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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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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slack” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.