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Products that do what Water Cooler – Always-available chat for teams does

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Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams▲350
2015 · sdelements.github.io
2DL
Distributed – Live social chat app to help remote teams stay in sync▲47
2021 · joindistributed.com
3SW
Squawk – Walkie Talkie for Teams▲153
2020 · squawk.to
4AN
a new team chat web/irc tool▲33
2012 · teamchat.net
5LT
Lechat – team chat for developers▲34
2013 · lechat.im
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S V Y F T▲68
Free Team Collaboration Built Around Group Chat
2014
7QM
Quill – Messaging for teams that focus▲187
2020 · quill.chat
8
Slack▲128
A platform for team communication
2014
9DI
Drop-in audio & video chat for remote teams▲28
2021 · usenoor.com
10ST
SVYFT – Team collaboration built around group chat▲23
2014 · svyft.com
11OS
Open-source conversational platform and unified messaging APIs▲103
2021 · airy.co
12
Slack▲93
Platform for team communication
2015
13SC
Simplest chat for platforms and marketplaces▲47
2012 · gaglers.com
14PG
Persistent Group Chat in kdb+/k/q▲45
2015 · github.com
15TC
Team communication without all the effort▲14
2017 · checkinhq.com
16OS
Open-Source Fully Featured Scalable Chat App (FFS Chat)▲20
2021 · github.com
17TG
Talk.gg – Simple team chat for gamers▲11
2015 · talk.gg
18DI
Drop-In Chat – Chatify your app▲49
2014 · dropinchat.com
19CO
ChatStep - Online Group Chat▲19
2012 · chatstep.com
20ST
Succinct Team Messaging▲12
2014 · opp.io
21OS
Open source Live Chat Engine for your own systems▲17
2015 · github.com
22GI
Gossipr.io – Ephemerial and Linkable Group Chats▲21
2019 · gossipr.io
23OS
Open source hyper-live chatroom using WebSockets, Node.js, and Vue.js▲22
2017 · github.com
24DA
Design any chat or voice interface▲13
2020 · botsociety.io

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