Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by cheeseblubber » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 6:45 PM UTC

Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust
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Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by paholg » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:00 PM UTC

Looks interesting, though I would definitely need Android/iOS clients before considering it.

We migrated our small, private slack group to discord when slack changed their retention policy, though it's become less active since then.

I think a lot of the members use slack already, but are not inclined to deal with discord. Maybe a different app would be better, or maybe it's "slack or nothing" for some of those folks.

What I really want is slack to just have a reasonable pricing plan for small, low activity groups, like Linen has. So props for that!

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by cheeseblubber » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:03 PM UTC

paholg wrote: post #2

Looks interesting, though I would definitely need Android/iOS clients before considering it. We migrated our small, private slack group to discord when slack changed their retention policy, though it's become less active since then. I think a lot of the members use slack already, but are not inclined to deal with discord. Maybe a different app would be better, or maybe it's "slack or nothing" for some of those folks.…

Thanks. We have mobile clients in the roadmap! There is a big refactor that we would need to do before getting there :)

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by paholg » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:04 PM UTC

cheeseblubber wrote: post #3

paholg wrote: post #2

Looks interesting, though I would definitely need Android/iOS clients before considering it. We migrated our small, private slack group to discord when slack changed their retention policy, though it's become less active since then. I think a lot of the members use slack already, but are not inclined to deal with discord. Maybe a different app would be better, or maybe it's "slack or nothing" for some of those folks.…

Thanks. We have mobile clients in the roadmap! There is a big refactor that we would need to do before getting there :)

I just noticed you advertise a real-time sync with slack/discord, so that just may handle my use-case. Is there a mailing list I could join to be notified when there's mobile clients?

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by cheeseblubber » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:06 PM UTC

paholg wrote: post #4

cheeseblubber wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. We have mobile clients in the roadmap! There is a big refactor that we would need to do before getting there :)

I just noticed you advertise a real-time sync with slack/discord, so that just may handle my use-case. Is there a mailing list I could join to be notified when there's mobile clients?

Yep if you just create an account linen.dev/s/linen you should be subscribed to updates. I only do email updates around once a quarter

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by paxys » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:12 PM UTC

Discord alternative would be a better description, considering Slack isn't meant for communities but companies.

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by digging » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:14 PM UTC

I remember reading about the performance-first development of Linen here on HN a few weeks ago. In that thread I also heard about Zulip for the first time.

Both look good. I am not sure which to proselytize to my groups. Most groups I'm in just use Discord because of its momentum, but I really don't like Discord that much - it feels chaotic (I've learned it does have threading and maybe even forum mode now, but nobody seems to use those...), and it's not open-source.

Indexability is an interesting feature, of obvious use for public or semi-public groups, but certainly not something I'm interested in for private groups. Can it be disabled?

I also really like that Linen has two-way sync. This would massively reduce friction in switching. However, the lack of mobile apps could be a bigger source of friction. How is Linen as a PWA?

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by digging » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:16 PM UTC

paholg wrote: post #4

cheeseblubber wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. We have mobile clients in the roadmap! There is a big refactor that we would need to do before getting there :)

I just noticed you advertise a real-time sync with slack/discord, so that just may handle my use-case. Is there a mailing list I could join to be notified when there's mobile clients?

Note that according to the FAQ, Discord syncs hourly. Real-time is a WIP. So the sync would not be great at facilitating live cross-platform discussion yet.

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by cheeseblubber » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:18 PM UTC

digging wrote: post #7

I remember reading about the performance-first development of Linen here on HN a few weeks ago. In that thread I also heard about Zulip for the first time. Both look good. I am not sure which to proselytize to my groups. Most groups I'm in just use Discord because of its momentum, but I really don't like Discord that much - it feels chaotic (I've learned it does have threading and maybe even forum mode now, but nobod…

We do have private teams/communities. It is actually what we use internal for work. Mobile app is on the roadmap!

Re: Building a Slack/Discord alternative with Tauri/Rust

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Post by sigg3 » Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 8:23 PM UTC

> Building a slack alternative

I've always thought slack was the alternative, to IRC.