Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG].
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Slack AlternativesOnly apps from the EU
The best alternative to Slack is Conversations, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Slack and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Slack are Twake, Mirotalk, Nextcloud Talk and Movim.
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- 160 Conversations alternatives
Twake is a real-time teamwork platform. It is a suite of collaborative tools that includes the specificities of some bestsellers (Slack, Trello, Google Drive...). We provide professional messaging, storage space, online collaborative editors (Words, Excel, PowerPoint), task...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- iPhone
- Android
- Online
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Twake vs Slack Comments
- Twake is Freemium and Open Source
79 Mirotalk alternativesPowered by WebRTC, Real-time video call, chat room and screen sharing entirely browser based.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Docker Hub
- YunoHost
- Cloudron
111 Nextcloud Talk alternativesSelf-hosted communication platform with secure audio, video, chat, web conferencing, screensharing, advanced encryption, and metadata privacy, running on user-controlled servers, supporting web and mobile apps, and eliminating third-party data exposure.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Nextcloud
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
- Chocolatey
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Homebrew
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Nextcloud Talk vs Slack Comments
Nextcloud Talk, like most of Nextcloud, is very heavyweight. So if you don't have a very good server, it's going to be very slow (for me it was around 10 seconds to send a single message)
- Nextcloud Talk is Free Personal and Open Source
- Nextcloud Talk is Privacy focused
Decentralized social and blog platform based on XMPP, enabling self-hosting, cross-network chat, video calls, and group collaboration. Users control and migrate their data, communicate across various networks, and access services from any node while preserving privacy and open-source principles.
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80 Dino alternativesDino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop. It focuses on providing a clean and reliable Jabber/XMPP experience while having your privacy in mind. Using GTK+/Vala.
Dino vs Slack Comments
Same user-friendliness of Slack, but running on the decentralized/federated XMPP network. No longer give your private/confidential data to a third-party.
- Dino is Free and Open Source
- Dino is Privacy focused and Lightweight
All you need in a team collaboration tool dedicated to small efficient teams. Chat, notes, drive, online collaborative edition, calendars, news, spaces, notifications...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
104 eXo Platform alternativeseXo Platform is an all-in-one digital workplace solution that helps you connect, align and engage your teams around a single interface. You can use it to improve company and peer-to-peer communication, boost collaboration and manage company knowledge.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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13 Zenchat alternativesZenchat combines messaging and task management, letting users turn messages into tasks for streamlined collaboration. It supports task-related and topic-based chats while integrating with the Zenkit Suite. Features include SSO, SCIM provisioning, and audio/video messaging, with free and paid plans available.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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228 Stackfield alternativesStackfield is a Slack-alternative for chat, collaboration, calendaring and file-sharing. It enables encrypted chatting (end-to-end encryption) and is hosted in Germany.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
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Stackfield vs Slack Comments
One of the best Slack alternatives. It's more private due to being hosted in Germany (and therefore under German law), and even more so because unlike Slack it offers end-to-end encrypted messaging, which means what you say to your colleagues cannot be intercepted by the host company or given away to the NSA.
- Stackfield is Freemium and Proprietary
Fleep is a messenger for your teams and projects. It enables communication within and across organizations - be it your team chats, project communication or 1:1 conversations.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
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Fleep vs Slack Comments
askoojaAllows communicating also with email in addition to in team shared content.
- Fleep is Freemium and Proprietary
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I like Twake as an alternative to Slack because it is open-source.