The Mattermost 6.0 messaging system is now available for communication between developers and enterprise employees. The server part of the project is written in Go and distributed under the MIT license. The web interface and mobile applications are written in JavaScript using React, the desktop client for Linux, Windows and macOS is built on the Electron platform. MySQL and PostgreSQL can be used as a DBMS.
Mattermost is positioned as an open alternative to the Slack communications system and allows you to receive and send messages, files and images, track the history of conversations and receive notifications on your smartphone or PC. Slack-prepared integration modules are supported, as well as a large collection of custom modules for integrating with Jira, GitHub, IRC, XMPP, Hubot, Giphy, Jenkins, GitLab, Trac, BitBucket, Twitter, Redmine, SVN, and RSS/Atom.
Main innovations:
- The interface has a new navigation bar that makes it easier to work with channels, discussions, checklists (playbook), projects/tasks, and external integrations. Through the panel, you can also get quick access to search, saved messages, recent mentions, settings, statuses and profile.
- Stabilized and enabled by default support for many experimental features, such as plugins, archive channels, guest accounts, export of all downloads and messages, the mmctl utility, delegation of individual administrator roles to members.
- The channels have a preview of links to messages (the message is shown under the link, which eliminates the need to navigate in order to understand what is being said).
- Support for checklists ("Playbooks") is enabled by default, covering lists of typical work for teams in various situations. A full-screen interface for working with checklists has been implemented, in which you can immediately create new lists and sort existing work. The interface for assessing the status of work has been redesigned and the ability to set a time for sending reminders has been provided.
- The project and task management interface (Boards) is included by default, in which a new summary page (dashboard) is implemented, and a channel selection form is built into the sidebar. Support for analytical functions has been implemented for tables.
- The desktop client has been updated to version 5.0, which offers a new interface for navigating through channels, checklists (playbook) and tasks.
- Dependency requirements have been increased: the server now requires at least MySQL 5.7.12 (branch 5.6 has been deprecated) and Elasticsearch 7 (branches 5 and 6 have been deprecated).
- A plugin has been prepared separately for use in Mattermost end-to-end message encryption (E2EE).
Source: opennet.ru