--- layout: page title: Spectrum 2 --- ## Spectrum 2 frontends and backends Spectrum 2 supports multiple IM networks. Spectrum 2 distinguishes between **Frontend** and **Backend** networks. If some network is supported as **Frontend**, it means that Spectrum 2 allows its users to use this network to communicate with other users using the **backend** network. #### Example If you for example use **Slack** as a frontend and **IRC** as a backend, the Spectrum 2 users can add Spectrum 2 to their Slack team, join the IRC network and communicate with their friends on IRC network. This page contains the list of currently supported frontends with the basic information about them. ### How to change frontends Frontends are switched in Spectrum 2 config file using the following option: Section| Option| Value -------|-------|------ service|frontend|Name of the frontend. ### List of frontends Name| Supported network ----|------------------- `xmpp`| XMPP (Jabber) `slack`| Slack