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The only reason I haven't advocated replacing Slack with IRC is it lacks a sensible way of keeping history. Everyone either has to keep their client running and
by shric 7y ago
The only reason I haven't advocated replacing Slack with IRC is it lacks a sensible way of keeping history. Everyone either has to keep their client running and connected all the time (usually this is only feasible with tmux/screen on a server), rely on bouncer hacks, or something like IRCCloud which maintains the connection for you but is proprietary and not self-hostable.
- VectorLock 7y agoThis is the big thing that IRC would need to have to make it on parity with Slack. A bit more involved than a trivial change.
- mgbmtl 7y agoI use https://riot.im https://riot.im for IRC for some channels. It stays connected, keeps archives, etc. For small communities, I recommend Mattermost or Rocket Chat. I used to be a die-hard fan of irssi inside tmux, but seeing how tiny usability issues can really cause adoption issues, I wouldn't even recommend riot.im to less technical people.