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There's Ripcord[1], if you want something that is actually lightweight and webtech-free. It can also function as a client for Discord. A shame that it is close

There's Ripcord[1], if you want something that is actually lightweight and webtech-free. It can also function as a client for Discord. A shame that it is closed-source though. [1] https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ https://cancel.fm/ripcord/

sitharus 6y ago
Ripcord is great, if you're willing to take the functionality tradeoff in exchange for not using 800MB of RAM. I'm quite willing to do that. In particular if your slack channels are heavy users of actions then you'll have problems - the buttons often don't work and the layouts are messed up. On the plus side it doesn't animate anything, which is a huge win.
- masklinn 6y ago
  > Ripcord is great, if you're willing to take the functionality tradeoff in exchange for not using 800MB of RAM. I'm quite willing to do that. In OP's context you're also using a Qt application of macos, which is as much a match made in heaven as using x11 applications on macos (very much not).
  - Wowfunhappy 6y ago
    Qt apps aren't great on macOS but I'd put them very far ahead of x11 apps.
dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
Ripcord will be great one day, but e.g. for Discord it doesn't seem to support rate-limited channels (which means most in my case). Otherwise it seems a wonderful app and I wish the missing functionality is added soon.
amelius 6y ago
What multiplatform UI lib does it use?
- tumult 6y ago
  Qt
superkuh 6y ago
If it ever becomes too popular Slack and Discord will just ban it. That is what they have done and will do. I'm surprised Discord hasn't already. If you have to use Slack for work that's one thing. But people chosing to use Discord is just sad and unfortunate. It's just another Facebook situation wherein they are the product and in a few years it'll become unignorable.
- tumult 6y ago
  You sound pretty confident. But I'm not aware of Slack (or Discord) attempting to ban any third party clients. Ripcord has been around for 4 years. Discord has never given me trouble about it. Slack is for businesses that pay, they publish an API, and there's no reason to assume they would go out of their way to prevent customers from using whatever client they want.
  - superkuh 6y ago
    Yes. The confidence comes from observing these companies' history. I guess you didn't? Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Slack is less obvious. Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein, say, if the client was developed in Iran then it'll get banned. But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically.
    - tumult 6y ago
      > Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Er, no, they aren't. Ripcord is 4 years old. I have no idea what you're talking about. > Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein Uhhhh > But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically. Nope, this isn't listed anywhere in their rules.
- tehwebguy 6y ago
kristopolous 6y ago
Wow, closed source shareware. I wonder if that's still a winning model. Shareware was about leveraging the now defunct sneakernet via physical medium such as floppies and making it ok to copy software and give it to friends on the premise people who like it will feel morally obligated to pay a modest fee. The second part is still there but the first part is dead, long dead. I feel like you need to push this social capital and exchange back into the model somehow to bring it forward but not through nagware or review feelers. Something more real and unprompted

sitharus 6y ago

Ripcord is great, if you're willing to take the functionality tradeoff in exchange for not using 800MB of RAM. I'm quite willing to do that. In particular if your slack channels are heavy users of actions then you'll have problems - the buttons often don't work and the layouts are messed up. On the plus side it doesn't animate anything, which is a huge win.

masklinn 6y ago
> Ripcord is great, if you're willing to take the functionality tradeoff in exchange for not using 800MB of RAM. I'm quite willing to do that. In OP's context you're also using a Qt application of macos, which is as much a match made in heaven as using x11 applications on macos (very much not).
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago
  Qt apps aren't great on macOS but I'd put them very far ahead of x11 apps.

dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

Ripcord will be great one day, but e.g. for Discord it doesn't seem to support rate-limited channels (which means most in my case). Otherwise it seems a wonderful app and I wish the missing functionality is added soon.

amelius 6y ago

What multiplatform UI lib does it use?

tumult 6y ago
Qt

superkuh 6y ago

If it ever becomes too popular Slack and Discord will just ban it. That is what they have done and will do. I'm surprised Discord hasn't already. If you have to use Slack for work that's one thing. But people chosing to use Discord is just sad and unfortunate. It's just another Facebook situation wherein they are the product and in a few years it'll become unignorable.

tumult 6y ago
You sound pretty confident. But I'm not aware of Slack (or Discord) attempting to ban any third party clients. Ripcord has been around for 4 years. Discord has never given me trouble about it. Slack is for businesses that pay, they publish an API, and there's no reason to assume they would go out of their way to prevent customers from using whatever client they want.
- superkuh 6y ago
  Yes. The confidence comes from observing these companies' history. I guess you didn't? Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Slack is less obvious. Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein, say, if the client was developed in Iran then it'll get banned. But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically.
  - tumult 6y ago
    > Discord is very well known for not allowing and then banning any third party clients. It's been their behavior since the start. Er, no, they aren't. Ripcord is 4 years old. I have no idea what you're talking about. > Slack boils the frog like they did with IRC bridges and has weird nationalistic restrictions re: USA enemies wherein Uhhhh > But it's a lot better odds than Discord where no third party clients are allowed specifically. Nope, this isn't listed anywhere in their rules.
tehwebguy 6y ago

kristopolous 6y ago

Wow, closed source shareware. I wonder if that's still a winning model. Shareware was about leveraging the now defunct sneakernet via physical medium such as floppies and making it ok to copy software and give it to friends on the premise people who like it will feel morally obligated to pay a modest fee. The second part is still there but the first part is dead, long dead. I feel like you need to push this social capital and exchange back into the model somehow to bring it forward but not through nagware or review feelers. Something more real and unprompted