The easiest-to-switch-to alternatives to Slack
My research group still uses Slack, which is not only USAian, but also has a terrible free version and expensive subscription.
I am confident there is will to switch, but the inconvenience of learning a new platform prevents the team as a whole. What would be good alternatives that would make an easy transition period?
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Why not straight Matrix?
Maybe try Zulip? As far as I know the mastodon team uses it. You can self host it, has voip (via Jitsi) and an slack import function (according to their features page).
Zulip is great
It sort of depends on how your team uses Slack.
XMPP based https://prose.org/ might be an option, but it isn't officially released yet (you can selfhost it though).
I quickly checked it out and their free self-host option is awfully crippled. Pass.
You can self-host it without any restrictions. The website is a bit unclear on that.
It states pretty clear that free self-host is limited to 20 users and no updates (whatever that means).
Yes, but that is wrong. It is all open-source and you can run an entirely unlimited version with any xmpp server yourself.
If you later dislike the provider, you can keep the software and familiar interface and just move to a new provider, you know email, right?
Gee i dunno, which ones have you searched?