All of your team’s communication in one place

Secure collaboration, built for developers.

Keep your people connected and productive

Eliminate communication silos and let your teams collaborate freely. Message, meet, talk and screen share within fully secure, searchable channels.

Collaborate any time, anywhere

Persistent channels and 1:1 group messaging, meeting, calls, and file sharing works seamlessly across web, desktop, and mobile so you can stay connected, wherever you are.

Purpose-built for digital operations

Channels are more than chat – they’re your single source of truth for every conversation, process, and activity that your team needs to build, ship, and maintain great software.

Code collaboratively

Markdown formatting, syntax highlighting, and screen share turn Channels into developer collaboration hubs.

Automation and actions

Use slash commands, bots, and integrations to streamline repetitive tasks without leaving your chat window.

Developer tool integrations

Integrate with all the tools your team loves – from GitHub and Jenkins to Jira and ServiceNow.

Feature Highlights

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  • Unlimited teams and channels
  • 1:1 and group messaging
  • Native audio & screenshare
  • Continuous message archive
  • Full history search
  • Deep developer tool integrations
  • Automation, slash commands & bot integrations
  • Rich Markdown formatting & code snippets

Collaboration that goes beyond messaging

Mattermost Channels allows developers to interface directly with third-party developer tools and use CLI-style commands, automation, and integrations to help you reduce context switching and stay in the flow.

Start secure audio calls in a click

When typing isn’t fast enough, switch from channel-based chat to secure audio calls with a single click while sharing team documents, presentations, images, and more.

Gain agility without sacrificing security

Compliant with the strictest data privacy and regulatory policies. Get full control of your data with granular user and admin settings so you always keep your data safe and secure.

An all-in-one productivity solution

Your collaboration tools, teams, and processes — unified.

Mattermost: three productivity tools, integrated to work seamlessly together, and aligned with three distinct workflow types across the software development lifecycle.

Platform Overview

Designed for developer workflows

With developer-focused features and tight integration with Mattermost Playbooks and Boards, Channels are designed to you collaborate across every workflow.

Software Development

Keep your team agile with collaboration, automation, and deep integrations with the tools you use to manage your releases.

Incident Resolution

Resolve incidents quickly and keep every stakeholder connected and informed from the moment an incident occurs all the way through post-mortem.

IT Service Desk

Open the lines of communication from your customers to your engineers by bringing collaboration into your IT service management workflows.

Open source and yours to customize

Supported by a growing community of over 6,000 contributors. Get pre-built integrations with the tools you use every day, customize your themes and branding, and contribute your own code.

  • 25,000+ GitHub Stars
  • 30,000+ total contributors
  • 4,000+ contributors

Whether it’s the IT department discussing troubleshooting steps to resolve a problem faster, or a private channel of friends organizing a birthday celebration, the usability and ease of access makes it our go-to messaging tool at MedinCell.

Kyle Kingsley
IT Manager

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