* Posts by arandomsteve

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Kiss my ASCII, Microsoft – we've got one million fewer daily active users than you, boasts Slack

arandomsteve
WTF?

Why has no one mentioned Matrix[.org]?

I see all these discussions of alternatives, and people complaining of their companies pulling down the internal Jabber server. But not one single mention of the Matrix stack that can replace all these apps with an extremely proficient platform. One that can have any desired interface, is completely open source, and can be run on a single forgotten machine in a cupboard somewhere.

I even use it to mirror a Discord server for backups, and allow members of my group to use channels and groups on the matrix server as a "private" space where the Discord server is the public space. I know others that use it as a forum, and others that offer a Slack type interface, and at the same time, an IRC-like interface with history. You can set it up how you want it, and the only cost is the management and the hardware it sits on. Or got the Riot path and and let someone else manage it.