Halla
Native Slack wrapper app without the bloat
Halla is yet another "native" app for accessing your Slack teams. It tries to be more conservative with resources. Halla is built on nw.js, which takes less resources than Electron (most other wrapper apps) or MacGap (Slack official app).
Config
Create a file called ~/.hallarc. You may add as many Slack teams here, as well as any arbitrary URLs.
[services.myteam]
name = My Slack
url = https://myteam.slack.com
[services.otherteam]
name = Their Slack
url = https://otherteam.slack.com
[services.facebook]
name = Messenger
url = https://messenger.comYou may add any URL (!), but only certain sites get extra features (eg, Slack team icons and badge notifications).
Developer setup
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### Under the hood - [nw.js](http://nwjs.io/) for the native wrapping - [nwjs-builder](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nwjs-builder) to simplify management of different nw.js versions - [Decca](https://ricostacruz.com/decca) for virtual DOM - [Brunch.io](http://brunch.io/) + Sass + Autoprefixer for CSS A few notes on how it's put together: - There's no JS transpilation. This means no JSX (a bit painful, but you'll get used to it!). - No Gulp, Grunt or whatnot--just plain npm scripts with [npm-run-all](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-run-all). - nw.js is in `--mixed-context` mode to make things a bit simpler. ### Starting up ```sh git clone https://github.com/rstacruz/halla.git cd halla npm install ``` ### Running Run it with `npm start`. Note that it'll download nw.js on its first run (pretty big). ```sh npm start ``` Or run it with the SDK (more resource-intensive, but has *Inspect Element*): ```sh npm run start:sdk ``` ### Testing ```sh npm test ``` ### Packaging This will create OSX `.app` files in `/dist`. This is automatically done by Travis on every new version (ie, new git tags). ```sh npm run dist ```Limitations
Most everything you expect will work, except for a few things:
- Slack sounds (help me find out why!)
- Native notifications (they'll use Rich Chrome Notifications instead)
- Flash (ie, Spotify/Soundcloud won't work)
- Skype plugin (Skype works, but no calls)
Alternatives
Here are some more feature-rich alternatives to Halla:
Thanks
halla © 2016+, Rico Sta. Cruz. Released under the MIT License.
Authored and maintained by Rico Sta. Cruz with help from contributors (list).
ricostacruz.com · GitHub @rstacruz · Twitter @rstacruz