Expanding the Mattermost ecosystem with new partnerships and integrations

As the operational hub for defense, government and technology enterprises, Mattermost is committed to connecting technical organizations and their people, processes, and tools for mission-critical work.  Mattermost v8.0 is focused on increasing your team’s operational efficiency, … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 9 months ago

Mattermost security updates 7.10.4 / 7.9.6 / 7.8.8 (ESR) released

We’re informing you about a Mattermost security update, which addresses medium-level severity vulnerabilities. We highly recommend that you apply the update. The security update is available for Mattermost dot releases 7.10.4, 7.9.6 and 7.8.8 (Extended Support Release), for both … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 9 months ago

Why software development errors matter

Learn why error reduction should be an essential part of any technical or operational team’s software development and management strategy. Software development errors can wreak havoc on organizations. When software bugs make it into production due to human error, organizations ca … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 9 months ago

How to deploy a Node.js and PostgreSQL App on Render

The news that Heroku is discontinuing its free tier has sparked widespread concern in the developer community. Since then, many developers have been looking for free alternative hosting platforms to host and test their web applications. To address these concerns, Render was creat … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 10 months ago

Mattermost Pro Tips: Optimizing channel headers in Mattermost

Want to give channel activity a boost? Learn how using your channel headers can help your team find essential information faster. Channels are at the core of how teams collaborate in Mattermost. While team conversations take center stage, every channel is packed with additional f … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 10 months ago

Data security at scale: How IT modernization impacts cybersecurity and data access for the U.S. Department of Defense

Public sector organizations have more data at their disposal than ever, but enacting cybersecurity and data management policies for one of the largest organizations in the world presents a new challenge for their IT and security teams. As more and more of the public sector enact … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 10 months ago

Mattermost security updates 7.10.3 / 7.9.5 / 7.8.7 (ESR) released

We’re informing you about a Mattermost security update, which addresses low- to medium-level severity vulnerabilities. We highly recommend that you apply the update. The security update is available for Mattermost dot releases 7.10.3, 7.9.5, and 7.8.7 (Extended Support Release), … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 10 months ago

5 reasons technical teams choose open source alternatives to Discord for effective, secure collaboration

Learn why open source alternatives to Discord like Mattermost are better collaboration solutions for technical and operational teams. Discord has become a popular platform for digital communities to meet, collaborate, and hang out. It’s easy to use, versatile, and offers a wide r … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Web APIs for Advanced Web Development

Web APIs, also known as browser APIs, can enhance a browser’s functionality. They are built into the browser using JavaScript, allowing you to quickly implement complex functionalities.  Web APIs are very useful in web development as they let developers carry out complicated acti … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Mattermost Pro Tips: How to get the most from group notifications in Mattermost

Want to give your messages a boost? Learn how to use group notifications to amplify messages in Mattermost and reach the right members of your team every time. One of the great things about channel-based collaboration is the ability to reach multiple team members all at once. Gro … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Embracing delays: Ensuring quality and innovation in Mattermost releases

At Mattermost, we strive to deliver exceptional products and services that exceed customer expectations. We understand the importance of timely releases, but sometimes there are circumstances that necessitate a delay.  After years of continuous innovation, we’ve decided to pause … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Implementing Caching in NodeJS Applications with Redis

Redis, which stands for Remote Dictionary Server, is an in-memory database that stores data in key-value pairs. Since Redis is an in-memory database, data is stored in your device’s RAM rather than on a traditional disk which makes the data incredibly fast but also very volatile. … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

How your development team can streamline release management with the right collaboration platform

More than 26,000 software vulnerabilities were discovered in 2022 – a new record – and critical vulnerabilities were up 59% over 2021, the previous record-high year. In other words, despite years of DevSecOps, software doesn’t seem to be getting more secure. Release management ca … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Mattermost security updates 7.10.1 / 7.9.4 / 7.8.5 (ESR) released

We’re informing you about a Mattermost security update, which addresses medium-level severity vulnerabilities. We highly recommend that you apply the update. The security update is available for Mattermost dot releases 7.10.1, 7.9.4, and 7.8.5 (Extended Support Release), for both … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Understanding AI security for your organization

While organizations are quickly adopting AI to automate tasks and improve operations, it’s important to consider the security risks associated with integrating AI into your company’s processes and software. AI not only brings an opportunity to increase efficiency but also introdu … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Support for Extended Support Release 7.1 has ended

Upgrade to ESR v7.8 for improved security and performance, mobile app compatibility, and enhanced user experience As of May 15, 2023, Mattermost Extended Support Release (ESR) version 7.1 is no longer supported. If any of your servers are not on ESR v7.8 or later, upgrading is re … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 11 months ago

Mattermost Boards How-to: Meeting Agendas

Whether you’re scheduling a one-on-one or a company-wide meeting, or somewhere in between, you’ll want to make sure the meeting was productive for all attendees. With the “Meeting Agenda” template from Mattermost Boards, you and your team can come to every meeting prepared and le … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 12 months ago

Collaboration platforms are the new work hub for technical teams

Effective digital collaboration is more essential than ever. Here’s how technical teams are staying aligned and connected with collaboration platforms. Since digitization has become the standard across all industries, more work is being done online. As a result, technical teams a … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

How to overcome the biggest challenges in software R&D

“Every business is a software business.” Those words were first said by software-quality pioneer Watts Humphrey well over a decade ago. At the time it was a bold statement. Today, it’s table stakes. No matter your industry, you likely use or produce some combination of interactiv … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

User story: How a global media company reduced costly outages by implementing a secure DevSecOps collaboration platform

Catastrophic failures — such as a security breach or a complete outage leading to an unavailable product or service — are classified as Sev0 incidents. On a severity scale of 1–3, Sev0 is dire. It brings business to a complete standstill and may lead to loss of revenue and a dama … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Getting Started with Django, Part 1

Django is a Python-based web framework that traces its roots all the way back to 2003. The first public release was in July 2005 and it’s been free and open source ever since. The framework is used by big projects, including Instagram, Clubhouse, and Mozilla. In this tutorial, yo … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

User story: How automating reporting helps a top 3 bank improve MTTR by 90%

Imagine being one of the world’s largest banking institutions and experiencing a critical severity security incident that affects millions of customers and billions of dollars. Now imagine it takes 20 minutes from the first notification to log a response and track down all releva … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Getting Started with Django, Part 2: Using Forms

In Part 1 of this series, we learned about the Django MTV model, and how to set up a basic Django Todo list web application. In this article, let’s put your new Django skills to use by applying CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations to your Todo list app. Django forms … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost Boards How-to: Sprint Planning

Mattermost Boards is an easy-to-use and lightweight tool to manage your backlog, plan your sprints, and so much more! Create fully customizable boards to track tasks and bugs. Boards are updated instantly as soon as any changes are made, so your teams can stay in sync with a sing … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost Wants to Buy Pizza for Your Meetup Group

Are you part of a technology meetup group that talks about open source technologies, Kubernetes, Go, React/React Native, cloud architecture, DevOps, CI/CD, or other related topics? Mattermost wants to sponsor your in-person meetups and put some pizza on the table! All you have t … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost security updates 7.9.2 / 7.8.3 (ESR) / 7.7.4 / 7.1.8 (ESR) released

We’re informing you about a Mattermost security update, which addresses medium-level severity vulnerabilities. We highly recommend that you apply the update. The security update is available for Mattermost dot releases 7.9.2, 7.8.3 (Extended Support Release), 7.7.4 and 7.1.8 (Ext … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with Ionic & Angular: Tabs

Ionic is a popular mobile development framework that allows developers to use web technologies to produce mobile applications that work on iOS and Android. Roughly 20% of applications available on Google Play are built with Ionic, which has been a powerful mobile development fram … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Community Spotlight: Mattermost ChatGPT bot by Sebastian Müller

If you’re interested in integrating AI with Mattermost, then it’s very easy to get started with this recent community project from Sebastian Muller that connects ChatGPT to your Mattermost server. You can use the repository to launch your own Mattermost ChatGPT bot in a Docker co … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost Pro Tips: How to customize Mattermost notifications for optimal productivity

Feeling lost in a sea of messages? Here’s how to configure and customize your Mattermost notifications for the right balance of productive collaboration and focus. You’ve got a fresh cup of coffee on your desk, and you’re ready to dig into some focused work time. But before you c … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Public Holiday Alert: Troubleshooting a Kubernetes ETCD Server

Picture this: you are spending an evening with your friends when you receive an alert from your Kubernetes control plane: “Great, just what we needed on a public holiday,” you think to yourself. But what does it mean? And why now? Of course, during a public holiday, all the odd a … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

How to Use Custom Deep Links in a React Native Expo App

Mobile applications often need to be accessed quickly using a URL link targeted at the precise app. Deep linking is how this inter-app navigation process is made possible.  In case you’re unfamiliar, deep linking is an approach that guides a user to specific in-app content in a m … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost security updates 7.9.1 / 7.8.2 (ESR) / 7.7.3 released

We’re informing you about a Mattermost security update, which addresses a high-level severity vulnerability. We highly recommend that you apply the update. The security update is available for Mattermost dot releases 7.9.1, 7.8.2 (Extended Support Release) and 7.7.3, for both Tea … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost v7.9 is now available

This new release includes Boards System and Team admin access and Compliance APIs. Mattermost v7.9 is generally available today. With this latest release, we’ve added Boards System and Team admin access and Compliance APIs. High-level access and management for all boards in a wor … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost Boards How-to: Project Management

Whether you’re working on a small feature or a large cross-team initiative, you’ll need a way to track tasks and keep everyone up-to-date. Managing projects on spreadsheets isn’t optimal for most teams, and specialized project management tools may lack flexibility and robust comm … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Deploying Mattermost with Zarf for highly secure air-gapped collaboration

Mission-focused teams that operate in contingency environments – think military branches, the intelligence community, NASA – increasingly depend on collaboration software. They need to share information quickly, nimbly, and securely. And they want to carry that out in contextual … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost security updates 7.8.1 (ESR) / 7.7.2 / 7.1.6 (ESR) released

We’re informing you about a Mattermost security update, which addresses medium- to high-level severity vulnerabilities. We highly recommend that you apply the update. The security update is available for Mattermost dot releases 7.8.1 (Extended Support Release), 7.7.2, 7.1.6 (Exte … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Building a CRUD FastAPI app with SQLAlchemy

Learning how to build web apps with FastAPI — a modern Python web framework that allows you to build high-performance web apps — is worth your time. FastAPI is easy to learn, fast to code, and ready for production. In this tutorial, you ‘ll learn how to build the backend of a bas … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost wins ‘best innovation in communication and messaging’ in DeveloperWeek DEVIES Awards

It’s with great pride we announce Mattermost has won the 11th annual DEVIES Award for Best Innovation in Communication and Messaging. The award was presented on February 15 during DeveloperWeek 2023. The Mattermost platform distinguished itself as the most effective collaboration … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

How to build a CI/CD pipeline in Travis CI for a Django app on Heroku

Creating an automated flow that controls how changes will be incorporated into the main application and how these new changes will be deployed is a key component of the continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) practices. By utilizing Travis CI, you can integrate … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost v7.8 is now available

This new Extended Support Release includes updates to Boards filters and groups. Mattermost v7.8 Extended Support Release is generally available today. With this latest release, we’ve added improved filters and groups for Boards. More options for viewing your boards means more wa … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Mattermost Solutions for GitLab: Deep integration to ship software faster 

Around the world, thousands of DevSecOps teams are shipping software faster and more reliably by integrating Mattermost with their self-hosted GitLab deployments. When combined, these platforms connect developer toolchains with real-time communications, audio calling, screen shar … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Best Search Packages for JavaScript

The demand for search functionality is growing, and many developers are trying to incorporate it into their applications. However, building one from scratch is challenging and time-consuming. Fortunately, many open-source libraries are available to relieve developers of this burd … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

The ultimate guide to scanning Kubernetes workloads using Trivy-Operator

Testing is a vital aspect of security. Unfortunately, there are vulnerabilities that bypass the testing stage and introduce flaws in the production environment.  Kubernetes vulnerabilities make more impact when exploited on running applications and production environments. These … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

4 strategies for optimizing productivity for technical and operational teams

Organizations globally have been keeping a close eye on the economy — and some conflicting economic signals. The Federal Reserve and other central banks around the world continue to raise interest rates even though inflation has begun to ease. Major brands are also trimming staff … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Graph neural networks are all you need

Graph neural networks are one of the hottest topics in machine learning in 2023.  With applications ranging from DeepMind’s award-winning AlphaFold to Google Maps to Netflix’s state-of-the-art recommendation system, graph neural networks are everywhere. This article aims to prese … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

What Matters to You? Introducing Our New User Feature Idea Portal

We have rolled out “What Matters to You?” a new feature idea and feedback portal for our community and customers to collect your feedback! You can access our new portal at: https://mattermost.com/suggestions/.  In addition to providing your free-form feedback, we also have a few … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Dynamic routing in Next.js using REST and GraphQL APIs

Next.js is a React framework for building fast and user-friendly web applications, building API endpoints, and accessing databases. Overall, Next.js simplifies full-stack development. Next.js is lightweight and built for speed, performance, and search engine optimization (SEO). B … | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 1 year ago

Turning Neovim into a Full-Fledged Code Editor with Lua

Read this tutorial to learn more about how you can turn Neovim into your own personal customized code editor with Lua. | Continue reading


@mattermost.com | 2 years ago