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Just a heads up. If you suddenly feel that IRC is too feature free or outdated for your needs, have some courtesy and consider a modern, federated and open solu

Just a heads up. If you suddenly feel that IRC is too feature free or outdated for your needs, have some courtesy and consider a modern, federated and open solution instead. https://riot.im/ https://riot.im/ https://matrix.org/ https://matrix.org/

Mithaldu 9y ago
Also, for those still using IRC, and needing an easy way to get others on it: IrcCloud is an excellent service with a mobile client lightyears beyond any other.
CJefferson 9y ago
Let's imagine I'm on a small open source project using slack. We don't want to host anything. Which of the slack alternatives is the easiest dropping?
- nileshtrivedi 9y ago
  http://open.relay-chat.com http://open.relay-chat.com is hosted MatterMost offered for free to open-source projects.
- Vinnl 9y ago
  https://gitter.im/ https://gitter.im/ was acquired by GitLab and thus likely to remain for quite a while. Also, it might even suit the needs of such a project better than Slack, as apparently it's aimed more at communities rather than teams, but I'm not sure what that means in practice.
  - Arkanosis 9y ago
    … and it's open-source (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/webapp/ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/webapp/).
- unicornporn 9y ago
  https://riot.im/app/#/register https://riot.im/app/#/register Register matrix.org accounts there. There's a web client, desktop clients and mobile clients (called Riot.im). It's open source and federated. And, there are IRC bridges!
- jjrh 9y ago
  There is a large list of public XMPP servers one can register on ( https://list.jabber.at/ https://list.jabber.at/ & https://xmpp.net/directory.php https://xmpp.net/directory.php ) https://movim.eu/ https://movim.eu/ is another option (has a fancy web client, android & linux client and of course supports any XMPP client)
- Aaronn 9y ago
  There are plenty of public matrix servers, most notably matrix.org hosted by the matrix developers. There is also a small list here: https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php You don't have to host your own server.

Mithaldu 9y ago

Also, for those still using IRC, and needing an easy way to get others on it: IrcCloud is an excellent service with a mobile client lightyears beyond any other.

CJefferson 9y ago

Let's imagine I'm on a small open source project using slack. We don't want to host anything. Which of the slack alternatives is the easiest dropping?

nileshtrivedi 9y ago
http://open.relay-chat.com http://open.relay-chat.com is hosted MatterMost offered for free to open-source projects.
Vinnl 9y ago
https://gitter.im/ https://gitter.im/ was acquired by GitLab and thus likely to remain for quite a while. Also, it might even suit the needs of such a project better than Slack, as apparently it's aimed more at communities rather than teams, but I'm not sure what that means in practice.
- Arkanosis 9y ago
  … and it's open-source (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/webapp/ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/webapp/).
unicornporn 9y ago
https://riot.im/app/#/register https://riot.im/app/#/register Register matrix.org accounts there. There's a web client, desktop clients and mobile clients (called Riot.im). It's open source and federated. And, there are IRC bridges!
jjrh 9y ago
There is a large list of public XMPP servers one can register on ( https://list.jabber.at/ https://list.jabber.at/ & https://xmpp.net/directory.php https://xmpp.net/directory.php ) https://movim.eu/ https://movim.eu/ is another option (has a fancy web client, android & linux client and of course supports any XMPP client)
Aaronn 9y ago
There are plenty of public matrix servers, most notably matrix.org hosted by the matrix developers. There is also a small list here: https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php You don't have to host your own server.