I've been using Slack (https://slack.com/) for a while too... it does everything useful, and everything it doesn't do natively, there's an integration for. You can do:
- Private chat with one or more parties
- Open Group chat via channels (both private and public channels)
- Voice/Video via numerous integrations including Bluejeans, Appear.in, Skype, Hangouts, you name it.
- ChatOps via services like IFTT & Zapier or even your own custom bridge into your network.
- Get notifications right in Slack from your source control, build servers, JIRA, Confluence and any number of other services via webhook integrations.
- A billion other wicked cool integrations (https://slack.com/apps) that allow you to do just about anything, including the eternally useless, often inappropriate and highly amusing Giphy.
- It's free(ish)... the featureset is restricted on the free account, but it has enough to be useful to small startups even of adhoc members. For teams there is a small per user/per month charge which unlocks a wealth of enterprise ready features.
- It's searchable
Highly recommended and well worth a look for small and large teams alike.
- Private chat with one or more parties
- Open Group chat via channels (both private and public channels)
- Voice/Video via numerous integrations including Bluejeans, Appear.in, Skype, Hangouts, you name it.
- ChatOps via services like IFTT & Zapier or even your own custom bridge into your network.
- Get notifications right in Slack from your source control, build servers, JIRA, Confluence and any number of other services via webhook integrations.
- A billion other wicked cool integrations (https://slack.com/apps) that allow you to do just about anything, including the eternally useless, often inappropriate and highly amusing Giphy.
- It's free(ish)... the featureset is restricted on the free account, but it has enough to be useful to small startups even of adhoc members. For teams there is a small per user/per month charge which unlocks a wealth of enterprise ready features.
- It's searchable
Highly recommended and well worth a look for small and large teams alike.