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Sblack: an ultra-lightweight Mac client for Slack

21 points by mkalygin 8y ago

eberkund 8y ago
Could you add some screenshots?
BugsJustFindMe 8y ago
How is this different than wrapping the slack website with Fluid.app? Also, https://github.com/frankdilo/sblack https://github.com/frankdilo/sblack says "Sblack is no longer available for download since the app is in violation of the Slack Acceptable Use Policy. It was fun while it lasted, sorry guys!" Also, telling me that it's safe without any evidence is awful. Don't do that. Link to the github repo instead of these meaningless "I promise that you can trust me, honest!" shenanigans. Also, forcing an email signup to download? HAHAHAHAHA.
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- nil_pointer 8y ago
  Did he take down the repo? It's no longer visible. Solid observations.
  - BugsJustFindMe 8y ago
    > Did he take down the repo? It's no longer visible. It looks like it. I can't articulate why, but that sets off alarm bells to me.
- Vendan 8y ago
  to be fair, the original sblack was a "drop your slack app on here and it'll be made into dark mode slack", which involved things that are against the slack AUP. I'm guessing this is a "Fine then, I'll make my own slack client with nightmode and no electron" using the slack APIs...
frankdilo 8y ago
Developer of the app here. Feel free to ask questions.
- hidiegomariani 8y ago
  Is it open source?
- sithadmin 8y ago
  Just FYI, your app seems to occasionally choke on SSO sign-in.
- bberenberg 8y ago
  Looks like the repo is gone, care to explain why? Concerns around security with apps like this are common. OSS doesn't fix that, but it makes things a bit easier to audit.
- indigodaddy 8y ago
  "Feel free to ask questions" ... But don't necessarily expect any answers I guess?
comex 8y ago
Using the builtin WebKit instead of a bundled Chrome is not enough to make an app “ultra-lightweight”. I was hoping for an actual native client…
- jczhang 8y ago
  Agreed, this doesn't seem to me `ultra-lightweight` vs normal slack after looking at Activity Monitor as a quick comparison. However, the dark theme is nice to have.
tuananh 8y ago
Wey is a super fast, lightweight Slack client. However, the author doesn't seem to actively maintain it. https://github.com/yue/wey https://github.com/yue/wey

21 points by mkalygin 8y ago

Could you add some screenshots?

How is this different than wrapping the slack website with Fluid.app? Also, https://github.com/frankdilo/sblack https://github.com/frankdilo/sblack says "Sblack is no longer available for download since the app is in violation of the Slack Acceptable Use Policy. It was fun while it lasted, sorry guys!" Also, telling me that it's safe without any evidence is awful. Don't do that. Link to the github repo instead of these meaningless "I promise that you can trust me, honest!" shenanigans. Also, forcing an email signup to download? HAHAHAHAHA.

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nil_pointer 8y ago
Did he take down the repo? It's no longer visible. Solid observations.
- BugsJustFindMe 8y ago
  > Did he take down the repo? It's no longer visible. It looks like it. I can't articulate why, but that sets off alarm bells to me.
Vendan 8y ago
to be fair, the original sblack was a "drop your slack app on here and it'll be made into dark mode slack", which involved things that are against the slack AUP. I'm guessing this is a "Fine then, I'll make my own slack client with nightmode and no electron" using the slack APIs...

frankdilo 8y ago

Developer of the app here. Feel free to ask questions.

hidiegomariani 8y ago
Is it open source?
sithadmin 8y ago
Just FYI, your app seems to occasionally choke on SSO sign-in.
bberenberg 8y ago
Looks like the repo is gone, care to explain why? Concerns around security with apps like this are common. OSS doesn't fix that, but it makes things a bit easier to audit.
indigodaddy 8y ago
"Feel free to ask questions" ... But don't necessarily expect any answers I guess?

comex 8y ago

Using the builtin WebKit instead of a bundled Chrome is not enough to make an app “ultra-lightweight”. I was hoping for an actual native client…

jczhang 8y ago
Agreed, this doesn't seem to me `ultra-lightweight` vs normal slack after looking at Activity Monitor as a quick comparison. However, the dark theme is nice to have.

tuananh 8y ago

Wey is a super fast, lightweight Slack client. However, the author doesn't seem to actively maintain it. https://github.com/yue/wey https://github.com/yue/wey