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The heartbeat of the Software Underground is its free, open chat group. We use Mattermost — it’s easy and fun to use (just like Slack used to be!). Sign up now or read on to find out more…

 
 

Main features

  • Completely free for everyone, forever.

  • User-friendly apps for desktop and mobile, and a web application.

  • High signal:noise — it’s all digital subsurface, all the time.

  • Lots of channels for special interest topics (see below).

  • Direct messages between individuals and groups people.

  • Audio chat between groups of up to 15 people.

 

Code of Conduct

We are committed to maintaining a safe, welcoming, inclusive space for everyone. We hold all participants to our Code of Conduct and take complaints seriously.

 

Channels

The conversations take place in ‘channels’. This helps keep conversations on-topic.
The most active channels in the Software Underground are:

  • ~Town Square for anything in the digital subsurface.

  • ~Python for Python programming news and Qs.

  • ~Machine Learning for everything data science.

  • ~Open Geoscience for news on open data & code.