SaveSlack
Productivity
knowledge base
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well for archiving a community
From 1 comment
Love this! Just used it to archive one of my slack communities and it worked great.
czue on HN
Good idea for turnkey searchable Slack archives
From 1 comment
Great to see something that's turnkey here! For those who need "unlimited power" to build structured data from Slack, I'm a big fan of Skyvia's Slack connector…
btown on HN
Objections
Looks more like a searchable index than a structured knowledgebase
From 1 comment
This is neat, but it seems a bit more like just a searchable index and not so much like an actual structured "knowledgebase". https://kbclip.com/ is something we've been using as…
michaelbuckbee on HN
Uploading private chat archives to a third-party site is a privacy concern
From 2 comments
Will I be able to remove my slack archive from this site after uploading it?
Macacity on HN> I'll add an option to self-host the tool itself too if it's something people want Having the source available under a license allowing me to locally inspect, build, and run it…
3np on HN
Name may conflict with Slack trademark
From 1 comment
Start thinking about what you will rename to when Slack send you a C & D for using their name in yours.
schnebbau on HN
Solves a problem that should not exist; use Confluence or Zulip
From 2 comments
Solving a problem that shouldn’t exist. Use other products like Confluence
dijonman2 on HNAlternatively -- use Zulip
mushufasa on HN
Requests
Self-hosting option with source available under a license
From 2 comments
Is it possible to self-host?
orlandrescu on HN> I'll add an option to self-host the tool itself too if it's something people want Having the source available under a license allowing me to locally inspect, build, and run it…
3np on HN
Support for Microsoft Teams
From 1 comment
Is there a solution like this for Microsoft Teams ?
awsation on HN
Deletion of uploaded archives
From 1 comment
Will I be able to remove my slack archive from this site after uploading it?
Macacity on HN
Questions
How does search indexing work under the hood
From 1 comment
What's the search indexing architecture look like under the hood?
kampsduac on HN
Can an uploaded archive be removed
From 1 comment
Will I be able to remove my slack archive from this site after uploading it?
Macacity on HN
Alternatives named
kbclip
From 2 comments
This is neat, but it seems a bit more like just a searchable index and not so much like an actual structured "knowledgebase". https://kbclip.com/ is something we've been using as…
michaelbuckbee on HNHey, I was just looking into kbclip the other day, that looks really solid. It works within the native Slack app, which is a nicer experience than trying to replicate data into…
fideloper on HN
linen.dev
From 2 comments
what is the difference to http://linen.dev/?
squid322 on HNHi I'm the author of Linen.dev. I can elaborate a bit on this. There are a ton of free tools that offer some form or another of this service. About half of the communities that…
cheeseblubber on HN
AnswerOverflow for Discord
From 1 comment
I've built a solution for this for Discord, it's called AnswerOverflow! (https://www.answeroverflow.com/) Doing this indexing work is a bit different on Discord as their privacy…
rhyssullivan1 on HN
Glean
From 1 comment
Glean is pretty great!
kfrzcode on HN
Skyvia Slack connector
From 1 comment
Great to see something that's turnkey here! For those who need "unlimited power" to build structured data from Slack, I'm a big fan of Skyvia's Slack connector…
btown on HN