Slack Alternatives

Slack is described as 'Facilitates teams' real-time collaboration with versatile chat interface and advanced search in configurable channels across multiple platforms' and is a leading Group Chat app in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Slack for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac apps. The best Slack alternative is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Zulip. Other great apps like Slack are Rocket.Chat, Discord, Matrix and Trello.

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Slack alternatives are mainly Group Chat Apps, but if you're looking for Team Collaboration Tools or Instant Messengers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Self-Hosted, Self-Hosted + Open Source and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Slack.
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  1. YaPChat icon
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    Self-hostable open-source chat solution offering text, voice, and video with fine-grained roles, forum threads, DM workspace, browser soundboard, custom emoji, PWA offline support, push notifications, analytics tools, and advanced moderation capabilities.

    15 YaPChat alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. Online team collaboration - secure video conferencing, document sharing, chat, e-signing, expense tracking. Free and paid subscription.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. Circle.so icon
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    Gone are the days of needing to make a whole bunch of different tools work together. With Circle, you can combine the exciting, interactive nature of a community with your content — all in one seamless experience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Eliminate communication overload with nucleusapp.io so you can focus on doing the work that matters. It’s a centralized platform to unite your communication and bring your meetings, messages, tasks, and notes into one place to increase productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. SpatialChat icon
     1 like

    Host your virtual networking events for any number of people. Move freely between groups of people to quickly change dialogue context. Much better than Breakout Rooms in that other service.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. VideoMeeting icon
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    VideoMeeting is a free and open source video conference solution built to have video calls and chats using your web browser. It is a pure web application based on WebRTC that can provide communication features within your web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. collAnon icon
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    Make and share with ease private discussions and confrontations based on temporary anonymity, where the focus is on what is answered instead of who is answering. Plus there's a new offline events tracking calendar based on Gantt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • .NET Core
    • Firefox
     
  8. Root icon
     2 likes

    Facilitates community collaboration through voice, video, and text chat, integrated docs and tasks, configurable channels, roles, and permissions, seamless mobile and desktop access, rapid message reactions, file sharing, and notification controls for groups.

    48 Root alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Kezmo icon
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    Kezmo is an enterprise chat & team management tool for companies looking for a collaboration solution that provides an agile chat experience in a secured environment they can control and customize.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
     
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