Hey Beehaw, I wanted to check if anyone knew of any good Foss alternatives to slack?

I live in a co-op, and we currently use free slack to organize our online discussions, but we’ve run into issues with the free version (namely being unable to see posts older than 3 months). Paying for pro is way out of budget, so Im looking for alternatives.

We could probably self-host if required, assuming it doesn’t require a ton of power. And it’d be very important for it to have a good phone app or phone front, as that’s how most people interact with the internet. We’re only just shy of 30 people, so no need for super-high capacity. Thank you in advance!

  • hootener
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    11 year ago

    I run this for my friend group: https://element.io/

    It’s open source and can be self hosted. It’s e2ee and built by the creators of Matrix.

    I’ve self hosted and it’s a bit finicky but can be done. Nowadays I just pay to have it hosted.