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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
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  • Can divert people from open documentation
  • Notifications can be overwhelming
  • Very 'heavy'

Confluence Wiki

Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Trello

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Organize short- to long-term tasks
  • Description: Task boards
  • Link: https://trello.com/yunity
Tip
titlePro
  •  Fast access to all tasks because of non chronologic structure
Warning
titleCon
 

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
 

GitHub

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (When coding) yunity source code and tasks
  • Description: Source code management
  • Link: https://github.com/yunity/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Waffle.io

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Sometimes) Developer task management
  • Description: Task board for GitHub
  • Link: https://waffle.io/yunity/yunity
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Google Docs Image Modified

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Newsletter, Translation, Specification
  • Description: Word processor
  • Link: https://docs.google.com
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 

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Docs and Image storage
  • Description: Cloud storage
  • Link: https://drive.google.com
Tip
titlePro
  •  Free space that's accessible from everywhere
Warning
titleCon
  • Not very organized at the moment
  • Many people don't even know what's all on there
Etherpad (incl Titanpad)

Sometimes used

Doodle

  • License: Open source Proprietary online service
  • Current usage:   (Frequent) Taking minutes & temporary co-editingSometimes) Organizing WuppDays participants
  • Description: Collaborative editorScheduling tool
  • Link: httpshttp://paddoodle.riseup.netcom/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
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Trello

Dudle

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Organize short- to long-term tasksOnce) Organizing WuppDays participants
  • Description: Task boardsScheduling tool
  • Link: https://trello.com/yunitydudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/
Tip
titlePro
 Fast access to all tasks because of non chronologic structure 
Warning
titleCon
 
Doodle

Invision

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Sometimes) Organizing WuppDays participantsSeldom) UX/UI mockups
  • Description: Scheduling toolUser experience prototyping
  • Link: http://doodlewww.invisionapp.com/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Dudle

Jitsi Meet

  • License: Proprietary Open source online service
  • Current usage: (Once) Organizing WuppDays participantsSometimes) Video meetings for
  • Description: Scheduling tool
  • Link: https://dudlemeet.inf.tu-dresden.dejit.si/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
GitHub

Skype

  • License: Proprietary online servicesoftware
  • Current usage: (When coding) yunity source code and tasksSeldom) PR channel and video meetings
  • Description: Source code managementVideo chat
  • Link:
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 

Mediawiki

Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
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Waffle.io

Proposed tools

Taiga

  • License: Proprietary online serviceOpen source
  • Current usage: (Sometimes) Developer task managementyucon
  • Description: Task board for GitHubscrum and kanban
  • Link: https://waffletree.taiga.io/yunity/yunity
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Invision

Gitlab

  • License: Proprietary online serviceOpen source (community version)
  • Current usage: (SeldomNone) UX/UI mockups
  • Description: User experience prototypingcode, test and deploy together
  • Link: httphttps://wwwabout.invisionappgitlab.com/
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
titleCon
 
Skype

agilefant

  • License: Proprietary softwareOpen source
  • Current usage: (SeldomNone) PR channel and video meetings
  • Description: Video chatscrum, storytree
  • Link: https://app.agilefant.com
Tip
titlePro
 
Warning
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Jitsi Meet

openProject

  • License: Open source online service
  • Current usage: (SometimesNone) Video meetings for
  • Description: scrum, wiki, calendar
  • Link: https://meetyunity.jitopenproject.si/com
Tip
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Warning
titleCon
 

  

Confluence Wiki

MeisterMind

  • License: Proprietary online service
  • Current usage: (Frequent) Organization of yunity contentyucon
  • Description: collaborative mindmapping + task managment in combination with mindtask (kanban)
  • Link: https://yunitywww.atlassianmindmeister.netcom/
Tip
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Warning
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Mediawiki

diigo

  • License: Open source
  • Current usage: (Seldom) foodsharing.de guideline translation on : research
  • Description: helpful tool for research
  • Link: https://wikiwww.yunitydiigo.org/ Description: Wiki softwarecom/user/paul_free

 

Kolab

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

open-xchange.com

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

 

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