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Mattermost

Communication
Ian Tien, Corey Hulen 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia MIT v10.x

Mattermost is an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations. Designed as an alternative to Slack, it was founded by a Canadian-led team and is widely used by enterprises and governments for secure communications.

#chat #messaging #collaboration #self-hosted
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Pidgin

Communication
Mark Spencer, Canadian community contributions 1997 Various, National GPL-2.0 v2.14.x

Pidgin is a free and open-source multi-protocol instant messaging client. Canadian open-source developers have long been contributors to Pidgin and its underlying libpurple library, which supports dozens of chat protocols.

#messaging #IM #chat #communication
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Web Experience Toolkit (WET-BOEW)

Communication
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 2013 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Accessible, multilingual front-end framework used across Government of Canada websites.

#web #accessibility #frontend #government
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GC Notify API

Communication
Canadian Digital Service 2019 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

API backend for GC Notify, a notification platform for government services.

#notify #api #government
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GC Notify Admin

Communication
Canadian Digital Service 2019 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Administration interface for GC Notify notification services.

#notify #admin #government
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GC Forms Client

Communication
Canadian Digital Service 2021 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Public-facing Next.js application for GC Forms.

#forms #nextjs #government
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