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Alternatives to Mattermost (feddit.org)

submitted 4 months ago by Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey there,

I'm on the search for an alternative to Mattermost for a small institution I'm working with. Mattermost was the strongest contender for our needs, yet they changed their policy regarding self-hosted instances. The factor that killed it for us, is the hard cap on 250 registered users, as we potentially might need to commodate more than that.

Rocket.Chat has similar caps.

We found Zulip, and it seems as it might be what we are looking for, but we haven't tested yet. Nonetheless, I wanted to address this community, as you may have another good idea?

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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People suggest matrix but matrix really doesnt replace mattermost for an org.

mattermost is oriented towards org needs. It has boards, playbooks, better levels of access control. Admin panels etc.

We really need a sane Slack alternative that is at least fully free for self hosting.

[–] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It seems Zulip is the Slack alternative you wish for?

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Zulip still has cuck licensing (permissive license). Same thing that happened to mattermost will happen to all permissively licensed projects.