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What collaboration tools do yunity contributors use?

This page is a collection of all tools, including advantages and disadvantages.

Feel free to add content and comments. Please do not delete or modify other peoples contributions without asking.

Sorted approximately by activity and/or number of participants.

References

Decision proposal: https://trello.com/c/QzSukfwO/1-choice-of-collaboration-tools

Work tracking: https://trello.com/c/mISMiYxT/57-assess-currently-used-collaborative-tools-and-competitors

 

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Regularly used

Slack Image Modified

Tip
titlePro
  • All messages and content saved
  • Well developed with ongoing development
  • Many useful integrations
Warning
titleCon
  • Can divert people from open documentation
  • Notifications can be overwhelming
  • Very 'heavy'
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Confluence Wiki

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Newsletter, Translation, SpecificationOrganization of yunity content
  • Description: Word processor
  • Link: https://docsyunity.googleatlassian.comnet
Tip
titlePro
  • Very interactive
  • Pretty easy to use
  • Option to change directly or just comment
 
Warning
titleCon
  • Can get messy very fast if noone accepts or declines suggestions
  • Hard to know when something is really finished

Google Drive 

 

Trello

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage:   (Frequent) Docs and Image storageOrganize short- to long-term tasks
  • Description: Cloud storageTask boards
  • Link: https://drive.googletrello.com/yunity
Tip
titlePro
  •  Free space that's accessible from everywhere Fast access to all tasks because of non chronologic structure
Warning
titleCon
  • Not very organized at the moment
  • Many people don't even know what's all on there
Etherpad (incl Titanpad)
 

Etherpad

  • License: Open source online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Taking minutes & temporary co-editing
  • Description: Collaborative editor
  • Link: https://pad.riseup.net/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Trello

GitHub

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Organize short- to long-term When coding) yunity source code and tasks
  • Description: Task boardsSource code management
  • Link: https://trellogithub.com/yunity/
Tip
titlePro
 Fast access to all tasks because of non chronologic structure 
Warning
titleCon
 
Doodle

Waffle.io

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Sometimes) Organizing WuppDays participantsDeveloper task management
  • Description: Scheduling toolTask board for GitHub
  • Link: httphttps://doodlewaffle.comio/yunity/yunity
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Dudle

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  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Once) Organizing WuppDays participantsFrequent) Newsletter, Translation, Specification
  • Description: Scheduling toolWord processor
  • Link: https://dudledocs.inf.tu-dresden.de/google.com
 
Tip
titlePro
  • Very interactive
  • Pretty easy to use
  • Option to change directly or just comment
Warning
titleCon
 
GitHub
  • Can get messy very fast if noone accepts or declines suggestions
  • Hard to know when something is really finished

Google Drive 

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (When coding) yunity source code and tasksFrequent) Docs and Image storage
  • Description: Source code managementCloud storage
  • Link: https://githubdrive.google.com/yunity/
Tip
titlePro
 
  •  Free space that's accessible from everywhere
Warning
titleCon
 
Waffle.io
  • Not very organized at the moment
  • Many people don't even know what's all on there

Sometimes used

Doodle

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Sometimes) Developer task managementOrganizing WuppDays participants
  • Description: Task board for GitHubScheduling tool
  • Link: httpshttp://waffledoodle.io/yunitycom/yunity
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Invision

Dudle

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Seldom) UX/UI mockupsOnce) Organizing WuppDays participants
  • Description: User experience prototypingScheduling tool
  • Link: httphttps://www.invisionapp.comdudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Skype

Invision

  • License: Proprietary softwareonline service
  • Current usage: (Seldom) PR channel and video meetingsUX/UI mockups
  • Description: Video chatUser experience prototyping
  • Link: http://www.invisionapp.com/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Jitsi Meet

  • License: Open source online service
  • Current usage: (Sometimes) Video meetings for
  • Description:
  • Link: https://meet.jit.si/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Confluence Wiki

Skype

  • License: Proprietary online servicesoftware
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Organization of yunity contentSeldom) PR channel and video meetings
  • Description: Video chat
  • Link: https://yunity.atlassian.net
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Mediawiki

Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Proposed tools

Taiga

 
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Gitlab

  • License: Open source (community version)
  • Current usage: (None)
  • Description: code, test and deploy together
  • Link: https://about.gitlab.com/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

agilefant

Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

openProject

Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

 

  

MeisterMind

  • License:
  • Current usage: yucon
  • Description: colaborative collaborative mindmapping + taskmanagment task managment in combination with mindtask (kanban)
  • Link: https://www.mindmeister.com/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

diigo

 

Kolab

  • License: opensource (community version)
  • Current usage:
  • Description: e-mail, fileupload, calender, tasks etc.
  • Link: https://kolab.org/index.html

open-xchange.com

  • License: opensource (community version)
  • Current usage:
  • Description: connecting different opensource soultion into one plattform
  • Link: https://www.open-xchange.com/

 

Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon