You know what else is a great open-source on-premises Slack alternative? Most IRCds.
You know what is nothing like Slack in functionality and you'd knew if you have used Slack? Most IRCds.
I use Slack everyday, and I disagree.
Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
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Has anyone used a self-hosted one they were satisfied with? Which one?
Let's chat looked great but we were a little put off by mongodb and something else that escapes my mind right now so we ended up sticking with OpenFire for our XMPP server / chat rooms for the time being although it certainly has it's share of bugs.
Any particular reason why you were put off by mongo?
Re: Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mattermost team here, We think choice is good, and open source reduces the cost of creating more choice.
I actually prefer todays web video to having to install RealPlayer, Quicktime, Windows Media Player, Flash player, Shockwave player just play video on the web. Choice is not always good.
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#135Once a month an “insert something tech-related here” company releases an open source slack clone. While I am grateful to all you guys, how much free time do you have to work on these clones instead of your main product? I've tried so far let's chat and rocketchat and I liked them. I will give a spin to mattermost and I am sure I will like it too. I think the one that matures first, will be a big hit because we need a…
Let's Chat is actually three years old :P
Re: Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, there'll always be companies like that but as more and more large orgs, government departments, etc. migrate all their email over to Gmail, I'm starting to consider that as a niche. Those orgs are also disproportionately likely to want to build their own thing because they have a hope of making the economics of scale add up.
There are standards for E-Mail though. So you can move your mail around different providers. With your chat system it's a lot harder. You can't move your yammer content into slack easily.
Is XMPP a standard? I know that everyone just ignores it.
Re: Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
#137I don't really get why there is so many Slack alternatives coming up these days. On every post like this there is tons of comment linking to other Slack alternatives, it's not like this is gonna be _the_ Slack-alternative. Here is a non exhaustive list : RocketChat : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9624737 Let's Chat : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9040841 Friends : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=94…
I recently switched from a company using HipChat to a company using Slack, and the differences seem mostly cosmetic and immaterial. Are the differences between these various chat programs big enough to affect user experience or productivity? What distinguishes one from the next?
You mean that slick, plaid UI with neutral, low key colors doesn't enhance your productivity? That's the whole reason I moved from HipChat to Slack.
Re: Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
#138I don't really get why there is so many Slack alternatives coming up these days. On every post like this there is tons of comment linking to other Slack alternatives, it's not like this is gonna be _the_ Slack-alternative. Here is a non exhaustive list : RocketChat : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9624737 Let's Chat : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9040841 Friends : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=94…
I recently switched from a company using HipChat to a company using Slack, and the differences seem mostly cosmetic and immaterial. Are the differences between these various chat programs big enough to affect user experience or productivity? What distinguishes one from the next?
One of the biggest differences for us was the option for a self hosted solution with HipChat. Both companies are fairly open about accessing user communications without any sort of permission or audit trail. Being able to self host it ensures that Atlassian or Slack employees aren't dropping into our chats.
Re: Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative
#139Here's the code: https://github.com/mattermost/platform From the look of the screenshots ( http://www.mattermost.org/70-2/ ), I'd say there are some copyright concerns with the styles. This isn't a Slack alternative, it's a Slack clone. That's very problematic from a copyright stance. Why not create your own design style? Gogs had (has?) this same issue: https://github.com/gogits/gogs/issues/1069
I think you misunderstand copyright. You can't copyright a style, only a specific implementation thereof. Unless you're accusing Mattermost of copying code directly from Slack (which you wouldn't be able to tell from a picture), there is no copyright violation.
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