# ReactOS switches its main discussion platform from IRC to self-hosted Mattermost

DevFeed: [ReactOS switches its main discussion platform from IRC to self-hosted Mattermost](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/new-discussion-platform-33156.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/new-discussion-platform/>)

Published: 2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [IRC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/irc.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [irc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/irc.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

The ReactOS Project switched its main discussion platform from IRC to a self-hosted Mattermost server after internal testing. Mattermost supports richer communication, desktop and mobile access, web-client use, notifications, and integration with the ReactOS user directory, while IRC channels remain available and bridged.

## Source excerpt

After decades on IRC and around 3 months of internal testing, the ReactOS Project has officially switched to a self-hosted Mattermost server as its main discussion platform. Mattermost is a modern open-source solution for team communication, eliminating many of the limits of IRC: Ever missed an opportunity to contact a person, because that person wasn't on IRC at the same time as yourself? Ever thought "A picture is worth a thousand words", but were too lazy to look up an image hosting service, publish your image there, and then post a link to IRC?