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Gitter

234
258
+ 1
277
Hall

6
12
+ 1
16
RocketChat

373
539
+ 1
324
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Pros of Gitter
Pros of Hall
Pros of RocketChat
  • 63
    Github integration
  • 55
    Free
  • 45
    Markdown support
  • 19
    Markdown
  • 17
    Graceful integration
  • 16
    Project-oriented
  • 15
    MARKDOOOOWN
  • 12
    IRC bridge
  • 9
    Integrates with everything
  • 8
    LaTeX
  • 4
    Apps available for most platforms
  • 2
    Cross-repository issue reference
  • 2
    Github login
  • 1
    IRC support
  • 1
    My new fav'rite thing is on it
  • 1
    Very fast work
  • 1
    Very open
  • 1
    Now open source
  • 1
    Open source
  • 1
    Free unlimited archives
  • 1
    Open access (no invitation needed)
  • 1
    Single account for all communities
  • 1
    Free, open & free hosting
  • 4
    Free
  • 3
    Github integration
  • 3
    Bitbucket integration
  • 3
    Apps for many platforms
  • 3
    Heroku integration
  • 72
    Open source
  • 38
    Can be deployed on premise
  • 32
    Byos (bring your own server)
  • 30
    Faster than Slack
  • 21
    Mobile app for iphone, ipad, and ipod touch
  • 19
    Built using meteor
  • 19
    Desktop client for mac and windows
  • 13
    Easily deployed on Cloud Services (Heroku, etc)
  • 10
    Screen Sharing
  • 9
    Video and audio
  • 9
    Excellent support & service, bar-none
  • 6
    Web client
  • 5
    Amazing product, fast moving development, and BYOS
  • 5
    Multiple Security integrations - LDAP etc
  • 5
    Docker Image for easy setup
  • 5
    Open source
  • 5
    Mobile app for android phone, tablet, and tv stick
  • 4
    Datacontrol
  • 4
    Great development team
  • 4
    Free
  • 2
    Love it - running on R Pi 2
  • 2
    Open source server
  • 1
    Broadcast & Readonly channels
  • 1
    Slack bridge
  • 1
    Linux Client Support
  • 1
    Flexible Integrations
  • 1
    Ldap integration
  • 0
    Threading model

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Cons of Gitter
Cons of Hall
Cons of RocketChat
  • 2
    Sends data to US Gov
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    • 1
      No full markdown support
    • 1
      Mobile app in Enterprise version only
    • 1
      Many basic features require plugins
    • 1
      Visioconference support is external
    • 1
      No screen recorder
    • 1
      Few options for user customization
    • 1
      Limited message history on SaaS
    • 1
      Poor user customization
    • 1
      Hard to upgrade
    • 1
      Not as well-known as others like it

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    What is Gitter?

    Free chat rooms for your public repositories. A bit like IRC only smarter. Chats for private repositories as well as organisations.

    What is Hall?

    Hall is group chat, IM and video chat for companies and teams. Available free for the web, desktop and mobile. FREE anytime, anywhere.

    What is 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.

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    What are some alternatives to Gitter, Hall, and RocketChat?
    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.
    Discord
    Discord is a modern free voice & text chat app for groups of gamers. Our resilient Erlang backend running on the cloud has built in DDoS protection with automatic server failover.
    GitHub
    GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
    Riot
    Riot brings custom tags to all browsers. Think React + Polymer but with enjoyable syntax and a small learning curve.
    Mattermost
    Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.
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