Squads – a Minimalist Alternative Teams Client
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A new open-source alternative to Microsoft Teams, called Squads, has been released on GitHub, sparking interest among HN users looking for minimalist team collaboration tools.
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For anyone on Linux and wanting a pretty mature alternative, please check-out:
https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux