Ripcord

In case you are using Slack and Discord to keep in touch with your friends, then chances are that it is rather frustrating to switch from one to another to communicate with your friends, especially if you are also playing a game during this time.

Ripcord is a tool designed to provide a traditional interface for both these group-centric service so that you can access all your groups, games and friends from the same location.

The utility comes with a modern and intuitive interface that is designed as a dashboard so that you can quickly access the chats and friends you want. As you would expect, the tool imports your bookmarks, chats, groups and friends as they are available in the other apps.

Before you can get started, you need to connect to the tools, which is as easy as filling in the account Details for Slack. For Discord, it is a bit more complicated, as you need to open the tool in a browser and find the authorization token from the Network, XHR section of the web inspector. If you do not view the specified files, then hitting refresh usually solves this issue.

As far as the Preferences go, you can customize the fonts and colors, tabs, notifications, scrolling, display features, privacy settings as well as the behavior of the audio input device you are using.

It is worth mentioning that the application currently works with two services only, namely Slack and Discord. Given the sheer number of similar apps out there, it would have been nice if the program worked with other similar applications.

Ripcord is an easy to use utility that addresses anyone who uses Slack and Discord and that can make using these tools easier without clogging too much of your computer resources.