Ripcord Reviews and details

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• Too many Mac apps are being built with Electron

  That argument would hold more power if there wasn't an existing native client for Slack and Discord, made by one person, with all the features I needed, working with absolutely no lag and minimal resource use, working on MacOS, Linux, Windows. Unfortunately the development stopped, or I'd still use it. https://cancel.fm/ripcord/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: Recommendations for an alternative native chat client? (Slack, Discord)

  Https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ Used it before, worked OK. Now I use Matrix, so I don't need it anymore. Neat trick: AppImages are squashfs compressed filesystems, so they can have slow startup etc. Fix this with ./app.AppImage --appimage-extract, find the binary in the created folder and run that one instead, so that you pay the decompression cost only once. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: Recommendations for an alternative native chat client? (Slack, Discord)

  Not sure if it still works (or will continue to work) but this might be what you're looking for: https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ I've also had fairly good results using gtkcord4, though it takes it little finagling to get up-and-running: https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord4. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• A Slack clone in 5 lines of bash

  There are a bunch of features in slack beyond the core chat stuff, like: 1. Being connected to multiple communities and switching between them instantly this can be of course simply replaced by connecting to different servers in a tabbed terminal and use the terminal's built-in cmd-1/2/... shortcut, which happens to be the same as in slack. 2. Meta data about others, like their timezone or how to pronounce their... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• I’m having some cpu performance issues and I’m wondering whether if it’s time to upgrade? Using a 2017 MacBook Pro 13inch.

  All three of these are web browsers (slack and vscode are built on electron) that are notoriously RAM-hungry. If you don't want to buy new hardware, switching to using the slack web-app or using a third party client like Ripcord will remove one of those browsers, and using an IDE that isn't a web browser would take out another. You may also find that another browser like Firefox uses less memory than Chrome. Source: 11 months ago

• Slack Problems After F38 Upgrade

  While you trouble shoot your slack issue you can try https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ for now. Source: 12 months ago

• Linen.dev: The 500KB Slack Alternative

  How does this compare to Ripcord[0]? Granted there haven't been any new releases of Ripcord in a couple of years, it's super lightweight and mostly perfect for my uses. [0]: https://cancel.fm/ripcord/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• The Old Computer Challenge

  You could use Ripcord as your slack client and save a bunch of ram. https://cancel.fm/ripcord/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Revive the Old Internet! (Resources)

  Ripcord https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ u can customize it to look like a 90s forum. Source: over 1 year ago

• Use Slack from Emacs?

  I've tried several other alternatives and they usually fall short: - weeslack (https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack): type /thread a1c to open a privmsg with the threads. it's ok - irccloud (https://www.irccloud.com/): similar to the official client in threading and web-based. Using irccloud as an IRC BNC to slack causes threaded messages to be posted to the main channel - ripcord: (https://cancel.fm/ripcord/)... Source: over 1 year ago

• An open source Discord client?

  Https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ possibly the best choice, I don't know of any other alternative that is not too much hacking wizardry. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Community Q&A - Get Your Questions Answered!

  If you don't just want to use it locally but stream it over discord, I recommend to use a virtual soundmixer like Voicemeeter to stream ambience and music to a separate client/user in the voicechat via Ripcord, a 3rd party discord client that offers stereo sound (technically against Discord ToS, so fair warning). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Shrugs.app – A native Slack client for macOS

  See also: Ripcord[1], which has both Slack and Discord support. [1]: https://cancel.fm/ripcord/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• What should I do about Discord?

  If you have to deal with discord, Goosemod or Ripcord are good. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Any free discord clients/frontends?

  Https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ Currently shareware but its still better than regular Discord. Source: about 2 years ago

• Ripcord: Discord and Slack client that works well on Surface Pro X

  I just picked up an SPX and Discord has been super painful in Edge or using the native x64 Electron app and one of the few apps that felt like a bit of a deal killer for me. I grabbed Ripcord: Desktop Chat Client (cancel.fm) because I've used it on a couple of other devices and it seems to work just fine with very low CPU+RAM consumed on the SPX (less than 1% CPU and less than 100mb of RAM last time I checked). I... Source: about 2 years ago

• Incident at Slack

  Ripcord [0] supports slack, but probably lacka a few features. [0] https://cancel.fm/ripcord/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Life at 800mHz

  > Discord on the other hand has a big problem: using a third party client is bannable Hm, that is probably true. Didn't consider. So be it, wish the Ripcord author some luck! https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ > Ripcord is a desktop chat client for group-centric services like Slack and Discord. It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users. It's not built on top of web browser technology: it... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Tauri – Electron alternative written in Rust

  And yet, we have single indie developers writing multiplatform Qt [1] and macOS native [2] Slack apps. Last time I checked, Ripcord used 30-40MiB RAM, a small fraction of the official Slack client. Writing native apps (or a Qt app) would well be in reach of Slack. In fact, they already have native apps. E.g. Slack for iOS is native [3], just allowing M1 Mac users to use the iOS version would most likely be a large... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• (Mac)OStalgia. How Spotify, Slack, Chrome, Figma Could Look Like on Mac OS 9

  For what it's worth, Ripcord[1] can do that (okay, it can open channels in separate tabs that can be moved to separate windows). And it is a native (Qt) application. The only problem is that it's not free (with unlimited trial, though) and the development seems to have stopped. Still works okay for text chat, though. [1]: https://cancel.fm/ripcord/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• (Mac)OStalgia. How Spotify, Slack, Chrome, Figma Could Look Like on Mac OS 9

  You might like https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ . I haven't tried it, but it's a QT client for Slack/Discord. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago