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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 Franz
Pros of Mattermost
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    • 60
      Open source
    • 41
      On-premise deployment
    • 26
      Free
    • 22
      Built using golang
    • 21
      Fast and easy to use
    • 14
      Docker image provided for easy setup
    • 14
      Full text search
    • 12
      Built using react
    • 11
      Supports multiple teams
    • 11
      Search and data archiving
    • 11
      Very professional
    • 8
      Keeps us focused, effective, concise
    • 7
      Clean and simple look
    • 7
      Integration with Gitlab
    • 7
      Webhooks support
    • 6
      Well documented
    • 6
      Use #Hashtags like Twitter
    • 3
      Import Slack logs
    • 3
      Reactive community and ease of use
    • 2
      Self managed data
    • 2
      On-premises Deployment
    • 2
      Secure
    • 1
      Markdown support
    • 1
      On premise installation
    • 1
      Kanban
    • 1
      Checklists
    • 1
      Slack-compatible integrations
    • 1
      Easy webhook integration

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    Cons of Franz
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      • 2
        Less integrations and plugins than slack
      • 2
        Many basic features are enterprise only
      • 2
        Custom sidewide themes only in enterprise
      • 1
        Basic permissions only in enterprise edition
      • 1
        Not compatible with Telegram keys, which used by FSB

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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
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      Jira
      Jira's secret sauce is the way it simplifies the complexities of software development into manageable units of work. Jira comes out-of-the-box with everything agile teams need to ship value to customers faster.
      Trello
      Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
      G Suite
      An integrated suite of secure, cloud-native collaboration and productivity apps. It includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet and more.
      Confluence
      Capture the knowledge that's too often lost in email inboxes and shared network drives in Confluence instead – where it's easy to find, use, and update.
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