Slack is a team communication platform which features persistent chat rooms organized by topic, private groups and direct messaging, all searchable from one search box. Furthermore, the app integrates with Google Docs and Dropbox, GitHub and many others.
Slack provides apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android but unfortunately there’s no official Linux client. There is a web version which can be used on any OS, but it lacks the features available in the official desktop clients like native notifications and so on.
To get proper Linux desktop integration for Slack, WebUpd8 reader Rael has created ScudCloud, an unofficial open source Slack client for Linux, which provides native notifications, unread message count on the Unity Launcher or tray and more.
Read more at WebUpd8.
