Let's use Zulip for org chat (addressing #9).
Zulip is an open source chat app which seems to be gaining popularity among OSS projects.
It's currently used by:
I think I really like it's threading model, which is a bit unusual. Basically channels have threads. Threads have names. Under the channel you can see which threads were recently active. I think this makes it much easier to catch up and continue existing conversations. Other people think this too. I think this solves the problem of opening tons of little channels that get used a couple times, but always take up space in the sidebar.
Pros
- Free for open source (also not venture funded, so less likely to dump this when they need a profit?)
- Very nice threading model
- Seems to have decent values
- Login with github (don’t need to make a new account), upcoming release has many more SSO integrations
- Good with markdown: Syntax highlighting, latex support, message preview, universal times, etc.
- Software developers + open source are the target market
- Integration with matrix rooms/ mailing-list like email.
- Actively developed – the open streams feature in particular is appealing
- Moderations tools – including new user restrictions and stream specific rules
Cons
- Kinda ugly (scale up the UI with
⌘-+ and it's much much better)
- Less commonly used (but that's what RamBox is for)
- Can't customize the look much
I'd personally prefer this to Slack.
Old version
Let's use Zulip for org chat (addressing #9).
Zulip is an open source chat app which seems to be gaining popularity among OSS projects.
It's currently used by:
I think I really like it's threading model, which is a bit unusual. Basically channels have threads. Threads have names. Under the channel you can see which threads were recently active. I think this makes it much easier to catch up and continue existing conversations. Other people think this too. I think this solves the problem of opening tons of little channels that get used a couple times, but always take up space in the sidebar.
Pros
- Free for open source (also not venture funded, so less likely to dump this when they need a profit?)
- Nice threading model
- Seems to have decent values
- Login with github
- syntax highlighting and latex support
Cons
- Kinda ugly (scale up the UI with
⌘-+ and it's much much better)
- Less commonly used (but that's what RamBox is for)
- Can't customize the look much
I'd personally prefer this to Slack.
Let's use Zulip for org chat (addressing #9).
Zulip is an open source chat app which seems to be gaining popularity among OSS projects.
It's currently used by:
I think I really like it's threading model, which is a bit unusual. Basically channels have threads. Threads have names. Under the channel you can see which threads were recently active. I think this makes it much easier to catch up and continue existing conversations. Other people think this too. I think this solves the problem of opening tons of little channels that get used a couple times, but always take up space in the sidebar.
Pros
Cons
⌘-+and it's much much better)I'd personally prefer this to Slack.
Old version
Let's use Zulip for org chat (addressing #9).
Zulip is an open source chat app which seems to be gaining popularity among OSS projects.
It's currently used by:
I think I really like it's threading model, which is a bit unusual. Basically channels have threads. Threads have names. Under the channel you can see which threads were recently active. I think this makes it much easier to catch up and continue existing conversations. Other people think this too. I think this solves the problem of opening tons of little channels that get used a couple times, but always take up space in the sidebar.
Pros
Cons
⌘-+and it's much much better)I'd personally prefer this to Slack.