Communication platform

[Phill93]

For direct communication, github is not so suitable. What do you think about creating a Slack workspack?

[noffycws]

+1

[Sebastian-Maier]

@poccix @noffycws @Phill93 @Grave79

Are there any opinions or preferred communication channels/tools?
Slack looks very nice (and I am willing to give it a try) but it has a 10.000 message limit that could theoretically become a problem at some point [1, 2]. (?)

[1] https://slack.com/intl/en-de/pricing
[2] https://medium.com/@gabriel_wilkes/why-tech-groups-can-get-away-with-using-slack-for-free-but-open-source-projects-and-businesses-of-96c427aaefbb

[Sebastian-Maier]

Preliminary List of Communication Tools/Platforms

A incomplete list of possible tools (additions and corrections are welcome):

Slack

• focus on SW teams / collaboration
• free with 10.000 message archive limit
• video/audio calls

Mattermost

• focus on SW teams / collaboration
• open source, self hosted
• free with unlimited archive
• no video/audio calls (link to external tools only ?)

GitHub Discussions & GitHub Team Discussions

• free with unlimited users and history
• good GitHub integration / same platform
• no client app
• no video/audio calls

Rocket.chat

• focus on SW teams / collaboration
• open source, self hosted
• video/audio calls via Jitsi Meet (integrated ?)

Chanty

• focus on SW teams / collaboration
• up to 10 users are free
• video/audio calls
• has a task manager

Discord

• free
• video/audio calls

Comparisons between Tools and other Links

• Rocket.chat vs. Mattermost
• Slack Alternatives

Other Communication Tools/Platforms

• Jitsi Meet
• Signal
• WhatsApp
• Skype
• ...

[Sebastian-Maier]

As discussed in the (online) kickoff meeting, we will use a self-hosted Mattermost instance for internal team communication.

In case you want to take part in team conversations, ask one of the team members or maintainers for an invitation to our Mattermost server/team.

Should this solution cause unforeseen problems in the future, we could also consider private GitHub Discussions like GitHub Team Discussions as an alternative.