On: Story of Mattermost: Open-Sourced Competitor to Sl...

[newsat13]

When I checked mattermost a year ago, the mattermost opensource edition had no basic permissions/access control. Any user could archive any channel. I have seen many teams fall into this "trap" only to find this basic restriction later. We since moved to Rocket.Chat. Is this still the case?

[153791098c → newsat13]

That restriction aside, how do you compare rocket chat to mattermost? Is it better?

[Freak_NL → newsat13]

You can create private channels in MatterMost for as long as I can remember.

[penagwin → Freak_NL]

But are there access controls other than private channels?

[ondrej_s → newsat13]

I'm trying to push the agenda to switch our comms between developers fully to Keybase, but it will be probably rejected.

[vorpalhex → ondrej_s]

Keybase is.. not ready for prime time. It's pretty janky, channel discovery is a pain as is spam, and it's still got that weird crypto half-baked nonsense.

[mclehman → vorpalhex]

Team discovery could be a pain, but channel discovery within a team is pretty much everything I would expect it to be.

[kfrzcode → newsat13]

Be the change! https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

[Maxious → kfrzcode]

Access control is intentionally missing from the open source "team" version:

> Team Edition is "virtual office" where a team works together as trusted colleagues. It means people can walk anywhere they want, and move the furniture if they choose.

> I need to ask this ticket be closed since it's not a bug

> You're of course more than welcome to fork as well.

https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/issues/6320

[btown → kfrzcode]

But would Mattermost accept a PR that cuts into the differentiation on "advanced access control" of their enterprise product? https://mattermost.com/pricing/

Open source is only as powerful as the community's willingness to maintain a fork.