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Open Source Alternatives to Slack

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What is Slack?

Slack is a cloud-based team collaboration platform that organizes communication into channels, integrating with various tools and services.. There are currently 18 open-source alternatives to Slack, with a combined total of 146.3k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is TypeScript.

Showing 18 open-source alternatives

mattermost
mattermostmattermost/mattermost-server

An open-source, self-hosted collaboration platform with chat, automation, voice, and AI for secure software development.

38.5k8.9kTypeScript
6 hours ago
Mattermost
Mattermostmattermost/mattermost

An open source, self-hosted collaboration platform with chat, workflow automation, voice calling, screen sharing, and AI integration.

38.5k8.9kTypeScript
6 hours ago
Zulip
Zulipzulip/zulip

Open-source team chat with topic-based threading that combines the best of email and chat for productive remote work.

25.5k10.0kPython
17 hours ago
Element
Elementvector-im/element-web

A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web and desktop, enabling secure, decentralized communication.

13.3k2.7kTypeScript
8 hours ago
lets chat
lets chatsdelements/lets-chat

A self-hosted chat application designed for small teams with persistent messaging, multiple rooms, and flexible deployment options.

9.8k1.6kJavaScript
8 months ago
slack-term
slack-termerroneousboat/slack-term

A terminal-based Slack client for accessing Slack workspaces directly from the command line.

6.6k228Go
2 years ago
Messenger
Messengerrelatedcode/Messenger

A self-hosted messaging platform for private communication with real-time chat, file sharing, and group conversations.

4.8k1.1k
5 months ago
Rocket.Chat
Rocket.ChatRocketChat/Rocket.Chat.ReactNative

A React Native mobile app for the Rocket.Chat open-source team collaboration platform.

2.4k1.5kTypeScript
12 hours ago
Timy Messenger
Timy MessengerjanoodleFTW/timy-messenger

An open-source mobile group messaging app built with Flutter, featuring event organization, channels, and calendar integration.

2.1k444Dart
3 years ago
RocketChat
RocketChatRocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron

A cross-platform desktop application for Rocket.Chat built with Electron, providing secure communication for mission-critical operations.

1.7k830TypeScript
9 hours ago
Wire
Wirewireapp/wire-desktop

Cross-platform desktop client for Wire, a secure messaging and collaboration platform, built with Electron.

1.1k235TypeScript
1 day ago
Braid
Braidbraidchat/braid

An experimental team chat app with a novel UI based on short conversations, designed to reduce interruptions and FOMO.

93753Clojure
6 months ago
Slackadaisical
Slackadaisicalbkanber/Slackadaisical

A simple command-line interface for Slack, designed for terminal enthusiasts who want to chat without leaving their CLI.

27413JavaScript
8 years ago
exchat
exchattony612/exchat

A Slack-like real-time chat application built with Elixir, Phoenix, and React.

25934Elixir
8 years ago
Pychat
Pychatakoidan/pychat

An open-source, self-hostable communication tool with messaging, video calls, and screen sharing for company use.

24672TypeScript
5 months ago
stream-chat-angular
stream-chat-angularGetStream/stream-chat-angular

Official Angular SDK for Stream Chat, providing components and services to build chat applications.

6635TypeScript
2 days ago
Matrix
Matrixhassio-addons/addon-matrix

A Home Assistant add-on providing a self-hosted Matrix server for secure, decentralized communication.

5412Shell
3 years ago
Slothsandra
SlothsandraMacKittipat/slothsandra

A Slack bot that archives all public chat messages into Apache Cassandra for unlimited message history lookup.

00Java
10 years ago
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