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> And you can just self-host it. For free, too! (A weird thing to write, but the OSS chat app space has become very weird in many ways!) Wait, what? There are
by latexr 4mo ago
> And you can just self-host it. For free, too! (A weird thing to write, but the OSS chat app space has become very weird in many ways!)
Wait, what? There are open-source chat apps that you have to pay to host yourself? How does that work? Or did I misunderstand?
- francislavoie 4mo agoYeah a lot of them like Mattermost become surprisingly limited unless you pay. It's very annoying.
- claytongulick 4mo agoMattermost's licensing is a little confusing, but from what I understand, you're only really super-restricted if you use the prebuilt binaries (which have a different license than the source code). IIRC if you build it yourself it's pretty much all AGPL, with few limitations.
- bityard 4mo agoMany otherwise open-source chat apps are "open-core," they tie certain features to a subscription. Can be things like chat history, voice calls, video calls, but a very popular one is SSO and AD/LDAP integration.