Open Source Slack Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Slack is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Zulip. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Slack and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Slack are Rocket.Chat, Matrix, Wire and Stoat Chat.

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  1. Glowing Bear icon
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    Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all the heavy lifting and then provides some nice features on top of that, like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • WeeChat
     
  2. Videolify icon
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    Start your next video call with a single click. No download, plug-in or login required. Just get straight to talking, messaging and sharing your screen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Internet Explorer
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Firefox
     
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    This simple Matrix client written in Python allows you to send and receive messages and files, verify other devices, and interact with your Matrix account or other Matrix users in many ways. You use it from the terminal (CLI) or integrate it into other simple Python programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
     
  4. Valour icon
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    Valour is an open-source, privacy focused alternative to platforms like Discord or Slack, developed by a small team of volunteers. The app has been in development for over three years and is currently in it's alpha stages of testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Docker
     
  6. dirc icon
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    Dirc is a peer-to-peer web application which uses WebRTC to set up connections between chat participants without requiring a back-end server. The static files can be self-hosted. Other features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. ScudCloud icon
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    ScudCloud is a non official open-source Ubuntu desktop client for Slack.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
    • Kubuntu
    • Ubuntu
     
  8. WorkLand icon
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    WorkLand is a metaverse for tech teams. Team members can gather in WorkLand, manage projects, track tasks and get work done. WorkLand also features a break room.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. AtomJump.com icon
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    AtomJump.com is a well tuned hosted version of the free open-source AtomJump.org. It is free to chat publicly with your family, group or co-workers on your own group.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. Clatter icon
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    Clatter is a free and open source chatting platform for work and casual purposes and is the successor to TeamSpace, another chatting platform but for work only. Clatter is very early in development, so it lacks crucial features, but it has been updated regularly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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