features that don’t fit into stock IRC v3. Basically everything they do is already supported or a draft. (Now just everyone has to implement it)
- detaro 10y agoNow, possibly. But unless I'm totally wrong on the timeline, IRCv3 (not even talking about implementations) wasn't even close to that level when Slack started and thus is unlikely to be the base of their product. And even now, I wouldn't include v3 yet when talking about "stock IRC" in this context.
- owaislone 10y agoAny source on that. I don't think it follows any protocols at all. Just implements it's own thing.
- vertex-four 10y agoSlack is definitely not built on top of IRC. There is, however, an IRC interface to Slack.