The self-hosted Slack alternative that puts you in control
Get the seamless collaboration your team loves with the 100% data sovereignty your IT department demands. Virola Messenger is a high-performance, private team chat designed for secure enterprises.
Why move away from the cloud?
Slack is convenient, but is it secure enough for your corporate data?
When you use a cloud-based messenger, your company's most sensitive conversations, project roadmaps, and documents live on someone else's server. Virola offers a self-hosted Slack alternative that eliminates third-party risk:
- 100% data ownership: your data stays on your hardware, behind your firewall.
- Air-gapped messenger: perfect for high-security environments with no Internet access.
- No extra costs: control your costs by hosting on your own infrastructure.
Key Virola features that make it best self-hosted Slack alternative
Everything you expect from a modern messenger, hosted by you:
| Feature | What Virola provides |
|---|---|
| Integrated Kanban board | Unlike Slack, Virola’s self-hosted task board is built in, and no third-party plugins are required. |
| Continuous voice and video meetings | Voice and video meetings with unlimited recording and permanent history. |
| Live avatars | A non-intrusive way to see team presence and foster a ‘virtual office’ feel. |
| Unlimited history | Never lose a message to a ‘free tier’ limit. Your history is yours forever. |
Security that goes beyond encryption
While other Slack alternatives talk about security, Virola allows you to build a fortress:
- LDAP / Active Directory Integration: manage user access through your existing corporate directory.
- Flexible user permissions framework: control exactly who can create rooms, update messages, delete files, or access specific project boards.
- Secure file transfer: share large files without them ever touching a public cloud.
Straightforward deployment
Host Virola Messenger your way, on your terms:
- Virola is a lightweight, high-concurrency platform that won't bloat your servers.
- Server support: Windows Server, macOS, Linux.
- Client support: desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux, mobile apps for iOS and Android.
- API integration
Stop renting your communication space. Own it instead. Join the growing number of organizations switching to the most stable self-hosted Slack alternative on the market.