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ONCE Campfire

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Campfire is an installable, self-hosted group chat system. Easily invite people. Make rooms. @mentions, DMs, and mobile support. The basics done right. And since you get the code and host it yourself, you can customize it however you’d like for your own use.

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  • Self-Hosted
  • Docker
  • Amazon Web Services
  • DigitalOcean
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  1.  No Tracking
  2.  Support for @mentions
  3.  Full-Text Search
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  No Subscription
  7.  Channels
  8.  Reactions
  9.  Progressive Web App
  10.  Emoji reactions
  11.  Direct Messaging

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ONCE Campfire information

  • Developed by

    37signals LLC.
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $299.
  • Alternatives

    51 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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ONCE Campfire was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Jan 15, 2025 and this page was last updated Jan 15, 2025.
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What is ONCE Campfire?

Campfire is an installable, self-hosted group chat system. Easily invite people. Make rooms. @mentions, DMs, and mobile support. The basics done right. And since you get the code and host it yourself, you can customize it however you’d like for your own use. Plus, you own your data.

But we already have Slack or Teams…

Yes, and those products come with the worst feature ever: recurring charges that never end. It shouldn’t cost tens, hundreds, or thousands of dollars a month forever to chat with your coworkers. That’s obscene. Besides, Slack and Teams have become unnecessarily complicated.

It fits in a lot of places

  • As your primary chat. Tired of paying month after month forever just to chat with your team? Slash your costs, switch to Campfire, and make it your primary internal chat system.
  • As your backup chat. Want to keep Slack or Teams, but need a backup when those go down? Don’t pay in perpetuity for something on standby — just pay once for Campfire.
  • As educational material. Buy Campfire and you get the code. Dissect it, study it, modify it, examine it from the inside. Let high code standards rub off on your team.
  • As a private, executive space. Campfire’s a great way to set up a walled garden that only a select few can access. It’s a completely distinct system for maintaining separation.
  • For conferences, events, and communities. Share a QR code on the big screen, people snap the QR with their phones, and instantly establish a chat room for all attendees.
  • For boards. Set up a private “air gapped” chat for your board, completely separate from the chat system the rest of your company uses. No accidental leaks.