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What is the good alternative to Slack now? Cheaper / OS / self-hosted etc?

• bachmeier 8y ago
  If you have just a few users, Rocket is very easy to install and has always worked well on a $5 DO instance. My preference is for Zulip, as it's easier to track multiple discussions, but I don't have an incentive to switch now that my Rocket instance is running. I have no experience with more than a few users. If you want a hosted solution, I have seen reports that Zulip works well with a large number of users.
• wut42 8y ago
  There's Matrix and Riot. it's still a bit rough on the edges but overall it's very cool projects.
  • namibj 8y ago
    He asked about slack, not Whatsapp. ;)
    • EvilEndures 8y ago
      I've used Riot as a Slack replacement and setup notification bots. Its effective for the task and I could use the IRC bridge for a similar function. Only reason I moved over to Discord was too many chat apps and the hobby users were all on Discord anyway.
    • anderspitman 8y ago
      Riot has inline Markdown, so I'd argue it's actually superior to Slack for serious work.
    • wut42 8y ago
      Riot is more slack-like than whatsapp-like. We use it at work instead of Slack now.
• namibj 8y ago
  Mattermost.
  • sailfast 8y ago
    Came here to say this. Mattermost runs really well on a small-ish box, self-contained, has never gone down, and we've been able to grow organically to hundreds of unique users a day all inside the firewall. Pretty much a no-brainer for me.
• sschueller 8y ago
  https://zulipchat.com/ https://zulipchat.com/ https://rocket.chat/ https://rocket.chat/
• ryneandal 8y ago
  Discord is great. Pitched to gamers, but could easily function in a work setting.