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Indie Team Communication tools

19 team communication products built by independent developers and small teams.

Looking to replace something? Slack · Microsoft Teams · Discord · Zoom

Basecamp

Project management and team communication in one place

A project management tool that keeps to-dos, message boards, schedules, docs, files and group chat together per project. For small businesses and agencies.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Campfire

Self-hosted group chat you buy once

Campfire is a group chat app from 37signals with rooms, direct messages and file sharing, which you install on your own server.

Free · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Chanty

Simple team chat with built-in task management

A team chat app with channels, audio and video calls and a kanban task board for small teams.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Element

Secure, decentralized messaging on Matrix

An end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration app built on the open Matrix protocol, usable on public servers or self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Flock

Team messaging and collaboration app

A team communication app with channels, direct messages, video calls, shared to-dos and polls.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Gather

Virtual office for remote teams

A virtual office where remote teams move avatars around a shared space and drop into spontaneous video conversations.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Geekbot

Async standups and team check-ins in Slack and Teams

Geekbot runs asynchronous standup meetings, surveys and retrospectives inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, collecting answers from each team member.

Free plan · Web · Website ↗

Huly

All-in-one open-source platform: tracker, docs, chat and meetings

An open-source platform combining issue tracking, docs, team chat, video meetings and planning in one app, available as cloud or self-hosted. For teams consolidating Linear, Slack and Notion.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Jitsi Meet

Free, open-source video meetings

A free, open-source video conferencing app that runs in the browser with no account needed; can also be self-hosted.

Free · Web, iOS, Android, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Mattermost

Open-source, self-hosted team messaging

An open-source collaboration platform with team chat, calls, playbooks and boards, deployable self-hosted for security-focused organizations.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Missive

Team email and chat in one app

A collaborative inbox where teams share email accounts, chat about messages, assign conversations and write replies together.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Nuclino

Lightweight team wiki and collaborative docs

A collaborative workspace for team wikis, docs and project boards with real-time editing and a graph view of linked pages. For small teams wanting a simple shared knowledge base.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Outline

Fast team knowledge base and wiki

A collaborative wiki and knowledge base for teams with real-time editing, search and integrations; available hosted or self-hosted as open source. For teams documenting processes.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Pumble

Team chat app with unlimited history on the free plan

A team messaging app from the makers of Clockify with channels, direct messages, voice and video calls and screen sharing.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Rocket.Chat

Open-source secure communications platform

An open-source team chat and omnichannel communication platform that can be self-hosted, with federation and end-to-end encryption options.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Self-hosted · Website ↗

Twist

Asynchronous team communication organized in threads

Twist is a team messaging app from Doist that organizes discussions into threads, designed for calmer, async communication in remote teams.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Whereby

Browser-based video meetings with no downloads

A video meeting tool that runs in the browser through permanent room links, plus an embeddable video API for apps.

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android, API · Website ↗

Wire

End-to-end encrypted collaboration and messaging

A secure communication platform with end-to-end encrypted messaging, calls, conferencing and file sharing for organizations.

Free plan · Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

Zulip

Open-source team chat organized by topic threads

Zulip is an open-source team chat app that organizes conversations into streams and topics, making async discussion easier to follow. Available as cloud or self-hosted.

Free plan · Web, Self-hosted, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android · Website ↗

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