Ultimate Development Team Chat setup?

Question

I want to set up an internal chat server for our medium-sized development team (10ish people). Ideally the system would have the following properties:

• Access via desktop clients as well as a web-interface
• Persistent group chat rooms
• Logging of chats with a web interface with search
• Some easy way to share screenshots
• Ability to hook in external events like deploy & build notifications
• Self host-able on Linux, ie not a web service

Does anyone know of a package or setup guide fulfilling these requirements?

Answer 1

Hi, have you looked at yammer.com? Seems like it could be a fit for your needs.

Also, if your team uses email heavily for collaboration, here is a "beta" level product that could enhance that experience: http://yoxel.com/personal-commitment-manager.html