Alternatives to Slack for all platforms with any license

Discord

All-in-one voice, video and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.
- Slack is a project productivity and communication enhancement tool with integrating with other collaborative tools like GitHub, document editors, storage, etc. Discord is for recreational chatting. thompsonmj • Aug 2018 • 19 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Good app for your personal use. Wouldn't recommend for an Enterprise setting which is what Slack is more geared towards. TheBeast • Jan 2017 • 15 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Better voice quality, easier to setup and use mrlegendanny • Jan 2018 • 5 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Discord is more gamer oriented than business oriented. alexandrezanni • Jan 2018 • 5 agrees and 5 disagrees
- It's cheap and very well implemented. Audio features are perfect. It's not enterprise, obviously, but it IS definitely a reference to follow. rdlu • Jul 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- slack is bassicly discord, & discord has GAMING OPTIONS un like slack Guest • Jul 2018 • 0 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Great app that even supports video meetings Guest • Apr 2016 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees
- It's basically Slack with voice support Guest • Feb 2016 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Discord is pure chat for gamers Guest • Feb 2016 • 1 agrees and 4 disagrees
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Voice Call Share your screen Ad-free Chat Bot ... Push to talk Text chat Video calling Group chat Voice chat Custom roles Direct Messaging Encrypted chat Group Voice Chat Low Latency Multi Channel Public groups chat Reactions Voice channels Camera capturing Channel manager Community based Custom Smileys Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Electron based Free voice/text servers Gaming-focused Gui Group Messaging In-app server browser In-Game Overlay Integrated Chat Integrated File Sharing Interface Overlay Low bandwidth usage Low memory usage Night mode/Dark Theme Permission system Persistent Chat Photo Sharing Positional audio Responsive design Share your screen Share content Single Sign-On Social & Communications Team Collaboration Text to Speech Voice chat Webcam overlays Youtube Gaming Integration Add a feature

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Mattermost

Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings...
- Same functionality. Same interface. At the same time, there are much fewer restrictions. IN my experience, the free version is great enough for a team of 100 people shelehovchanin • Apr 2019 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- it is similar in features, and has some more, for example XMPP compatibility (-> many more client choice) and ability to self host it! Guest • Jul 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Mattermost is quite versatile and has been used within several of my past employers. Guest • May 2018 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Its the same but you keep your server where you want so no one is playing with your data, and you can have an unlimited history depending on what you need for free so really way better ! Guest • May 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It is very much a Slack clone with added features + it's open source! Guest • May 2017 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
- 1. Open source; 2. most of the same functionality; 3. secure and private server possibilities (the data is, therefore, yours until the end of time); 4. extra features when it comes to customization, a big difference actually. Only negative is that Slack look a lot better design wise, so you can't customize it optimally. Guest • May 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron
Team Collaboration Group chat Data API Integrated File Sharing ... MarkDown support Multi Channel On-premises software Plugin API File Sending Slack integration Supports XMPP Add a feature

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Zulip

Zulip is a group chat app. Its most distinctive characteristic is that messages are threaded by topic, helping you have long-running, organized conversations....
- More than feature parity with Slack, it's better because of Streams and Topics. It offer the same free tier with 10.000 max messages and better paid plans to the hosted version, and also provide the open source self-hosted option to install it on your own server and also remove the max messages limits. 5 stars paulocoghi • Feb 2020 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Zulip is open source and the methods of communications used is vastly different. It is specially useful in professional environments where different teams might want to participate in different conversations at the same time. Zulip solves this problem by including topics, where in each channel/stream, multiple topics can exist at once, at the same time. Guest • Mar 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Three reasons: 1. Open source. 2. Stream 3. Topics abijith • Dec 2017 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- The concept of topics to each message is a super useful feature :) Guest • May 2019 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Open Source without limitations when on premises. Much better information categorisation with Streams & Topics. Vibrant community. superbiche • Dec 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's open source, and has really good threaded conversations. aviendha1591 • Nov 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Zulip offers a great unbeatable chatting experience. It shines in many places where Slack tends to slack. Sethu • Dec 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
- One can easily switch in between conversation between different threads! Extremely helpful for any organisation. shantnukumar • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's open source and you can self host. It has great threading to group conversations so things are easier to find and more organized . Guest • Jul 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Zulip is very user friendly and is also open source! linacodes • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is open source and has a lot of topics. Guest • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Open-source, streams, topics, quick responses from devs hrishikeshpatil • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Great community Easy Access Many organization sirepherox • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Good community with great support. gamefreakerxD • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD Self-Hosted
Threaded Conversations Group collaboration Open source software Chat Bot ... Community based GitHub integration Group chat Integrated File Sharing Live topics MarkDown support Secure Chat Team Collaboration Todos Add a feature

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Riot.im

Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging...
- Federated, decentralized, encrypted, open-source. Guest • Jul 2019 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- because its open source, decentralised, and end-to-end secure. Plus the folks at matrix.org are working to get us out of our communication silos by creating standards for communication interoperability! brinerustle • Mar 2018 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Federated, free standard and free software Guest • Feb 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- decentralised, federated, end-to-end encrypted communication. User6044478 • Oct 2017 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's built atop Matrix, which provides distributed, federated instant messaging, voice and video calling with the ability to bridge into other networks (IRC, etc.) lampholder • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Free and opensource with better performance and features for team communication. Guest • Aug 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Open source software Voice Call ... Custom widgets Federated Group chat Matrix.org protocol Open Source apps User Management Video calling Add-ons Clean design Community based Direct Messaging DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support Message edit Message redaction Mobile friendly Moderation tools Per-room avatars Privacy-friendly Read receipts Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Social network Team Collaboration Text chat Typing notifications User mentions Video/Audio Calling Video calling Voice chat Web Integaration Add a feature

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Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework.
- Rocket.Chat comes very close to slack regarding it's core features and handling. Guest • Jun 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- open source, locally hosted so you own your data. Guest • Nov 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Does everything Slack does AND it's open source. However, it's also self-hosted. This means you have to put in the effort to set it up, but you control your own data, which is a huge advantage to your privacy - your chats and files don't sit on someone else's servers, ready for them or hackers to look at. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Self-Hosted Cloudron
Group chat Live Chat Video Conferencing Ad-free ... Channels Chat Bot Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Integrated File Sharing Location Mapping Share your screen Self-Serve Capability Slack integration Voice messages Add a feature

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Matrix.org

Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of...
- Matrix is a protocol, not a client. somegirlfromit • Sep 2019 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Respects your Freedom. Increasingly popular Guest • Nov 2017
- Open source, fecentralized, federation, chat-voice-video function. User6044478 • Oct 2017
- It can be easily bridged to many other chat systems, including Slack, which makes transitioning *much* easier. It's also open source and decentralized (self-hostable + communication with other servers). Guest • Jul 2017
- Free open source instant messaging service with federation. Guest • Aug 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Capable of everything Slack can do, but can be self-hosted - keeping a team's data in-house. nrg200 • Jul 2017
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted WebRTC Python JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Java Perl
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Voice chat Chat Bot ... Distributed Encrypted chat Group chat Random video chat Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature

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Wire

Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most...

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Security focused Encrypted chat Video calling ... Open Source apps Voice Call Encrypted calls Encryption Group chat Share your screen Anonymity Integrated File Sharing Multiple Account support Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Private Chat Secure Chat Secure File Sharing File Sending Video calling Voice chat Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature

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Hangouts

Hangouts is a messaging app that lets you send and receive messages, photos and more, and even start free video and voice calls – one to one or with a group! ...
- Hangouts is more peer-to-peer communication and it's an instant messenger. Slack is a team based and collaboration oriented platform with different features. Hangouts is not something like Slack. Guest • Jan 2019 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Hangouts doesn't support file uploads other than images Guest • Jul 2018 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Google Hangout is the best communication tool because of its quality Vijayprakash • Jul 2018 • 0 agrees and 8 disagrees
Free Windows Web Android iPhone Chrome OS ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear
Video calling Gmail integration Group chat Multi Device Support ... Share your screen Sms from PC SMS Messaging Supports archiving conversations Video Conferencing Voice Call Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature

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Jitsi

Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full end-to-end encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone BSD iPad
SIP Video Conferencing Apps with End-to-End Encryption File sharing ... Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Support for Multiple protocols Multiple Account support OTR Plugins Privacy-friendly SIP Video calling Video Conferencing Voice chat WebRTC Xmpp Add a feature

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Basecamp

Basecamp is a web-based project collaboration tool that allows groups of people to share files, meet deadlines, assign tasks, and centralize feedback.
- It is completely free for education users, and allows deeper integration with files and documents, allowing chat to be just that: chat. It also allows for several levels of organization and just about everything is customizable. Zeklandia • Apr 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Slack is a communication/chat tool. Basecamp is project management. Guest • Aug 2017 • 8 agrees and 1 disagrees
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Content Templates File sharing Gantt-charts Apps that Sync with Google Calendar ... iCal integration Support for @mentions Message board Outlook integration Real time collaboration Responsive design Social feed Task Management Task time tracking Team discussion To do lists Visual Organization White-labeled Add a feature

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Comment by Adam11

about Slack · Jul 2018 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

8$ per user monthly, its so expensive, I prefer to use Ziggs.io because its free and has much more features.

Comment by RemovedUser

about Slack · Jan 2018 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

Not available for Iran :(

Comment by michaelcharvet

about Slack · Jun 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

Integrates with so many other useful apps and bots. It's a winner.

Comment by JackieChang

about Slack · Jan 2018 · Helpful Not helpful -5 Helpful Report as spam

I tried Slack but it does not have enough tools for my day-to-day work. It was mostly used for chatting and it's really distracting. Our company wanted something more separated, like chat is chat and task is task.

Our company uses WorkDo . It has many tools such as tasks, events, leave, attendance and expenses that allows our company to be more focused on the tasks at hand.

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