Raven is a simple work messaging tool that is built using Frappe and can be installed on any new or existing Frappe site (e.g. in addition to ERPNext or FrappeHR). It is designed to help teams collaborate and communicate with each other and get work done. Teams can create their own channels (publically viewable or private) and send messages, emojis, files and image.
Motivation
Raven was born out of a need to have a simple work communication tool that could replace Slack for us at The Commit Company. Most work communication tools in the market had the following problems:
They include many features like video calling, audio sharing on top of work messaging which are not required for small teams. However, these features are expensive to build and run.
Hence, they require payments for every user every month - regardless of how much time a user uses the tool or how many messages they send. This meant that we would have to pay for "mostly inactive" users as well.
We were already using ERPNext hosted on Frappe Cloud for our operations. Since all our users were already on ERPNext and we were paying for the server, we thought that a simple Frappe app can solve our work communication problem - and we feel there are many other teams and organizations who would benefit in a similar way.
Features
Send messages to all members in your organization (in an "open" channel), or just in your team in a private channel
Create new channels for your team and your team members
Send text messages 💬, code blocks 💻, emojis 😆, files 📑 and images 📸
Mention users in your messages with "@"
React to messages with emojis 🎉
Preview image/PDF files 📁
Comprehensive search 🔍 functionality for all your messages, files, channels and users
Don't strain your eyes 👀 - Raven supports dark mode 🌙
Built with
Raven is built using the Frappe Framework - an open-source full stack development framework.
These are some of the tools it's built on:
The frontend is built using React and the following tools:
frappe-react-sdk - simple React hooks to interface with a Frappe framework backend - built and maintained by us at The Commit Company.
