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What are the best slack alternatives these days? Surely in 2024 live chat is really a commodity

• a1o 2y ago
  Rocket Chat is a possible alternative. Also Teams and Discord.
  • thinkindie 2y ago
    Teams is anything but an alternative to Slack
• domoritz 2y ago
  matrix.org is a neat open protocol/platform but clients have some room to improve.
  • ftth_finland 2y ago
    Matrix sucks rocks. Zulip is where it’s at.
  • rwmj 2y ago
    If you want to filter your users to that small group of tech experts that is able to install and set up the client.
• arcanemachiner 2y ago
  Zulip?
• candiddevmike 2y ago
  > Surely in 2024 live chat is really a commodity IMO, it is, as long as you don't need video sharing or mobile. As soon as these are involved, the field of competitors narrows considerably.
• MaKey 2y ago
  https://zulip.com https://zulip.com is one of the better alternatives with an option for self-hosting.
• paxys 2y ago
  A chat server may be a commodity, but good user experiences, mobile apps, video calls, file storage, third-party integrations, support etc. definitely aren't.
• ericjmorey 2y ago
  Maybe Campfire https://once.com/campfire https://once.com/campfire
• bee_rider 2y ago
  Live chat is something worse than a commodity. There’s no way to innovate or do anything interesting at all. AIM solved the chat channel perfectly and Skype completed voice chat. Since then the game has been: use investor money to pay for servers and collect users, then sell them to some big company. An actual profitable chat service, like, as a business, can’t exist I think. It is impossible to compete with free service provided for “free” (free as in barnyard animals don’t have to pay for their dinner). Lest this come across as smug or whatever, I’m personally eating from the Discord trough. It is what it is.
• aojdwhsd 2y ago
  Mattermost