Shorter URL to this page:
drupal.org/slack
Introduction
Slack
is a proprietary, but free to use, platform for real-time threaded online chat. Chatting is organized into
workspaces
, and within workspaces, into
channels
. The Drupal community has a workspace known simply as "Drupal", with over 800 channels. Subsets of the Drupal community have also created their own separate workspaces.
Joining
Visit
to join. You will be redirected to sign in to Slack or create a Slack account. Once you are logged in, type "/help" to find out what to do from there.
The main Drupal workspace
The main Drupal workspace has a wide variety of channels for different topics.
Channels
Some popular channels are:
#announcements - The default channel, used for Admin announcements.
#general - The main water cooler, used for general Drupal discussion and light support questions.
#support - The main support channel, used for long or deep support discussions.
#session-help
#DrupalCon
#contribute - Used for any discussion related to contributing to the Drupal project.
#accessibility
#diversity-inclusion
#jobs and #jobs-remote
#drupal-seo
#governance
#documentation
#layouts - The Layout initiative have their meetings here.
#migration - Support for the migration ecosystem, with regular meetings.
#search
#sustainability-team
#ux - Used by the Usability team for discussions and meeting announcements
#womenindrupal
#nonprofits
#australia-nz - Australia and New Zealand Drupal community
#drupal-belgium - Belgian Drupal community (no longer using their own Slack Workspace!)
#drupal-colorado - Colorado Drupal Community
#drupal-germany
- Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and other German speaking Drupal community
#drupal-nl - Netherlands (and other Dutch speaking) Drupal community
#drupal-russia - Russian Drupal community
#drupal-ukraine - Ukrainian Drupal community
#drupal-saudi - Saudi Arabia Drupal community
#drupal-google - This channel for students and mentors involved in the Google Summer of Code program and anyone interested in learning more
#bugsmash - This is a Community Initiative to fix known bugs in Drupal Core
#needs-review-queue-initiative - Group of volunteers focussing on keeping the NR list for Drupal Core short
#drupal-infrastructure - Discussion of the Drupal project infrastructure
Many modules and themes have their own channels - for example:
#bootstrap
#commerce
#feeds
#gutenberg
#opensocial
#paragraphs
#views
#webform
#project-browser
- This channel for the Project Browser makes it easy for site builders to find and install modules.
#bootstrap_barrio
#experience-builder
Administrators
The following users have administrative privileges in this Slack. If you are a victim of, or witness to, harassment, or need help with the administration of the Slack workspace (for example, renaming channels) please contact an admin.
alannaburke
dbungard
drumm
dyannenova
hestenet
justafish
larowlan
markie
mlhess
newtoid
tim.plunkett
star-szr
ultimike
volkswagenchick
webchick
xurizaemon
Slack Usage Hints
Check the channel description and other details (such as pinned files and discussions) at the top before posting in a channel.
When talking directly to other users in public channels, prefacing their user name with @ will cause them to be notified of your message. Also, Slack will help you complete their user name with pop-up suggestions.
Be considerate when direct messaging other users, ideally checking in a public channel if it's OK to do so before messaging privately. Unsolicited direct messages or spam are typically unwelcome. Promoting your business, asking for a job, recruiting for an activity... unless you've been invited to do so by the individual it is not appropriate to send cold-DMs about these (or most other) topics.
Using
Slack's threading functionality
(look for the reply icon on your first comment) is encouraged as it better allows multiple concurrent discussions in the same channel.
You can set your status on the whole workspace by using the
/status
command. It can be an emoji or custom text. For example:
/status :)
. At midnight, it’ll be cleared automatically. You can also type
/status clear
to do this earlier.
You can use
/active
or
/away
to mark yourself as active or away.
You can put yourself in Do Not Disturb mode with the
/dnd
command. You can also specify the time using
/dnd [some description of time]
. For example, using
/dnd 11:50
, you can switch on the Do Not Disturb session till 11:50.
You can set a reminder to someone or a channel:
/remind [@someone or #channel] [what] [when]
. For example:
/remind @johndoe “Give me permissions to the docs” 19:40
You can create a poll using
/poll “question” “answer1” “answer2” “answer3” …
. For example,
/poll “What should I buy?” “Apple” “Orange”
Topical Slack Workspaces
Note: some of these may require an invitation to join.
Drupal4Gov (GovDrupal)
A slack team focused on Drupal in the Government community: Federal, State, and Local governments and those that support them.
Higher-Ed Drupal (edudu)
A slack team focused on the Drupal in Higher Education
Drupal Event Organizers (drupalcamporganizers)
A slack team of Drupal Event organizers from all over the world, focusing on issues such as budget, marketing, training, outreach, volunteer coordination, website building and more.
This Slack team has been archived in favor of the #event-organizers channel in the main Drupal Slack. Please
join us there
Administrators include: froboy, rocketeerbkw, eatings, hrodrig, fluxsauce.
Location-based Slack Workspaces
Asheville (drupalasheville)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in/from Asheville, NC, USA.
Bulgaria (drupal-bulgaria)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in/from Bulgaria.
Brazil (drupalbrazil)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Brazil.
Cameroon (drupalcameroun)
A Slack team for Cameroon Drupal community.
Canada (drupalcanada)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Canada.
Colombia (drupalcolombia)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Colombia.
Czech Republic (drupalcz)
A Slack for the Czech-speaking community.
Delhi (drupaldelhi)
A slack team working on Drupal camp and meetups in Delhi and NCR region (India).
France (drupalfrance)
A Slack team for the French-speaking Drupal community.
India (drupal-india)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in India.
Los Angeles (ladrupal)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Los Angeles.
MidCamp Conference & Chicago-area Meetups (midcamp)
A slack team focused on the organization of and participation in the MidCamp Drupal Camp and Chicago-area meetups.
Montreal (drupalmontreal)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Montreal, Quebec.
Nederland (drupalnl)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in the Netherlands, by the Stichting Drupal Nederland.
Norge (drupalnorge)
A slack team for the Drupal community in Norway, by the Norwegian Drupal Association.
NYC (New York City) (drupalnyc)
A slack team for the Drupal community in greater New York City.
Orlando (drupalorlando)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Orlando
Philippines (phdug)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in the Philippines and southeast asia.
Romania (drupal-ro)
A slack team focused on the Drupal community in Romania.
Drupal Sacramento (SacDUG)
A slack team focused on Sacramento (CA, USA) Drupal User Group.
San Francisco (SF-DUG)
A slack team focused on San Francisco (USA) Drupal User Group.
Seattle (SeaDUG)
A slack team focused on Seattle (USA) Drupal User Group.
Serbia (DrupalRS)
A slack space for the community in
Serbia
, mostly in Serbian but feel free to join and speak in English. Very friendly and welcoming as we are 🙂
Spain (drupal-es)
Spanish speakers channel for the Drupal community (as in #drupal-es in IRC). You may want to join #drupal-latina too!
Switzerland (drupal-switzerland)
If you are interested in presenting a talk or hosting a meeting, feel free to get in touch with us on the Drupal Switzerland Slack workspace:
Toronto (DrupalTO Canada)
A slack team focused on Drupal Toronto.
Twin Cities (@TCDrupal)
A Slack team for folks in the Twin Cities (USA), who attend Twin Cities Drupal Camp, or just have an interest in hanging out with TDDrupalers.
Vancouver (VanDUG)
A slack team focused on Drupal Vancouver (Canada) User Group.