Open source

Slack without the overhead

A native Slack client built with Qt6. Fast startup, low memory, no Electron. Just the conversations you care about.

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@ Alice
@ Bob
Alice
shipping the new build today 🚀
Bob
nice, finally using a client that doesn't melt my laptop
Alice
lol yeah, 40 MB vs 400 MB hits different
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Instant startup

Launches in under a second. No Chromium runtime spinning up in the background.

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Low memory

Stays under 100 MB. Compare that to Slack's Electron client regularly hitting 1 GB+.

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Native rendering

Custom-painted UI with Qt6. Crisp on every DPI. No web layer, no jank.

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Real-time events

WebSocket-based Socket Mode connection. Messages and reactions arrive instantly.

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Full search

Search messages across your workspace backed by Slack's API.

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Desktop notifications

Native system notifications with tray icon and unread badge.

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msga is open source and free to use.

Linux

Linux

Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch and more

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Windows

Windows

Windows 10 and later

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macOS

macOS

macOS 12 Monterey and later

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Built in the open

msga is MIT-licensed and developed publicly on GitHub. Contributions, bug reports, and feedback are welcome.

github.com/punarinta/make-slack-great-again