# Running a project or team using Discourse (instead of Slack, Trello, etc...)?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-project-or-team-using-discourse-instead-of-slack-trello-etc/69912
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [12 בספטמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-project-or-team-using-discourse-instead-of-slack-trello-etc/69912 "2017-09-12T18:09:58Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [12 בספטמבר,‏ 2017,‏ 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-project-or-team-using-discourse-instead-of-slack-trello-etc/69912/3 "2017-09-12T18:45:06Z")

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> [@Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-slack-or-other-group-chat-apps-like-irc-hipchat-gitter-etc/39630):
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> Discourse vs. Slack Finding the right place for a discussion On Slack, discussions are separated into different channels. This shares many of the same problems as groups in email - it’s not clear which channels exist, which ones are still active, and where a particular discussion should take place. On Discourse, discussions will be visible to everyone so it doesn’t matter as much which category you choose when a topic is created. And if it seems like a topic should later be moved to another cat…

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