IRC is from 1988. Mattermost is from the future.
More than a tool for text-based communication. Mattermost is a powerful collaboration hub purpose-built for mission-critical teams.
Technical teams prefer Mattermost to IRC
Designed for the way technical and operational teams work
Why technical and operations teams choose Mattermost over IRC
Powerful collaboration features
- Collaborate more effectively with features built to speed up DevSecOps and incident response workflows.
- Code syntax highlighting, Markdown formatting, slash commands, extensive integrations, and more — not just plain text!
Open source adaptability
- An adaptable platform that’s fully customizable and integrates with the tools your team uses every day to power mission-critical ChatOps workflows.
Enterprise-grade security
- Keep sensitive data protected with a purpose-built collaboration hub that gives you complete data control and sovereignty.
- Deploy Mattermost behind your firewall on-premises or in an air-gapped environment, or host it in a single-tenant private cloud for superior security.
A secure collaboration platform designed for technical and operations teams
Your tools should be tailored to fit the way your team works. Unlike IRC, Mattermost gives you the ability to customize, extend, and build bespoke integrations — including with IRC. Plus, you get access to a vibrant open source community.
- 25,000+ GitHub Stars
- 30,000+ total contributions
- 4,000+ contributors
Built for high-performing technical teams
Mattermost goes beyond basic text communication with collaboration features designed to help technical and operations teams with up to tens of thousands of concurrent users build code, execute sprints, deploy releases, and manage outages and support escalations — all from a centralized hub.
- Calls for fast, secure audio communication when seconds count.
- Channel-based collaboration with powerful automation and tool integrations to increase focus and raise messaging to the level of a CLI.
- Playbooks for structured workflows that require repeatable execution with predictable outcomes.
Full-featured messaging — and a whole lot more
Accelerate mission-critical work
Speed up ChatOps, DevSecOps, and integrated security operations workflows with a resilient, adaptable collaboration hub.
Eliminate tool frustration with a custom fit
Leverage Mattermost’s open source codebase to build the exact tool your team needs instead of relying on an inflexible, proprietary solution designed for general business users.