# Mattermost vs Slack

**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577 "2017-07-26T12:58:11Z")
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#### Post date: [July 26, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-vs-slack/3577/10 "2017-07-26T13:50:54Z")

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I think you might be confused between Mattermost & Discourse here. The software you are reading this on right now is called [Discourse](https://discourse.org).

Mattermost is closer in functionality to Slack.

Discourse is closer in functionality to Google Groups (but like 10000x more awesome)

But hey, why pick one when you can use both and integrate them together 😉

> [@\[SOLVED\] Discourse integration with Mattermost](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/discourse-integration-with-mattermost/3581):
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> wave Hi everyone. I’m participating in the Google Summer of Code programme, working on [Discourse](https://discourse.org) (the software that you’re reading this in!). I’ve built a plugin for Discourse called discourse-chat-integration. It allows for “cross-posting” posts on Discourse into a number of different “instant messaging” applications, including Mattermost. This is great way to combine the long-form, ‘archive-ready’ conversations you may have on Discourse, with the “quick fire”, real-time nature of instant m…

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