I&#x27;ve been using Slack (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slack.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slack.com&#x2F;</a>) for a while too... it does everything useful, and everything it doesn&#x27;t do natively, there&#x27;s an integration for. You can do:<p>- Private chat with one or more parties<p>- Open Group chat via channels (both private and public channels)<p>- Voice&#x2F;Video via numerous integrations including Bluejeans, Appear.in, Skype, Hangouts, you name it.<p>- ChatOps via services like IFTT &amp; Zapier or even your own custom bridge into your network.<p>- Get notifications right in Slack from your source control, build servers, JIRA, Confluence and any number of other services via webhook integrations.<p>- A billion other wicked cool integrations (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slack.com&#x2F;apps" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slack.com&#x2F;apps</a>) that allow you to do just about anything, including the eternally useless, often inappropriate and highly amusing Giphy.<p>- It&#x27;s free(ish)... the featureset is restricted on the free account, but it has enough to be useful to small startups even of adhoc members. For teams there is a small per user&#x2F;per month charge which unlocks a wealth of enterprise ready features.<p>- It&#x27;s searchable<p>Highly recommended and well worth a look for small and large teams alike.