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Mattermost vs Franz: What are the differences?
Mattermost: Open-source, self-hosted, Slack alternative. Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall; Franz: A messaging platform for all. It is a free messaging application that combines chat & messaging services into one application.
Mattermost and Franz can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.
Some of the features offered by Mattermost are:
- All your team communication in one place, searchable and accessible anywhere
- Slack-compatible, not Slack-limited. Imports Slack channels, users and themes. Offers Slack-compatible webhooks and integrations including Hubot, Jenkins, GitLab and others
- Self-host ready with System Console and IT admin tools for managing dozens of team sites. Installs with Linux binary, plus Docker, Heroku, AWS, Azure and Cloud Foundry options
On the other hand, Franz provides the following key features:
- Free with unlimited Services
- Desktop Notifications
- Dark Mode
Mattermost is an open source tool with 15.9K GitHub stars and 3.26K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Mattermost's open source repository on GitHub.
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Pros of Mattermost
- Open source60
- On-premise deployment41
- Free26
- Built using golang22
- Fast and easy to use21
- Docker image provided for easy setup14
- Full text search14
- Built using react12
- Supports multiple teams11
- Search and data archiving11
- Very professional11
- Keeps us focused, effective, concise8
- Clean and simple look7
- Integration with Gitlab7
- Webhooks support7
- Well documented6
- Use #Hashtags like Twitter6
- Import Slack logs3
- Reactive community and ease of use3
- Self managed data2
- On-premises Deployment2
- Secure2
- Markdown support1
- On premise installation1
- Kanban1
- Checklists1
- Slack-compatible integrations1
- Easy webhook integration1
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Cons of Mattermost
- Less integrations and plugins than slack2
- Many basic features are enterprise only2
- Custom sidewide themes only in enterprise2
- Basic permissions only in enterprise edition1
- Not compatible with Telegram keys, which used by FSB1
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What is Franz?
It is a free messaging application that combines chat & messaging services into one application.
What is Mattermost?
Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.
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What are some alternatives to Franz and Mattermost?
Slack
Imagine all your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That’s Slack. All your messages. All your files. And everything from Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub and dozens of other services. All together.
Microsoft Teams
See content and chat history anytime, including team chats with Skype that are visible to the whole team. Private group chats are available for smaller group conversations.
HipChat
HipChat is a hosted private chat service for your company or team. Invite colleagues to share ideas and files in persistent group chat rooms. Get your team off AIM, Google Talk, and Skype — HipChat was built for business.
Telegram
Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio and files of any type. It provides instant messaging, simple, fast, secure and synced across all your devices.
RocketChat
Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework.
It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.