# evanyeung/terminal-slack

Terminal client for slack

Repository: https://github.com/evanyeung/terminal-slack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/terminal-slack
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: slack, terminal, javascript, node
Last push: 2019-01-16T07:29:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4134, "days_push": 2786, "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 1029, forks 75 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.650646+00:00)

## What it is
A terminal-based Slack client built with Node.js that lets users browse channels, users, and messages and send replies entirely from the command line. It uses keyboard shortcuts (vim-style navigation) and a legacy Slack API token for authentication.

## Use cases
- use slack from the terminal
- check slack messages without leaving the command line
- keyboard-only slack client
- vim-style navigation for slack
- lightweight slack client for ssh sessions

## When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want Slack without a GUI or browser
- you want a lightweight, keyboard-driven Slack interface over SSH

## When to avoid
- you need current Slack features like threads, huddles, or blocks - it relies on deprecated legacy API tokens
- you need a maintained client - the last release was in 2019

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chat-interface, terminal-ui, http-client
- domain: messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: slack-client, terminal-app, keyboard-driven, legacy-api-token, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- evanyeung/terminal-slack (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.650646+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 2026-08-30T07:07:38.859019+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/evanyeung/terminal-slack (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.650646+00:00, sha 1acdd7e37068)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.