#SLACK CLIENT SOURCE ZIP FILE#

The front-end app renders the interface with React and visualizes data with amCharts (really, could be anything because Cube.js is visualization agnostic).

#SLACK CLIENT SOURCE ZIP FILE#

Slack Vibe takes a ZIP file with public data exported from any Slack workspace, imports it in an embedded SQLite database, and spins a Cube.js backend.Job's done!Īnd here's how it works, technology-wise: Either by click or via Cmd+K, we can toggle the ultimate filter popup, which allows filtering data by any user and (or) channel while selecting various periods and metric granularities. Here's when the real power of Cube.js comes to play. These are the questions we can answer in a few seconds just by looking at Slack Vibe.īut hey, remember the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Slack! What is a week by week message count on a certain channel? Which emoji are used the most by a particular user? 🐱.What are the hottest days of a week and hours within a day? 🔥.How fast is the community or team growing? 🚀.Do people share more messages or express more reactions over time? 📊.Slack Vibe provides various insights into public activity in a Slack workspace: Meet Slack Vibe 🎉, the open-source analytics for Slack! So, we decided to build an application that answers all kinds of questions about Slack with data and beautiful visualizations. However, it sounded like a no-brainer for Cube.js with its support of various granularities for time dimensions. Surprisingly, there was no way to learn this from Slack and it's built-in features. He just wanted to know a week by week message count on a particular channel. That's why the discussions on Slack often become the source of inspiration for new features of Cube.js and new examples of how Cube.js can be fit for different uses cases.Ī few weeks ago, a community member asked whether Cube.js integrates with Slack Analytics. It's the place where developers share their experience, ask for advice, and connect with the Cube.js team. In this post, we tell a story of a single question in our community Slack, which led to unforeseen consequences and resulted in the launch of an open-source product for all communities and teams using Slack.Ĭube.js has a vibrant and growing community that is quite active on Slack.

Slack client source