Developer(s) | Mattermost Inc | ||||||
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Initial release | October 2, 2015; 5 years ago | ||||||
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Written in | Go,[4][5]JavaScript[6] | ||||||
Available in | 16 languages | ||||||
License | MIT License for 'Mattermost Team Edition' Linux binary server compiled by Mattermost, Inc.,[7]AGPLv3 for uncompiled Mattermost server source code,[7] (Apache License 2.0 for Admin Tools and Configuration Files),[7] and Apache License 2.0 for the rest[8] | ||||||
Website | mattermost.com |
Mattermost is an open-source, self-hostableonline chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations. It is designed as an internal chat for organisations and companies, and mostly markets itself as an open-source alternative to Slack[9][10] and Microsoft Teams.
Mattermost outgoing webhooks are Slack-compatible. You can copy-and-paste code used for a Slack outgoing webhook to create Mattermost integrations. Mattermost automatically translates Slack’s JSON format. The external application may be written in any programming language. Slack users can activate their new Mattermost accounts by using Mattermost’s Password Reset screen with their email addresses from Slack to set new passwords for their Mattermost accounts. Once logged in, Mattermost users will have access to previous Slack messages in the public channels imported from Slack. Migrating from Bitnami ¶.
History[edit]
The code was originally proprietary, as Mattermost was used as an internal chat tool inside SpinPunch, a game developer studio, but was later open-sourced.[10] The 1.0 was released on October 2, 2015.[11]
The project is maintained and developed by Mattermost Inc.[12] The company generates funds by selling support services and additional features that aren't in the open-source edition.
There are desktop clients for Windows, MacOS, and Linux and mobile apps for iOS and Android.
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In the media, Mattermost is mostly regarded as an alternative to the more popular Slack.[13][14][15][16] It was also integrated into GitLab as 'GitLab Mattermost',[17] although in 2017 GitLab acquired Gitter,[18] another popular chat tool. In 2021 GitLab sold Gitter.
Adoption among non-profits[edit]
Mattermost was adopted in the tech/non-profit sector that was in need to move away from limitations of corporate services, and praised for its bridging to IRC channels.[citation needed] It has been as default public channel by organizations like Coko Foundation since 2017,[19] but also tested for community use by Wikimedia as Wikimedia Chat on Wikimedia Cloud Services as of late summer 2020.[20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Mattermost Changelog'. Mattermost. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^'Releases'. GitHub. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^'Releases'. GitHub. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^Baker, Jason (2017-08-17). '5 open source alternatives to Slack for team chat'. Opensource.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^Henrique, Gustavo (2019-01-27). '10 tools written in Go that every developer needs to know • Gustavo Henrique'. Gustavo Henrique. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^Finley, Klint (2016-03-16). 'Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack'. Wired. ISSN1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ abc'Mattermost's License'. github.com. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^'Mattermost's License'. github.com. 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^Asay, Matt (2019-02-06). 'How open source Mattermost is sneaking up on Slack's messaging empire'. TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ ab'Why we made Mattermost an open source Slack-alternative | Mattermost'. www.mattermost.org. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'Open source Slack-alternative reaches 1.0: Self-host ready, Slack-compatible, MIT licensed - Mattermost Private Cloud Messaging'. Mattermost Private Cloud Messaging. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'Crunchbase'. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'Quelloffene Slack-Alternative zum Selbsthosten: Mattermost 1.0 in der Kurzvorstellung'. t3n News (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'Mattermost - Open-Source-Alternative zu Slack'. entwickler.de (in German). 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives » okTurtles Blog'. blog.okturtles.org. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^Shaw, Russley (2017-05-09). 'Which Chat Platform Should I Use?'. Russley Shaw. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'GitLab Mattermost, an open source on-premises Slack alternative'. GitLab. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'GitLab acquires software chat startup Gitter, will open-source the code'. VentureBeat. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^'Getting Started with Coko'. Coko. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^Sarabadani, Amir (2020-09-18). 'Introducing Wikimedia Chat!'. Diff. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
External links[edit]
- Official website
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Mattermost v1.1, an open source, self-hosted Slack-alternative, now connects to your in-house systems in real time.
We’re excited to announce new integrations support in Mattermost v1.1, and share examples from the community, such as the Matterbridge project connecting Mattermost to IRC, as well as fully-functional application templates created by the core team you can use to connect your in-house systems to Mattermost.
Integrations
Hundreds of applications connecting to Slack can soon connect to Mattermost, and do more than they ever could before.
Repeated community requests for real-time integration with GitLab, Discourse, GitHub, Jenkins, Twitter, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other leading applications led to us building incoming webhooks and open source integrations services for Mattermost v1.1.
Following our “Slack compatible, but not Slack-limited” principle, Mattermost v1.1 offers incoming webhook APIs compatible with Slack’s proprietary implementation while also supporting the flexible and powerful markdown standard popular among open source projects.
This means developers who’ve built integrations for Slack can adapt them to Mattermost with minimal changes–and they can also send richer, more useful messages.
Example: Suppose a user files an issue in GitLab (the leading open source GitHub-alternative) using markdown to include references to in-line images, issues, merge requests and commits. The new issue can now trigger a real time notification sent to Mattermost where the contents of the ticket render in full markdown.
In contrast, when Slack receives the same notification from GitLab, images are dropped due to incompatibility with Slack’s proprietary formatting.
IRC
Support for Internet Relay Chat has been a common request across the community. Literally days after we had outgoing webhooks on master, a community project offered implemented IRC support.
Matterbridge by 42wim is an open source IRC bridge for Mattermost and it’s been adopted by the Mattermost core team. Today, you can now join #matterbridge on irc.freenode.net to join a room connected to an IRC channel in the core team’s Mattermost site (of course, you can also talk to the core team directly on Mattermost as well on the nightly builds server).
Outgoing webhooks to support Matterbridge will be available in Mattermost v1.2 which ships November 16th (Mattermost now ships on the 16th each month). While Matterbridge won’t work with Mattermost v1.1, we wanted to include it since it’s part of the growing community of Mattermost integrations.
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Application Templates
Teams using Mattermost on-premise often need to connect to in-house systems to Mattermost channels. To make it easy to integrate those systems, we created open-source application templates that show how to move data in and out of Mattermost, and how to transform and render it using webhooks.
GitLab Integration Service for Mattermost
The first template to ship with Mattermost v1.1 is the GitLab Integration Service for Mattermost, which brings in, transforms, and renders data from GitLab issue, comments, and merge request events in Mattermost channels in real time.
In its default setup, the service monitors GitLab repos and replace dozens of daily notification emails with neatly organized channel messages, concisely conveying vital project info.
Learn more about Slack-compatible incoming webhooks in the Mattermost documentation.
Giphy Integration Service for Mattermost
The second template shows a preview of interactivity across Mattermost channels and external applications via outgoing webhooks, which ship in Mattermost v1.2 on November 16.
The Giphy Integration Service for Mattermost listens for triggers in Mattermost channels (looking for the phrase “gif: KEYWORD” to be entered), then sends a request to an external application for processing (the Giphy online service takes in KEYWORD and returns the URL to an animated gif in its database matching the keyword), and Mattermost renders the returning payload in the channel where the event was triggers.
Mattermost Slack
This is a fun example which can be adapted to have Mattermost users in business settings bring back customer profiles with an email address ( “customer: [email protected]“), or sales data with a company name ( “sales: Demo Co.” )
These application templates show how your organization can use webhooks to connect Mattermost to your vital applications, making it easier than every to simplify your communications.
Community Applications
Ready more about open source integrations and applications from the Mattermost community, including Jenkins and early work on native applications for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
Learn more about Slack-compatible outgoing webhooks (available now on master and in Mattermost v1.2 shipping November 16) in the Mattermost documentation.
We’re delighted to share these new features with you and look forward to your questions, comments, and ideas. Please join us on our forum to discuss.
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Matter Most Slack Definition
Note: If you’re upgrading from Mattermost v0.7 or need salts larger than 32-char, please use Mattermost v1.1.1.