# haskellcamargo/sclack

The best CLI client for Slack, because everything is terrible!

Repository: https://github.com/haskellcamargo/sclack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sclack
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: slack, slack-api, cli, cli-app, terminal
Last push: 2022-12-08T10:56:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2949, "days_push": 1364, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2478, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.206592+00:00)

## What it is
Sclack is a terminal-based CLI client for Slack written in Python, aiming to bring a full-featured Slack experience to the command line. It supports multiple workspaces via Slack tokens and can render images as ASCII art using caca-utils.

## Use cases
- read and send Slack messages from the terminal
- use Slack without leaving the command line
- manage multiple Slack workspaces in a TUI
- render Slack image attachments as ASCII art in the terminal
- use Slack over SSH on a remote server

## When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want Slack there too
- you're working on a headless server or over SSH
- you prefer lightweight keyboard-driven chat clients

## When to avoid
- you need a polished, fully-featured Slack experience
- your workspace doesn't allow legacy tokens and you want simple setup
- you need reliable, actively maintained software - the project is alpha and updates are infrequent

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: chat-interface, cli, http-client
- domain: messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform
- tags: slack-client, terminal-ui, slack-api, ascii-images, nerd-fonts, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- haskellcamargo/sclack (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.206592+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:17.688450+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/haskellcamargo/sclack (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.206592+00:00, sha 697e787b05ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.