Virola

Virola is a self-hosted corporate messenger and collaboration tool designed to safeguard teams against tracking, surveillance, and information leaks. According to the vendor, it offers a secure communication platform for businesses of all sizes, catering to small startups and large enterprises alike. Virola is utilized by various professionals and industries, including IT professionals, project managers, sales and marketing teams, human resources departments, and financial institutions.

Key Features

Secure Messaging and Collaboration: According to the vendor, Virola's self-hosted corporate messenger and collaboration tool aims to protect teams against tracking, surveillance, and information leaks. It provides a secure platform for businesses to collaborate, communicate, share files, hold meetings, and manage tasks.

Issue Tracking: Virola includes a built-in issue tracking system that, according to the vendor, allows users to convert messages to issues, set issue type and priority, assign issues, and attach unlimited files. Users can also filter and track progress on a task board.

Permanent Meeting Rooms: According to the vendor, users can create dedicated chat rooms for each department, conduct voice and video meetings, and join meetings from any device. They can also seamlessly share files of any type and size to enhance collaboration within their team.

Screen Sharing and Remote Control: According to the vendor, Virola enables users to securely share their screen in private or meeting rooms, granting participants the option to control their computer remotely. Users have the flexibility to choose the screen area to be shared or controlled and adjust sharing quality based on their internet connection.

User Profile Details: Virola allows users to display essential details such as user picture, name, department, job title, and social media information, according to the vendor. Additionally, users can include corporate contact information for easy communication.

Topic-Based Channels: According to the vendor, Virola facilitates structured collaboration by providing group chat rooms for different departments, projects, and teams. Users can post messages in plain text, HTML, code, or markdown, share files, schedule meetings, and create meeting agendas.

Voice Meetings: According to the vendor, users can conduct voice meetings in private and group chat rooms, join meetings from any device, and view ongoing meetings in the Virola rooms list. They can also share their screen for presentations and record meetings for future reference.

Live Avatars: According to the vendor, Virola offers the option to enable live avatars, providing a sense of live presence during meetings. It features an animated avatar mode with periodic camera shots and a live video streaming mode for conference calls. Users can adjust the frequency and quality of shots in the options.

Screen Sharing: According to the vendor, Virola allows users to share their screen in any private or meeting room. Users can choose the specific area of the screen to share and select the sharing quality based on their internet connection.

Remote Control: According to the vendor, Virola empowers users to remotely control the screens of other users, enabling them to assist co-workers by controlling their computer. Users can activate remote control by sharing their screen and selecting the control area.