TLDR: they’re both bad, but it might be interesting to know what each one does

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    Neither offers something like slack, though. Is that true? with channels and all that stuff

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      Jitsi isn’t really a Slack alternative. Instead, it’s more of a Zoom alternative.

      However, Matrix is a great Slack alternative. Slack channels are similar to Matrix rooms, which can be organized into Matrix spaces. Matrix supports threads, replies, attachments, and formatted text like markdown or HTML. Slack’s snippet functionality is not as great on Matrix and Slack’s integrations with other services are likely easier to setup. There is likely a bunch of other pros/cons to Slack/Matrix depending on your use cases. The caveat is that you’ll need to use a Matrix client and Matrix homeserver that support the Matrix functionality that you want.

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        This is where I get confused, looking at Matrix. I see that it’s used for a bunch of stuff and there are various clients in their ecosystem. But say you want to create something like Slack for a group of people numbering @12, what exactly do you need to pick, you know? Is there simple guide somewhere for that?

        Edit: it’s a little clearer here https://matrix.org/try-matrix/

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        Channels are kind of like specialized convos. Like a community or subreddit, in a way. I see that matrix has chat, just didn’t see anything about what other functionality comes with. Maybe I missed it on matrix.org

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            Thank you. I’m skimming through the site rn. Not quite clear on the steps to create an “instance” for a group

            e.g., do you first get Element?

            Edit: found this page: https://matrix.org/try-matrix/ that makes it a little clearer. If creating a secure forum is important for a team, do you have to create your own server?

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              Own server is always the most private, but you can use any instance and should be fine. Its e2ee, so you should have a way better setup as with slack or Microsoft

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      If you want something that’s more like Slack you should check out Mattermost. It’s got a few other features like a Notion-like project management and a checklist feature. But like Matrix/Element it’s open source and can be self hosted if you don’t want to use their cloud product.

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        +1 to Mattermost. It’s like having an open source Slack which can be self-hosted. There are a number of companies that use it including NASA and Samsung.