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Work · January 7, 2016

Shlack

Whoa, a bash shell inside Slack!

Shlack launched on January 7, 2016 with 75 votes, #816 of 4,520 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

Visit shell.playplay.io ↗Shlack alternativestop 18% of January 2016

What it does

Add a rudimentary Unix shell to every Slack channel.

Creates a rudimentary file system in every channel. Invite the bot into a channel, try man , ls , and other unixfrom shell.playplay.io

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