What's the best community chat app?

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I love Slack, but am wondering if there is a better app for creating a community around a particular topic. Something that is beautiful, easy, reliable, and allows anyone to join the conversation. Also, an app that allows people to search for communities and join them publicly.

Cedric Amaya · Accepted Answer

Open source, similar to Slack so low learning curve, multiple clients (desktop, mobile, and web). Try it out!

Tweegenic1 · Answer

Flock is best free chat app. All-in-all it fits perfectly in your requirements! 
There are a lot of reasons that Flock is the best! One being that it greatly reduces your dependency on apps for task tracking and setting up reminders due to its inbuilt PM tools.

Ilya Azovtsev 💌+🤖=🚀 · Answer

I love that for personal needs, But I know that some use that for working goals :)

Mohammed Rafy · Answer

It's a new platform and it's impressive. You can create your own community like a social network.

Chakib Tsouli · Answer

I used this quite a few times, and I think it ticks all the boxes.

Arun Augustine · Answer

Discord IMO is slicker for community/topic based conversations

Manish Bhattacharya · Answer

You can try 'Stride by Atlassian' or Flock.com, they are almost Slack with more freebies.

Sam Rye · Answer

I didn't realise that I hadn't already added Mobilize, and they just released their 2.0

I like their ability to include people in discussions without requiring them to sign up for an account.

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Hey, they don't seem to have Facebook Groups on PH - but that is what I would recommend. It isn't the prettiest, but it is definitely reliable, easy, and allows anyone to join.

Srinivas Vedantam · Answer

Been around for a while and works like a charm.

Tim Kinnane · Answer

Rocket.Chat started as an open source Slack clone, but is now used and extended by a diverse range of communities with specific needs. Because its open and self hosted, there's a freedom of customisation, but also the privacy and security benefits of not relying on a platform ecosystem that might have adverse changes or go away.

Sam Rye · Answer

Mighty have been building a really impressive mobile-first product which covers social networking, publishing, courses and more. They've even made it easy to monetize

sravya m · Answer

My suggestion is Troop Messenger is an amazing app for team communication. It allows intra-office communication and collaboration for teams with one-on-one messaging and unlimited groups. a secured self-hosted team collaboration application has been specially designed to address the diverse communication needs of data privacy-conscious industries with the delivery of seamless and simple on-premises deployment process. You can share documents, images, Video calls, Audio calls, etc..

Sarah Miller · Answer

I like it.

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https://aminoapps.com/
Amino apps on android, ios, and website.

I make friends based on the same interest.
There are communities with millions of members such as Anime, Army's (BTS fan club), pokemon, lgbt+, and many other communities for gamers, pet owners, dancers, arts, drags, movie enthusiasts, etc.

See this link to see top 20 biggest amino communities:
https://bentengentertainment.blogspot.com/2020/06/top-20-aminos-biggest-communities.html

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Discord is too good..!

Dailen · Answer

This really feels like it returns to the roots of what a "real time" community can be. Bulletin boards are more like knowledge base repositories and less like communities to me. Discord fits the bill here if you ask me.

Ace Queen · Answer

Lower-cost version of Slack with more functionality. It can have the occasional bug but the support team is quick to address them. Also handles files, code and images better.

Aswin Bakshi · Answer

It's easy and straightforward to use and it has multiple third-party plugins.

Daria Zabój · Answer

I like its design and the system of badges.

Jose Gonzalez · Answer

Check out Bump It!. You can make a community very easily and colorful. Anyone is allowed to join the community and is able to search for the community. You can even use Bump It! codes and share it with anyone so they can join easily.

npac · Answer

Community software which lets users to write longform content and not just chat messages. Lets you embed course videos and sell site memberships too!

npac · Answer

Community software which lets users to write longform content and not just chat messages. Lets you embed course videos and sell site memberships too!

npac · Answer

Community software which lets users to write longform content and not just chat messages. Lets you embed course videos and sell site memberships too!

Sienna Amelia · Answer

I would like to suggest CONTUS MirrorFly, Its one the highly Scalable chat solution with 100% customizable options.

Parthibakumar Murugesan · Answer

Hey SethWillaims

MirrorFly is a customizable messaging SDK and chat API that enables businesses to offer in-app messaging for their mobile, web, and consumer applications. The platform provides the client SDK, the necessary front-end UI, and backend system for seamless communication among users, from one-on-one messaging and group chat, to massive-scale channels. Our chat solution serves a diverse number of industries and use-cases from eCommerce, on-demand, banking, OTA, and enterprise messaging to online communities, live video streaming, gaming, and dating.