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In search of internal network chat software for teams (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Hirundinidae@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Hello everyone,

I've been trying to find some software for team collaboration on a private internal network. Think instant messenger but with file transfers, groups chats, and other team-based features. It would also be useful if all users could access the logs from the host.

Does anyone know of any reputable FOSS software that does this?

Thanks, Hirundinidae

EDIT: Lots of great responses thanks everyone!

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

I think some people here recommended Snikket. It's supposed to be easy to install and modern. I don't know what components it's made up of. It's a dockerized XMPP server + Apps.

[–] Hirundinidae@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Thanks, Snikket seems like what I'm looking for, but it seems to focus on getting domain hosting so you can access it from anywhere. I don't need that, accessing a port on my desktop would be enough. Do you know if Snikket can run that way?

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You should really spend the time to understand networking and hosting and set up an internal domain.

[–] Hirundinidae@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that's where I am at, yes. I have programming experience but very little in terms of networking. Ultimately what I want is a custom team management tool but I need to understand how these messengers work first. Thanks

[–] helix@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah you probably need to understand DNS and reverse proxies first. I recommend something like nginx, traefik or Caddy with ACME certificates from Letsencrypt with the DNS-01 challenge on a supported hosting provider which allows DNS changes via API.

If I were you I'd probably even get a super cheap VPS and run the chat software there, just be aware you need to constantly patch everything.

[–] Hirundinidae@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

I will look into those, thanks!

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