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Let's Chat vs Riot.im : What are the differences?

What is Let's Chat? Open source self-hosted chat app for small teams. Let's Chat is a persistent messaging application that runs on Node.js and MongoDB. It's designed to be easily deployable and fits well with small, intimate teams. It's free (MIT licensed) and ships with killer features such as LDAP/Kerberos authentication, a REST-like API and XMPP support.

What is Riot.im ? An open source instant messaging client. It supports end to end encryption, groups, channels and sharing of files between users, also registration does not require a phone number.

Let's Chat and Riot.im can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.

Some of the features offered by Let's Chat are:

  • BYOS (bring your own server)
  • Persistent messages
  • Multiple rooms

On the other hand, Riot.im provides the following key features:

  • More than simple chat. Custom Communication
  • Choose who you trust with your data
  • Security

Let's Chat is an open source tool with 9.18K GitHub stars and 1.48K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Let's Chat's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Let's Chat
Pros of Riot.im
  • 8
    Open source
  • 4
    BYOS
  • 3
    Docker, Vagrant, NodeJS
  • 2
    On-premise deployment
  • 2
    Free
  • 2
    File sharing
  • 1
    XMPP Support
  • 2
    Behind firewall
  • 2
    Open source
  • 1
    Mobile app for android and IOS, Also web-based app
  • 1
    Mobile app for andori

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Cons of Let's Chat
Cons of Riot.im
  • 1
    Need a tool like tmux or screen to keep it running
  • 1
    Deactivated users file remain on server
  • 1
    You can not delete users
  • 1
    There is no admin UI. Very hard to moderate

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What is Let's Chat?

Let's Chat is a persistent messaging application that runs on Node.js and MongoDB. It's designed to be easily deployable and fits well with small, intimate teams. It's free (MIT licensed) and ships with killer features such as LDAP/Kerberos authentication, a REST-like API and XMPP support.

What is Riot.im ?

It supports end to end encryption, groups, channels and sharing of files between users, also registration does not require a phone number.

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      What are some alternatives to Let's Chat and Riot.im ?
      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.
      Mattermost
      Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.
      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.
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