Messaging software application
For other uses, see
Slack .
Slack Original author(s) Stewart Butterfield , Eric Costello, Cal Henderson , and Serguei Mourachov[1] Developer(s) Slack Technologies (Salesforce )Initial release August 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08 ) [2] Written in Electron (C++ , JavaScript , TypeScript , React , Redux , etc.),[3] Hack (backend)[4] Operating system Microsoft Windows , macOS , Linux , iOS , Android [5] Available in 12 languages[6] List of languages
Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), English (UK), English (US), French (France), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain)
Type Collaborative software License Proprietary Website slack .com
Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform developed by Slack Technologies , which has been owned by Salesforce since 2020. Slack uses a freemium model . Slack's primary userbase is businesses, and has functionalities primarily for businesses.[7] [8]
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