Linen.team
Productivity
team messaging
SHOW HN2024
124points
64comments
#698of 3,515 in 2024
Top 20%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 5 for, 2 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
The !mention versus @mention distinction for urgent messages
From 3 comments
> 400 KB Can/will you maintain this devotion to optimization when shipping a a desktop client? If it could not be Electron, that would be great. I love the differentiation…
sgarland on HNother people being able to choose wether something is "hey this might be relevant to you" level vs "Hey, this needs your attention now" is something i actually like, given how…
gotimo on HNContrary take: Thank goodness! Finally a useful distinction between "we want to include you" and "you must interrupt what you're doing to look at this now, now, _NOW_!" De facto…
jonathaneunice on HN
Clean design that feels familiar to Slack users
From 2 comments
This looks really nice. It’s similar to Slack, but still has it’s own distinctive feel.
Aeolun on HNThat sounds good, thanks!
stavros on HN
Objections
Pricing of $9 per user per month is high for messaging
From 3 comments
Pricing is a tricky endeavor but personal opinion --- $9 per user per month is a little excessive just for messaging compared to the competition.
jqpabc123 on HNIndeed - Twist has been doing this thread-first slack alternative thing for a while and even that is $6/user.
TheCapeGreek on HNYeah, that's more than what Slack charges with almost none of its features. To me the lack of huddles would be a dealbreaker, they really made quick ad-hoc sync ups better.
M4v3R on HN
Lacks developer ecosystem and third-party integrations
From 2 comments
If this is just a replacement chat tool, it's fine - and a great start. But if you want to replace Slack, you need to focus on the developer community and third-party…
apimade on HNWell... first class...? It's first class in the sense that it's proven good enough to help them to become successful. But in the meantime it's a hot mess of deprecations…
sverhagen on HN
No self-hosting option for data sovereignty
From 2 comments
Can this be self managed? Major plus if so. Not everyone goes to the cloud by default. There are many orgs out there that want full data sovereignty for better infosec without…
arcza on HNGuess the answer as usual is no.
arcza on HN
Requests
Webhook and third-party integrations
From 2 comments
If this is just a replacement chat tool, it's fine - and a great start. But if you want to replace Slack, you need to focus on the developer community and third-party…
apimade on HNIs there a way for automations to post messages with web hooks? That's usually the easiest automation-type feature to implement on the platform and for users
ohghiZai on HN
Desktop client
From 2 comments
Do you have any plans to release a desktop-compatible bundle?
hwbehrens on HN> 400 KB Can/will you maintain this devotion to optimization when shipping a a desktop client? If it could not be Electron, that would be great. I love the differentiation…
sgarland on HN
Self-hosting or single-tenant option
From 2 comments
If this is just a replacement chat tool, it's fine - and a great start. But if you want to replace Slack, you need to focus on the developer community and third-party…
apimade on HNCan this be self managed? Major plus if so. Not everyone goes to the cloud by default. There are many orgs out there that want full data sovereignty for better infosec without…
arcza on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Zulip or Twist
From 2 comments
How does Linen compare to Zulip?
stavros on HNHow do you distinguish your product from Twist? I like the two levels of mentions, but that's not enough to convince me to jump by itself.
smallerfish on HN
How Slack Connect style cross-organisation chat is handled
From 1 comment
Awesome! I’ve been desperately looking for a slack alternative. In part I want something more lightweight, and nowadays there are so many little upsells that get in the way. My…
memset on HN
Alternatives named
Slack
From 1 comment
As someone who has officially given up on having any semblance of keeping up with the never ending fire house of totally unmanageable slack threads, channels, DMs etc, especially…
llamaLord on HN
Zulip
From 1 comment
How does Linen compare to Zulip?
stavros on HN
Twist
From 1 comment
Indeed - Twist has been doing this thread-first slack alternative thing for a while and even that is $6/user.
TheCapeGreek on HN
Basecamp
From 1 comment
That sounds similar to Basecamp tbh.
ahartmetz on HN
Delta Chat
From 1 comment
Taking the long road back to Delta Chat? https://delta.chat/en/
stonogo on HN