===== Chat Tool =====

==== Requirements ====

^Name ^multiple channels ^public channel for guests ^persistent ^Android App ^iOS App ^Self-Hosted ^irc connector ^authentication ^audio / video ^file transfer ^
^Applications to investigate ^^^^^^^^^^^
|[[https://matrix.org|matrix]] + riot.im               |yes |yes |yes |yes |yes, push though 3rd-party |yes |yes |ldap |yes |yes |
|[[https://rocket.chat|Rocket]]                        |yes |only livechat on website, irc as workaround? |yes |yes |yes, iOS developer account needed? |yes |alpha |ldap, oauth, saml |yes |yes |
|[[https://www.zulip.org/index.html|zulip]]            | | |yes |yes |yes |yes |    |ldap, google, github | |yes |
|[[https://sdelements.github.io/lets-chat/|lets-chat]] | | |    | | |yes |    |ldap+kerberos | | |
^Application not meeting the requirements ^^^^^^^^^^^
|jabber                                                |yes |yes |yes |push depends on app |push depends on app |yes |    | | | |
|[[https://about.mattermost.com|mattermost]]           | | | | | |yes | |ldap only in paid version | | |
|[[https://slack.com|Slack]]                           | |kind of | | | |no | | | |
|[[https://www.hipchat.com|hip-chat]]                  | | | | | |not anymore? | | | | |
|irc                                                   | | |no |with bots |with bots | | | |
|[[https://discordapp.com|Discord]]                    | | | | | |no | | | | |
|[[https://github.com/nicklaw5/stryve|Stryve]]         | | | |no |no | | | | | |
|[[http://moose-team.github.io/friends/|friends]]      | | | | | |-  | |github | | |
|[[https://www.exoplatform.com|exo]]                   | | | | | |no | | | | |
|[[https://fleep.io|fleep]]                            | | | | | |no | | | | |
|[[https://ryver.com|ryver]]                           | | | | | |no | | | | |
|[[https://github.com/kandanapp/kandan|kandan]]        | | | |no |no |yes | | | | |
|[[https://gridle.chat|gridle]]                        | | | | | |no | | | | |