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24 alternatives to Wey – A fast, open-source Slack desktop app
Fast open source Slack desktop app. Contribute to yue/wey development by creating an account on GitHub.
Wey is an open-source desktop application for Slack that prioritizes speed and performance. Built for developers and power users who want a faster alternative to the official Slack client, it offers a lightweight way… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Wey – A fast, open-source Slack desktop app launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Slack 4.0▲472A snappier, more efficient Slack desktop experience
2019 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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Slack▲2,714Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.
2013 · slack.com · its alternatives →
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The official Slack AI product looks great, but with limited access and add-on pricing, I decided to open-source the version I built. Especially for all the communities on Slack that would have to convert to paid and buy the upgrade to access the official SlackAI product/add-on which is not going to be financially viable in most cases. There's no plan to sell anything, just something I built as a way to learn some new tools that I thought others might get use out of. The repo is a ready-to-run slack app that provides thread summaries and channel overviews on demand using OpenAI (heavy…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Last year I gave in to the temptation of doing my own startup and quit my job, just like many others have done on this site. Since then, I’ve severely changed my lifestyle and reduced my living costs to a crazy low figure and worked my ass off for the last 8 months to achieve this: www.openloopz.com I have written more about it on Medium here: http://goo.gl/JN03yf I knew from the start the odds were stacked against me. I’m almost 36, I have a family and I live in the North East of England where - without wanting to sound negative - the opportunities are few and far between…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm Hakan, the founder of Colanode (https://github.com/colanode/colanode), an open-source, local-first collaboration app combining the best of Slack-style chats and Notion-style note-taking, fully self-hostable for complete data control. Here's a quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp1hoSCEArg As a heavy Notion user, I often found it tough to get my teams fully onboard since people naturally gravitate toward chat for quick interactions. Maintaining context between chat apps like Slack and documentation apps like Notion became increasingly…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Slido for Slack▲111Crowdsource your team’s most burning questions in Slack
2018 · community.slido.com · its alternatives →
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Wellbee▲74Engagement measurement and feedback exchange through Slack
2021 · wellb.ee · its alternatives →
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Integrate Slack notifications to your app in 5 minutes
2018 · bearer.com · its alternatives →
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Icebreakers 2.0▲142Build stronger team relationships with fun Q&A on Slack
2019 · careerlark.com · its alternatives →
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