What are the best Slack clients for Linux?

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Best Slack clients for Linux	Price	Based On	Default Desktop Environment
69 Slack For Linux	-	-	-
-- Slack-term	-	-	-
-- Ripcord	0	-	-
-- ScudCloud	-	-	-
-- mattermost client	-	-	-

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score 32 · Answer 1

Slack For Linux

Top Con

Utilizes more resources as it is built on Electron

The official Slack client is built on top of the Electron framework and is quite a bit more resource-intensive than some of the alternative clients. See More

Top Pro

Officially supported by Slack

SuccinctHanbi's Experience

It just does not work on slow connections (3g & alike). See More

Top Con

Still in beta

Top Pro

Native notifications

Yanis's Experience

Works on Linux !! See More

Top Pro

Slack on a web browser can interact with local app

ArticulatePinikir's Experience

No reasonable Fedora Version after 21. We're on 29. See More

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score 9 · Answer 2

Slack-term

Top Pro

Great Performance

Top Con

Not an officially supported client

David Brown's Experience

Just tried it recently and it does what you would expect without being a resource hog. See More

Top Pro

Minimal CLI Interface

Top Con

Written in Go

Top Pro

Snap package available

The link posted has Snap packages which help simplify the installation process. See More

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score 8 · Answer 3

Ripcord

Top Pro

Very fast due to not being based on Eletron

It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users. It's not built on top of web browser technology: it responds quickly to input, sips gently from computer resources, and gets out of your way. It does voice chat, too. See More

Top Con

Not FOSS

Ripcord is shareware. They have a trial AppImage available, but you have to pay 20 dollars for the full version. Also, you can't recompile it or easily package -- which means it can't be managed by your distro's package manager. See More

SkillfulCephisso's Experience

Best way to use slack See More

Top Pro

Compact app which uses less than 20 MB of ram

Very low RAM Usage compared to official slack app See More

Top Con

Doesn't run properly under Wayland

Top Pro

Tab layout allows for better organization of conversations

The addition of tabs along the top makes it much easier to hold several conversations at once. See More

Top Con

Text selection does not work

Only whole messages can be copied. See More

Top Con

Unable to identify who sent emoji responses

There is no way to tell who responded with emojis on messages. Sometimes this is actually really important. See More

Top Con

Very ugly interface on modified system widgets

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score 4 · Answer 4

ScudCloud

Top Con

Outdated

Maintenance for this project has diminished, with the native client offering a better experience. See More

Top Pro

Has packages for popular distributions

ScudCloud has packages for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, Debian, Arch, Fedora and OpenSUSE. See More

DiplomaticXolotl's Experience

Not sure why this is a "best slack clients as of 2021". The project was shut down 3 years ago. See More

Top Con

Pointless

Uses QtWebkit under the hood, which makes it have no benefit over the official application. See More

Top Pro

Free and open source

It's free and open source, released under the MIT License. See More

Top Con

Has become fairly heavy

Recent versions experience significantly higher memory usage over time. See More

Top Pro

Native notifications

Top Pro

Channel quicklist for Unity

Ubuntu Unity's dock menu (accessed via right-click on icon) allows quickly switching to the needed channel. See More

Top Pro

Icon badges

Count of undread notifications will be overlayed over the launcher icon. See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

Installation alone was less than 1MB. See More

Top Pro

HiDPI Support

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score 1 · Answer 5

mattermost client

Top Con

is not a slack client

Top Pro

Cross platform

5 Options Considered

My Recommendation for Slack For Linux

My Recommendation for Slack For Linux

Utilizes more resources as it is built on Electron

Officially supported by Slack

Still in beta

Native notifications

Slack on a web browser can interact with local app

My Recommendation for Slack-term

My Recommendation for Slack-term

Great Performance

Not an officially supported client

Minimal CLI Interface

Written in Go

Snap package available

My Recommendation for Ripcord

My Recommendation for Ripcord

Very fast due to not being based on Eletron

Not FOSS

Compact app which uses less than 20 MB of ram

Doesn't run properly under Wayland

Tab layout allows for better organization of conversations

Text selection does not work

Unable to identify who sent emoji responses

Very ugly interface on modified system widgets

My Recommendation for ScudCloud

My Recommendation for ScudCloud

Outdated

Has packages for popular distributions

Pointless

Free and open source

Has become fairly heavy

Native notifications

Channel quicklist for Unity

Icon badges

Lightweight

HiDPI Support

My Recommendation for mattermost client

My Recommendation for mattermost client

is not a slack client

Cross platform

Uses electron

Open source

Interoperable

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