I'm building an open-source, high-quality chat app called Inline. It aims to solve issues with Slack and Discord for work communication. Happy to answer any questions.

https://github.com/inline-chat/inline https://inline.chat

Website doesn't have any info about the product. I don't know which features are there going to be. Screenshots would be cool as well to evaluate UX. Frankly the github readme is more useful than the website in that regard.

You're correct. TBH I didn't want to spend time on the website more than a waitlist, instead focused on building the app. I intended the Github readme to show more about the project and I post updates with screenshots on Twitter/X. I'm putting up a docs page today to incrementally add more information about the roadmap, vision, Bot SDK, API docs, etc. Anything in particular you're curious about?

Are you planning on releasing the server as a standalone application? Or it will be source available client + proprietary server? I've checked Noor, which looks to have a nice UX and functionalities I'd like to see (chat and realtime voice channels) without gimmicks like threads inside chats, pretending to be forums. I am wondering why you've decided to start over again?

This has been the administration's response to such events for multiple times over the last 6 years (3 times to be exact, plus during the time of war with Israel) and the claim has always been Iran wants to shutdown internet forever. But in all those cases the access was re-enabled after a few or several weeks.

Right now the internet access is widening and some areas are already back to normal internet — but it hasn't been stable over the past week. https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir

Untrue — there is a large market for Apple devices, iPhones are super popular in Iran. Fun fact, IRL stores use iMacs because it looks good but they install Windows on them to be able to use their legacy Windows accounting software :)

Has YC rejected applicant because of possible visa issues due to country of origin because of travel bans? Should those still apply for YC?

These questions should be addressed to YC. All I can say is that I have seen founders from just about every country around the world accepted into YC.

Right, apologize about misunderstanding.

My question is in fact is there a chance to request waivers about founders seeking O1 visa that are affected by the recent travel ban on certain countries (with Iranian passport)?

I see. Yes, waivers are possible but the standard for them is high and reports so far are that the vast majority of such requests are being rejected.

Thank you for your answer

We've been developing a native work chat app that fixes the shortcomings of existing chat apps for work, called Inline (inline.chat).

It's still pre-alpha but we decided to open-source our client apps as we don't like to build in silence.

Also, we wanted to build more trust with the community maybe it helps to show we don't want to be yet another chat app that builds hype, gets acquired and shuts down.

I realize it's extremely hard to make a native chat app for multiple platforms, but we constantly hit web app limits building our previous web-based chat app. We'll be making native apps for Android (Kotlin), Web and Windows (Swift) after the macOS/iOS apps hit a baseline of features.

really happy to see There come to life again after 6 years since my original version which was also open-source: https://github.com/therehq/there-desktop

It was built in Electron which meant it was around 200mb and used a few hundred megabytes of RAM idle (!!)

Making a fast, easy to use native work chat app @ noor.to

It's a way to share messages, files, code snippets, links, without worrying about distracting others, or quitting the app yourself to avoid notifications. It uses around 10x less RAM than Slack/Discord/Teams and prioritizes fast moving teams over enterprises. High quality software over features. Features that work rather than half-backed list of smart/AI/notes/wiki/etc bloat.

what do you think causes the fatigue?

I think it's mainly the intensity of the sessions. You've got someone on the other end of a call so you don't really chill and take it easy. Creates some urgency to get the thing done and you're just a bit fried by the end.

This look awesome. Well done Lucas and inácio!

Thanks! =)

True. We mention this on the website too. But many people switched to bluetooth headsets because of AirPods thinking they are flawless — to my surprise even tech-savvy people, founders and engineers in meetings. The goal was to have a URL to send to them so they can test for themselves as some didn't believe or know what's the issue.