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Are HipChat and Slack free enough to use as an open source project chat/support room?
by ishbits 12y ago
Are HipChat and Slack free enough to use as an open source project chat/support room?
- aroman 12y agoYes, we switched over to Slack from IRC/Google+ at elementary (elementaryos.org) in the early summer. It's been a massive improvement. We're starting to feel the limitations of the free tier though, so we do wish it were a lot cheaper.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoCould you enumerate the particular pains you had with IRC that were eased by switching to Slack?
- sejje 12y agoI can't speak for him, however as a programmer speaking to other programmers, I find Slack is pretty nice primarily for these reasons: Pasting code snippets, preserving formatting and getting syntax highlighting. Pasting screenshots, usually of code, error logs, or graphical bugs. Inlining code with `def func_name()` or whatever, making things much more legible. Easily sending files. Basically all code manipulation at their root. For actual normal communication, IRC works just as well for me.
- malditogeek 12y agoIf you host your source on GitHub, you should definitely check out Gitter. It's free for public repos and the integration is great; you get Markdown, integrations, IRC bridge, etc. Check for example the Marionette community to get a feeling of it: https://gitter.im/marionettejs/backbone.marionette https://gitter.im/marionettejs/backbone.marionette. Disclaimer: I work at Gitter, feel free to ping me at https://gitter.im/malditogeek https://gitter.im/malditogeek
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- arcameron 12y agoCheck out https://echoplex.us https://echoplex.us