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I was thinking about implementing slack at our workplace, this looks like it might be a nice open source alternative. Anyone running this at a medium-sized com

by avgDev 8y ago

I was thinking about implementing slack at our workplace, this looks like it might be a nice open source alternative. Anyone running this at a medium-sized company?

bakoo 8y ago
If this doesn't fit, you should check out Mattermost, Rocket Chat and Zulip, all great alternatives to Slack.
lima 8y ago
Not a good fit for a corporate environment, unless you're already using IRC and need a web UI. It's basically a personal IRC client and lacks most of the features you would expect from Slack (media upload, user management, editing/deleting messages, public channels...). Take a look at Rocket Chat and Zulip instead.
- MaxLeiter 8y ago
  Version 3.0 releasing soon (just need to write changelog, really) has file uploading support. Not sure what “public channels” are, but you can set channels to join and lock your Lounge instance to a network.
- Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
  Editing/deleting messages is a misfeature, and naturally IRC supports public channels, given that it invented them.
  - lima 8y ago
    I mean the UI part, of course - Slack has public channels that everyone can easily discover and join. Of course, IRC can do all of that (much better than Slack, from a technical point of view). But IRC + The Lounge is not a drop-in replacement for Slack.
    - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
      You just mean recommending channels, then? Put them in your motd and a clickable list will show up when they log in.
      - lima 8y ago
        Sure - I know more than one company who uses IRC internally, and it works just fine. However, Slack or Rocket Chat have much better usability for non-technical users.
    - YaManicKill 8y ago
      The Lounge has easy access to IRC's LIST command, which does exactly this. The UI is a bit dirty, but we'll hopefully tidy it up soon. https://files.yamanickill.com/Q0MSPAU8.png https://files.yamanickill.com/Q0MSPAU8.png
Asturaz 8y ago
Not running this but we are running a Matrix Homeserver at our place. Works great: https://matrix.org/ https://matrix.org/ Then riot.im as client for the phones and web.

by avgDev 8y ago

I was thinking about implementing slack at our workplace, this looks like it might be a nice open source alternative. Anyone running this at a medium-sized company?

bakoo 8y ago

If this doesn't fit, you should check out Mattermost, Rocket Chat and Zulip, all great alternatives to Slack.

lima 8y ago

Not a good fit for a corporate environment, unless you're already using IRC and need a web UI. It's basically a personal IRC client and lacks most of the features you would expect from Slack (media upload, user management, editing/deleting messages, public channels...). Take a look at Rocket Chat and Zulip instead.

MaxLeiter 8y ago
Version 3.0 releasing soon (just need to write changelog, really) has file uploading support. Not sure what “public channels” are, but you can set channels to join and lock your Lounge instance to a network.
Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
Editing/deleting messages is a misfeature, and naturally IRC supports public channels, given that it invented them.
- lima 8y ago
  I mean the UI part, of course - Slack has public channels that everyone can easily discover and join. Of course, IRC can do all of that (much better than Slack, from a technical point of view). But IRC + The Lounge is not a drop-in replacement for Slack.
  - Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
    You just mean recommending channels, then? Put them in your motd and a clickable list will show up when they log in.
    - lima 8y ago
      Sure - I know more than one company who uses IRC internally, and it works just fine. However, Slack or Rocket Chat have much better usability for non-technical users.
  - YaManicKill 8y ago
    The Lounge has easy access to IRC's LIST command, which does exactly this. The UI is a bit dirty, but we'll hopefully tidy it up soon. https://files.yamanickill.com/Q0MSPAU8.png https://files.yamanickill.com/Q0MSPAU8.png

Asturaz 8y ago

Not running this but we are running a Matrix Homeserver at our place. Works great: https://matrix.org/ https://matrix.org/ Then riot.im as client for the phones and web.