Lechat
Productivity
team chat
SHOW HN2013
34points
45comments
#719of 1,739 in 2013
Top 42%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple UI
From 3 comments
We've been using lechat for the last few weeks and we are very happy with it. The UI is simple and clean. Fast history search is the killer feature for us. A number of nice UI…
spovzner on HNLooks clean and simple. What's your backend infrastructure? Didn't see much technical detail in the FAQ :)
aeontech on HNGreat job, guys! Lechat is surprisingly powerful despite its lightweight and simple ui.
shatlovsky on HN
Fast history search
From 2 comments
We've been using lechat for the last few weeks and we are very happy with it. The UI is simple and clean. Fast history search is the killer feature for us. A number of nice UI…
spovzner on HNWe have a distributed team of 4 engineers in 3 different locations. We have been using lechat.im for the last month and it has improved the information flow dramatically. Before…
grishick on HN
Responsive support and fast feature updates
From 1 comment
We're a team of five (two work remotely) at Citybot -- Lechat works very well for us. History is always there, no ridiculous kissing smiley faces (hello Skype), no ridiculous out…
zhenya_k on HN
Objections
No native clients yet and no XMPP support
From 2 comments
Does not work with XMPP. We're opting for high-quality native clients for everything (coming soon).
lechat on HNDoes this work with XMPP? Also, any chance of Pivotal Tracker integration? I've tried HipChat, Jaconda, Hall, Skype, etc... still trying to find something that works well for our…
avree on HN
Fake-looking names on the site reduce trust
From 1 comment
The fake names are disconcerting for a product that will handle sensitive information (chats). (edit: unless 2 co-founders are genuinely named Bob Smith and John Doe, in which…
citricsquid on HN
Encryption and backups not listed on the site
From 2 comments
Are your chat logs encrypted and suitably protected? Losing your chat logs could be very damaging for a company - knowing that logs are safe is a required feature for us.
lebski88 on HNThat should be in the list of features on home page.
aeontech on HN
Requests
Native clients
From 2 comments
We're a team of five (two work remotely) at Citybot -- Lechat works very well for us. History is always there, no ridiculous kissing smiley faces (hello Skype), no ridiculous out…
zhenya_k on HNDoes not work with XMPP. We're opting for high-quality native clients for everything (coming soon).
lechat on HN
Pivotal Tracker integration
From 2 comments
Does this work with XMPP? Also, any chance of Pivotal Tracker integration? I've tried HipChat, Jaconda, Hall, Skype, etc... still trying to find something that works well for our…
avree on HNHi there. We'll integrate with Pivotal Tracker - we're sort of implementing integrations on demand.
lechat on HN
Hosted offering where teams own their data
From 2 comments
any plans to let us own our data - as in a hosted offering? The idea of my teams chats being owned only by me appeals
demandingdata on HNYeah, we're working on an appliance version of the product.
lechat on HN
XMPP support
From 2 comments
Does this work with XMPP? Also, any chance of Pivotal Tracker integration? I've tried HipChat, Jaconda, Hall, Skype, etc... still trying to find something that works well for our…
avree on HNBut you're chat for developers! You're never going to be able to offer the level of customization people get out of Adium/Messages/their chat client of choice. Facebook took this…
avree on HN
Questions
Are chat logs encrypted and backed up
From 2 comments
Are your chat logs encrypted and suitably protected? Losing your chat logs could be very damaging for a company - knowing that logs are safe is a required feature for us.
lebski88 on HNYes. Encrypted filesystem, continuous encrypted backups.
lechat on HN
What backend infrastructure is used
From 1 comment
Looks clean and simple. What's your backend infrastructure? Didn't see much technical detail in the FAQ :)
aeontech on HN
Alternatives named
IRC with emacs
From 2 comments
Still no features that I don't have in IRC+emacs. Except for the code highlighter/formatting which is ok, but not enough.
mapleoin on HNI can search an emacs IRC buffer (it's just like searching a text file) or if I want to search everything I can just grep in my logs directory and get search results in emacs…
mapleoin on HN
HipChat
From 2 comments
Does this work with XMPP? Also, any chance of Pivotal Tracker integration? I've tried HipChat, Jaconda, Hall, Skype, etc... still trying to find something that works well for our…
avree on HNOK. I wish you luck. HipChat uses XMPP, by the way. http://help.hipchat.com/knowledgebase/articles/64377-xmpp-jabber-support-details
avree on HN
Skype
From 2 comments
We're a team of five (two work remotely) at Citybot -- Lechat works very well for us. History is always there, no ridiculous kissing smiley faces (hello Skype), no ridiculous out…
zhenya_k on HNWe have a distributed team of 4 engineers in 3 different locations. We have been using lechat.im for the last month and it has improved the information flow dramatically. Before…
grishick on HN
Hangouts and gTalk
From 1 comment
We have a distributed team of 4 engineers in 3 different locations. We have been using lechat.im for the last month and it has improved the information flow dramatically. Before…
grishick on HN