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Description

Elevate your communication experience with Aritic Swarm, where traditional messaging transforms into an interactive platform featuring text formatting, emojis, and seamless sharing that fosters internal team collaboration. This tool enables your entire team, as well as cross-functional teams, to work more efficiently and accelerate business growth. Instantly share media, videos, and files directly from your computer with anyone, enhancing the speed of information exchange. Move beyond simple one-on-one conversations by creating group chats, initiating video calls, and utilizing various text formats such as bold and italics. Turn your discussions into tangible actions by creating and assigning tasks within Aritic Swarm rooms, thereby pushing your team towards smarter collaboration. If you appreciate marking important messages in your inbox, Aritic Swarm offers a similar feature that allows you to tag and save crucial discussions for future reference, helping you easily pick up where you left off. Additionally, Aritic Swarm Meetings ensure compatibility across both mobile and desktop devices, making it a versatile choice for all users. With this comprehensive messaging solution, your team will not only communicate better but also collaborate more effectively to achieve shared goals.

Description

Spokes is a self-hosted communication platform offering text, voice, and video chat for families, friend groups, and small teams. It provides a simple, private alternative to cloud-based services like Discord and Slack, giving you 100% control over your data on your own hardware. Everything runs inside a single lightweight Docker container with no external database required: • Organized text channels, private DMs, and native GIF support • Built-in LiveKit voice & video channels with noise cancellation • Shared photo albums for preserving high-resolution family & group pictures • Group event calendar and availability tracking • Free native iOS and Android apps with end-to-end encrypted push notifications • Optional password-encrypted channels and full OIDC / SSO support Spokes Server is free to self-host forever with unlimited users. An optional per-server Spokes Pass ($45/year for your entire server, no per-user fees) unlocks the mobile push notification relay after a 2-month free trial.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Amazon S3 Yes 
Authelia No 
BigMarker Yes 
CallPage Yes 
ConnectWise Automate Yes 
FullContact Yes 
Gmail Yes 
Instagram Yes 
Leadpages Yes 
LinkedIn Yes 
LoginRadius Yes 
MSG91 Yes 
MailOptin Yes 
Mailjet Yes 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Yes 
ThriveCart Yes 
Vtiger CRM Yes 
Zuora Yes 

Integrations

Amazon S3 Yes 
Authelia Yes 
BigMarker No 
CallPage No 
ConnectWise Automate No 
FullContact No 
Gmail No 
Instagram No 
Leadpages No 
LinkedIn No 
LoginRadius No 
MSG91 No 
MailOptin No 
Mailjet No 
Microsoft Dynamics 365 No 
ThriveCart No 
Vtiger CRM No 
Zuora No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

$45 one-time
The self-hosted server is free, with unlimited users and channels and free web/PWA notifications. Spokes Pass is a one-time purchase: $45 per instance for one year or $70 per instance for two years, unlocking native mobile push. Each server receives a two-month push trial; there is no per-user fee. Pass purchases are non-refundable.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App No 
Android App Yes 
Windows Yes 
Mac Yes 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Aritic

Founded

2015

Country

India

Website

aritic.com/aritic-swarm/

Vendor Details

Company Name

Logiciel PCBee inc.

Founded

2026

Country

Canada

Website

www.spokes.sh

Product Features

Collaboration

Brainstorming No 
Calendar Management No 
Chat / Messaging No 
Contact Management No 
Content Management No 
Document Management No 
Project Management No 
Real Time Editing No 
Task Management No 
Version Control No 
Video Conferencing No 

Employee Communication Tools

Activity / News Feed No 
Audio / Video Conferencing No 
Blogs No 
Chat / Messaging No 
Employee Directory No 
Event Calendar No 
File Sharing No 
Knowledge Management No 
Newsletter Management No 
Surveys & Feedback No 

Internal Communications

App Integration No 
Blogs No 
Chat/Messaging No 
Email Management No 
Employee Directory No 
Event Calendar No 
Newsletter Management No 
Photo Gallery No 
Social Sharing No 
Survey Management No 
Telephony No 
Video Chat No 
Voice Chat No 

Screen Sharing

Annotations / Drawing Tools No 
Desktop / Browser Sharing No 
Mobile Screen Sharing No 
Presenter Control Management No 
Remote Control No 
Screen Capture No 
Screen Mirroring No 
Screen Recording No 

Team Chat

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) No 
File Sharing No 
Groups / Channels No 
Payments No 
Search / Filter No 
Self-Destructing Messages No 
Stickers / GIFs No 
Threaded Discussion No 
Video Conferencing No 
Voice Calling No 

Team Communication

Activity / News Feed No 
Audio Calls No 
Calendar Management No 
Chat / Messaging No 
Discussion Threads No 
File Sharing No 
Mobile Access No 
Push Notifications No 
Search No 
Surveys & Feedback No 
Task Management No 
Video Conferencing No 

Video Conferencing

Electronic Hand Raising No 
Mobile Access No 
On-Demand Webcasting No 
Presentation Streaming No 
Presentation Tools No 
Private Chat No 
Real-Time Chat No 
Record & Playback Ability No 
Screen Sharing No 
Two-Way Audio & Video No 
Video Conferencing No 
Whiteboard No 

Product Features

Team Chat

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) No 
File Sharing No 
Groups / Channels No 
Payments No 
Search / Filter No 
Self-Destructing Messages No 
Stickers / GIFs No 
Threaded Discussion No 
Video Conferencing No 
Voice Calling No 

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