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I literally just came from the Slack site to HN wondering if there was an opensource/selfhosting version of something like Slack. Well I guess that question is

I literally just came from the Slack site to HN wondering if there was an opensource/selfhosting version of something like Slack. Well I guess that question is answered.

qznc 12y ago
There is also Kandan App. https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan
- hhaidar 12y ago
  Is Kandan still actively developed? Doesn't seem like there's been anything new for a couple of years.
  - xasos 12y ago
    It may not be as actively developed as something like Node, but people are still submitting PRs and the original author is still making updates.
  - eggbrain 12y ago
    Yep, we still are! I recently got added to the ownership team for Kandan (https://github.com/orgs/kandanapp/people https://github.com/orgs/kandanapp/people) and I've been trying to respond to every issue / pull request that's been submitted. If there's a feature you are missing, let me know. Our last commit was 22 days ago, and we've added a ton of bug fixes, optimizations, security fixes, and overall tweaks in the past few years. Check us out! Recently, the thing I've been focusing on lately with the app is bug fixes, small tweaks, and upgrading Rails. There's a lot of feature requests on the backburner, but I want the app to be extremely stable before going a mile wide and an inch deep. That being said, "Let's Chat" looks like it is a great approach and I look forward to the progress that comes on it. The more open source solutions, the better.
    - DevFactor 12y ago
      eggbrain, I really like Kanban and I am sad to see it isn't up to rails 4.2 yet. Are you looking for more contributors? If so, how could I contact you to resolve a few questions so I can get the current repo up and running to work on?
      - eggbrain 12y ago
        Yes, more people contributing to Kandan would be awesome! My email is in my profile, feel free to shoot me a message and I can help you get setup (anyone else reading this message, feel free to do the same as well if you have trouble not getting Kandan working).
vortico 12y ago
There is also `ncat` http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/13460/simple-multi-user-encrypted-chat-server-for-5-users http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/13460/simple-mult... (I'll see myself to the door.)
- hhaidar 12y ago
  That's actually really neat!

I literally just came from the Slack site to HN wondering if there was an opensource/selfhosting version of something like Slack. Well I guess that question is answered.

qznc 12y ago

There is also Kandan App. https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan

hhaidar 12y ago
Is Kandan still actively developed? Doesn't seem like there's been anything new for a couple of years.
- xasos 12y ago
  It may not be as actively developed as something like Node, but people are still submitting PRs and the original author is still making updates.
- eggbrain 12y ago
  Yep, we still are! I recently got added to the ownership team for Kandan (https://github.com/orgs/kandanapp/people https://github.com/orgs/kandanapp/people) and I've been trying to respond to every issue / pull request that's been submitted. If there's a feature you are missing, let me know. Our last commit was 22 days ago, and we've added a ton of bug fixes, optimizations, security fixes, and overall tweaks in the past few years. Check us out! Recently, the thing I've been focusing on lately with the app is bug fixes, small tweaks, and upgrading Rails. There's a lot of feature requests on the backburner, but I want the app to be extremely stable before going a mile wide and an inch deep. That being said, "Let's Chat" looks like it is a great approach and I look forward to the progress that comes on it. The more open source solutions, the better.
  - DevFactor 12y ago
    eggbrain, I really like Kanban and I am sad to see it isn't up to rails 4.2 yet. Are you looking for more contributors? If so, how could I contact you to resolve a few questions so I can get the current repo up and running to work on?
    - eggbrain 12y ago
      Yes, more people contributing to Kandan would be awesome! My email is in my profile, feel free to shoot me a message and I can help you get setup (anyone else reading this message, feel free to do the same as well if you have trouble not getting Kandan working).

vortico 12y ago

There is also `ncat` http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/13460/simple-multi-user-encrypted-chat-server-for-5-users http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/13460/simple-mult... (I'll see myself to the door.)

hhaidar 12y ago
That's actually really neat!