Mattermost

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Mattermost

Logo of the Mattermost software
Basic data

developer Mattermost Inc.
Publishing year 2015
Current  version server

Linux 5.25.1

Desktop
Windows 4.5.2
macOS 4.5.2
Linux 4.5.2

Mobile
Android 1.33.1
iOS 1.33.1
(July 24, 2020)

operating system Linux
programming language Go
License MIT license , AGPL-3.0
mattermost.com

Matter Most is a free web-based instant messaging - service . Matter Most, allows for chat with individuals as well as group chats, which are organized into "channels". Mattermost works in a similar way to the market-leading proprietary software Microsoft Teams and Slack .
Mattermost has clients for various desktop and mobile systems. It can also be used with a web client (any web browser).

It is possible for users to install Mattermost on their own server, which offers considerable advantages in terms of data security compared to communication via external servers.

The Mattermost software is offered in different versions, on the one hand a free "Team Edition" under MIT license and a chargeable "Enterprise Edition". The source code of Mattermost is under the GNU AGPL license v.3.0.

Mattermost supports transport encryption with TLS, and the automatic generation of Let's Encrypt certificates is also possible. However, end-to-end encryption is not supported.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Download. In: mattermost.org. Accessed July 30, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b github.com . (accessed November 5, 2018).
  3. ↑ a b Merlin Schumacher: De-lacquered. In: heise.de. December 2017, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ heise online: Microsoft Teams overtakes Slack. Retrieved September 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Siegfried Lautenbacher: Collaboration tools at a glance: Slack, MS Teams, Hangouts & Co. - which chat tool is suitable for whom? - computerwoche.de. In: computerwoche.de. January 19, 2018, accessed February 19, 2019 .
  6. ^ Licensing. In: mattermost.org. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .