Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hyphen
Chat with teams outside your company
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hyphen launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Talko for Slack▲126Team calls for mobile & web in any Slack channel
2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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SlackCatchup▲134Catch up all the unread across your Slack teams in one place
2016 · its alternatives →
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Get a Slack message when you're mentioned on HN or Reddit
2017 · littlebirdie.io · its alternatives →
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Swipes for Teams▲223Slack client with built-in task management
2015 · swipesapp.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Kam, the founder and one of the authors of Linen. Today, we are launching Linen.team (https://linen.team/), a lightweight threaded messaging app for your team. Modern workplace messaging apps (like Slack) are based on IRC, which is great for small groups, but as it scales, breaks down quickly: you either get overwhelmed by notifications or you have to turn them all off. Most chat apps have threads tacked on but aren't built from the ground up with this design in mind. We wanted to create a thread-first experience where you can organize and prioritize conversations…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Hie Chat▲73Know what your friends are doing and chat without typing
2017 · hie.me · its alternatives →
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Display Slack Chat Message on a LaMetric Time
2017 · blog.lametric.com · its alternatives →
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Slack▲13real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams
2014 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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