For persons considering mattermost, I would recommend instead looking into a self hosted Matrix + Synapse (matrix protocol server daemon) setup, which is fully open source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(protocol) Element is one typical GUI client for it, but there are many options. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_(software) On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:45 PM Cynthia Revström via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > I have used Mattermost but iirc it has very limited access control unless > you have the enterprise version and generally doesn't seem to be made for > public groups. > > This in addition to probably the main problem, it will have higher barrier > to entry especially for those already using Discord for other purposes. > > -Cynthia > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 07:38 Karl Auer <ka...@biplane.com.au> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2021-03-23 at 07:22 +0100, Cynthia Revström via NANOG wrote: >> > Because Discord is proprietary, you can't host your own instance >> >> For reasons of confidentiality we implemented a MatterMost server for >> company use. It is free, works well, runs on our own servers. It lacks >> some of the bells and whistles that Discord has (in particular it has >> no audio or screensharing), but as an instant messaging platform for us >> it's worked very well indeed. >> >> >> Regards, K. >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) >> http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer >> >> GPG fingerprint: 2561 E9EC D868 E73C 8AF1 49CF EE50 4B1D CCA1 5170 >> Old fingerprint: 8D08 9CAA 649A AFEF E862 062A 2E97 42D4 A2A0 616D >> >> >> >>
