Dagr

Privacy-centric, self-hostable team chat. A Slack alternative you run yourself.

UI is changing during early development, and might not be acurate.

Why Dagr

• Channels and DMs. Public and private channels, mentions, reactions, and scheduled send.
• Workspace docs. A markdown wiki beside chat. Mention pages with [[slug]].
• Notifications. In-app inbox and OS alerts, per account and per channel.
• Incoming webhooks. Native JSON or Slack-compatible payloads.
• Cloud or self host. One Compose file on your infra, or Dagr Cloud when you would rather not run a server.
• Desktop and web. macOS, Windows, and the same UI in a browser. Several servers at once.

The project is early. Treat it as something to try, not as production-ready chat yet.

Try it

Download the macOS or Windows app from www.dagr.no. After install, sign in to Dagr Cloud or a server you host.

Self hosted workspaces are not on a plan. History is unlimited. Dagr Cloud is Free (90 days of history) or Pro at €7 per seat.

See Compare if you are leaving Slack, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip, or Element.

From source

You need Docker, Node.js 20+, and pnpm. Put a shadcnblocks Pro key in client/.env (see client/.env.example) if you change the client UI.

git clone https://github.com/kilobyteno/dagr.git
cd dagr
make compose-up

The API listens on http://localhost:8383. The web UI is at http://localhost:4173. Check the API with curl -s http://localhost:8383/api/v1/health.

make client-install
make client-dev

On login, choose Self-hosted and enter http://localhost:8383. Create an account and a workspace.

Stop the stack with make compose-down.

More

• Compare
• Quick start
• Self-hosting
• Contributing

Licence

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE.