Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Mil

Find community on college campuses through casual hangouts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mil launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Slack▲2,713

   Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

   2013 · slack.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Islands V2▲214

   Slack for college

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Clubhouse▲184

   Audio-based social app

   2020 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   M▲711

   A personal assistant built inside Facebook Messenger

   2015 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Thread Messaging on Slack▲709

   Keep conversations organized and easy to follow with Threads

   2017 · slack.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Clubhouse on Android▲265

   Drop-in audio chat app

   2021 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Slack Chats▲362

   A place to discover and join private Slack groups

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Clubble.io▲158

   Answer emails via Slack.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Facebook Campus▲108

   A space to help students connect with fellow classmates

   2020 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Islands▲338

    Slack for College 🌴

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    downtime▲63

    The social discovery app for college students

    2022 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access)▲448

    Bring your team together

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Chatr.▲81

    A location based social media for college campuses.

    2019 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Text▲168

    Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity)

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Meerkat▲93

    Connecting parents with other parents for community building

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Backpack▲101

    Discover and interact with like-minded people on campus.

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Any Distance 4.0: Active Clubs▲224

    A new social network for your active lifestyle

    2023 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The New Clubhouse▲208

    Clubhouse has reinvented itself as an audio messaging app.

    2023 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Atomic Slack▲130

    Slack community messages sent in a scheduled email digest

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Anonspace▲88

    Anonymous messaging app

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    SWING▲84

    Connecting groups of likeminded friends for temporary events

    2023 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    CLUBSINT▲73

    Create paid-messaging Discord groups based on subscriptions

    2019 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hey for Slack▲133

    Make your community feel welcomed

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Linen.team – A lightweight, thread-first Slack alternative▲124

    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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