Key facts
- Original authors
- Stewart Butterfield , Eric Costello, Cal Henderson , and Serguei Mourachov
- Developer
- Slack Technologies ( Salesforce )
- Initial release
- August 2013 ; 12 years ago ( 2013-08 )
- Written in
- Electron ( C++ , JavaScript , TypeScript , React , Redux , etc.), Hack (backend)
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows , macOS , Linux , iOS , Android
- Available in
- 12 languages
- Type
- Collaborative software
- License
- Proprietary
- Website
- slack .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Owned by
- Salesforce
- Publisher
- Slack Technologies
- Developer
- Slack Technologies
- Platform
- x86-64
- Official website
- www.salesforce.com/slack
- Motto
- Be less busy
- Has use
- communication
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- GUI toolkit or framework
- Electron
- inception
- 2013-08-00
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- Commons category
- Slack (software)
- operating system
- Linux
- programmed in
- JavaScript
- software version identifier
- 4.42.120
- social media followers
- 51500
- service status information URL
- status.slack.com
- different from
- Slackware
- contact page URL
- slack.com/help/requests/new
- distributed by
- Google Play
- described at URL
- marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/A3MkoH
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/slack
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Encyclopedic overview
Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform developed by Slack Technologies, which has been owned by Salesforce since 2021. Slack uses a freemium model. Slack is primarily offered as a business-to-business service, with its userbase being predominantly team-based businesses while its functionalities are focused on business administration and communication.
History
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