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Hello! I am looking for suggestions for Slack alternatives that meet the following (likely impossible) criteria:

  • Modern UI
  • Self-hosted FOSS
  • Actively developed, or at least stable and maintained
  • Comprehensive API for integrations
  • Non-shit strategy for determining which device to send notifications to

Regarding UI, I am hoping to find something with a more streamlined implementation of threaded conversations - this is my primary complaint with Slack.

I know there are tons of articles on Slack alternatives, but I'm hoping for a more technical perspective. Are there any Matrix-based options that are refined enough for a small team to rely on as primary method of communication?

Thank you!

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[-] fluffman86@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

Element/Matrix is pretty much what you're looking for if you need self hosted. Could also look into Jabber/XMPP or IRC but Matrix is going to be way more modern and useable.

[-] ggnoredo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago
[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I found Zulip to be much more intuitive than Slack.

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] Valon_Blue@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I think Rocketchat is what you're looking for.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I'm forced to use slack for work and I fuckin hate it

[-] Saff@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Could be worse, you could be forced to use teams!

[-] Resco@lem.afiz.org 2 points 1 week ago

Hello.

Have you tried an FOSS XMPP server solution ?

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