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24 alternatives to Carbon for Slack V2

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Carbon for Slack V2 launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Carbon Slack▲73
Create beautiful images of your code directly from slack
2021 · its alternatives →
2
Slack for Mac▲937
A new, improved Slack desktop app for Mac
2016 · slack.com · its alternatives →
3
Slack▲2,714
Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.
2013 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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Linen – Make your Slack community Google-searchable▲177
Hi HN! Kam here. I’m the founder of Linen.dev https://linen.dev, a website that makes your public Slack community Google searchable. Linen will sync your Slack threads and make it SEO friendly so your community can find Slack content that was previously hidden. Previously I worked on a popular open source project which had a sizable Slack community. Slack was great for engaging with community members and with early sales. However as community scales Slack becomes this black hole where context becomes lost. Most public communities can’t afford to pay for several…
2022 · its alternatives →
5
Workbot for Slack▲228
Work your apps from Slack
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Slack 4.0▲472
A snappier, more efficient Slack desktop experience
2019 · its alternatives →
7
Botkit▲287
Building blocks for building Slack bots
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Linen▲83
Make Slack and Discord communities Google-searchable
2022 · its alternatives →
9
Command▲344
Making the web better with Slack-like slash commands.
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Slack Canvas▲138
A new surface to curate and collaborate within Slack
2022 · its alternatives →
11
Paste by FiftyThree▲525
Show your work. Paste is a new presentation tool for Slack.
2017 · its alternatives →
12LO
Linen – Open-source Slack for communities▲292
Hi HN, My name is Kam. I'm the founder of Linen.dev. Linen communities is a Slack/Discord alternative that is Google-searchable and customer-support friendly. Today we are open-sourcing Linen and launching Linen communities. You can now create a community on Linen.dev without syncing it from Slack and Discord! I initially launched Linen as a tool to sync Slack and Discord conversations to a search engine-friendly website. As I talked to more community managers, I quickly realized that Slack and Discord communities don't scale well and that there needs to be a better tool, especially for…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Community Bot▲139
Automate your Slack community management
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Introbot for Slack▲143
Your networking assistant inside Slack
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Growbot for Slack▲201
Celebrate team wins in Slack
2015 · its alternatives →
16
Cloverly for Slack▲31
Perform carbon offsets directly from Slack
2019 · its alternatives →
17
Slack Metabot▲86
Whoa, a Slack command-line client inside Slack.
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Hey for Slack▲133
Make your community feel welcomed
2022 · its alternatives →
19
Solid Bot for Slack▲128
Easily manage your meetings from Slack
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Api.ai for Slack▲414
Build a smart conversational Slack bot in 5 minutes.
2016 · its alternatives →
21
Personal Workbot for Slack▲143
A Slack buddy for your business apps. Smarter, more relevant
2016 · its alternatives →
22
Slack 2.0▲427
Improvements that make working in Slack easier for everyone
2020 · its alternatives →
23
Flow XO Slackbot▲289
Build bots with no code and your favorite web apps!
2016 · its alternatives →
24
Slack Gitsin▲115
A beautiful Slack command line interface
2016 · its alternatives →

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