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shubhamjain on Nov 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects

> has only one client

I haven't used Slack's Gateway feature [1] but it seems Slack does allow you to connect with standard IRC and XMPP protocols.

[1]: https://slack.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connec...

apocalyptic0n3 on Nov 1, 2015 [–]

It does but you lose a lot of little features that other people using Slack will expect you to have and be able to see/interact with.

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