| Name | multiple channels | public channel for guests | persistent | Android App | iOS App | Self-Hosted | irc connector | authentication | audio / video | file transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications to investigate | ||||||||||
| matrix + riot.im | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes, push though 3rd-party | yes | yes | ldap | yes | yes |
| Rocket | yes | only livechat on website, irc as workaround? | yes | yes | yes, iOS developer account needed? | yes | alpha | ldap, oauth, saml | yes | yes |
| zulip | yes | yes | yes | yes | ldap, google, github | yes | ||||
| lets-chat | yes | ldap+kerberos | ||||||||
| Application not meeting the requirements | ||||||||||
| jabber | yes | yes | yes | push depends on app | push depends on app | yes | ||||
| mattermost | yes | ldap only in paid version | ||||||||
| Slack | kind of | no | ||||||||
| hip-chat | not anymore? | |||||||||
| irc | no | with bots | with bots | |||||||
| Discord | no | |||||||||
| Stryve | no | no | ||||||||
| friends | - | github | ||||||||
| exo | no | |||||||||
| fleep | no | |||||||||
| ryver | no | |||||||||
| kandan | no | no | yes | |||||||
| gridle | no | |||||||||