Brief

Campfire is presented as a free, open-source team chat product that Jason Fried says is worth evaluating instead of paying for Slack or similar tools. He highlights Small Bets as proof that Campfire supports major customization and claims AI makes it easier to tailor the software for different use cases.

title: @jasonfried: Didjaknow Campfire is totally free and open source? If you're paying big bucks f...
author: jasonfried
contenttype: twitterpost
published: 2026-03-05T00:26:25+00:00
source_url: https://x.com/jasonfried/status/2029352798673059887

word_count: 53

Tweet by @jasonfried

Didjaknow Campfire is totally free and open source? If you're paying big bucks for Slack (or equivalent) it's really worth giving Campfire a shot. And you should see what the folks at http://smallbets.com have done with it. Major, major customization. AI can quickly take it all sorts of places. Get Campfire here: https://once.com/campfire

Posted: 2026-03-05T00:26:25.000Z
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