# Mattermost

Mattermost Team Edition is an open source, self-hosted Slack-alternative. 

It's written in Golang and React and runs as a single Linux binary with either MySQL or Postgres. Every month on the 16th a new compiled version is released under an MIT license. 

- See [product documentation](http://docs.mattermost.com/) for full details. 
- Learn more about the project at [https://mattermost.org](https://mattermost.org). 
- Download now from [https://mattermost.org/download](https://mattermost.org/download).

Get Started: 

- **Preview Mattermost** - If you use Docker, try [a single-line install](http://docs.mattermost.com/install/docker-local-machine.html#one-line-docker-install).
- **Developer Machine Set Up** - See [http://docs.mattermost.com/developer/developer-setup.html](http://docs.mattermost.com/developer/developer-setup.html)
- **View All Install Guides** - See [http://www.mattermost.org/installation/](http://www.mattermost.org/installation/)
 
Get Involved:

- **Contribute Code** - View our [Code Contribution Guidelines](http://docs.mattermost.com/developer/contribution-guide.html) and find [open tickets accepting pull requests](https://mattermost.atlassian.net/issues/?filter=10101)
- **Discuss Contributions** - Join our [Developer Discussion](https://pre-release.mattermost.com) for contributors on the nightly builds server
- **File Bugs** - Search for existing bugs and [file a GitHub issue if your bug is new](http://www.mattermost.org/filing-issues/) 
- **Share Feature Ideas** - Add a [feature idea to be discussed or upvoted](http://www.mattermost.org/feature-requests/)
- **Get Troubleshooting Help** - Search articles and [add a topic if the issue is new](https://forum.mattermost.org/t/how-to-use-the-troubleshooting-forum/150)  

Learn More: 

- **API Options** - Understand API options via [webhooks, slash commands, drivers and RESTful Web Service](http://docs.mattermost.com/developer/api.html).
- **Localization Guide** - Learn [how Mattermost supports different languages](http://docs.mattermost.com/developer/localization.html#translation-process). 

Get the Latest News: 

- **Twitter** - Follow [MattermostHQ](https://twitter.com/mattermosthq) on Twitter for the latest updates.   
- **Email** - Subscribe to our [newsletter for announcements](http://mattermost.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6cdba22349ae374e188e7ab8e&id=2add1c8034) (1 or 2 per month).  
- **IRC** - Connect with us on IRC Freenode at #matterbridge (thanks to the [matterircd](https://github.com/42wim/matterircd) project).

Any other questions, mail us at info@mattermost.com. We’d love to meet you!