@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place
Post #2269208
2026-02-09 22:59 UTC
Zulip
* Fully released
* Free
* Open Source
* Self-hostable
* No E2E
* Uses external plugins for calls
* Great moderation tools
* Supported everywhere
Zulip on paper sounds so close to being good! But dozens of weird UI choices forced me away. Zulip's UX is far more like a set of forums than a chat app. It's trying something new and I commend it for that, but I think it'll be a hard sell for many people.
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@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-09 22:59
Spacebar * Early days * Free * Open Source * Self-hostable * No E2E * No calls (yet) * Mod tools just like discord (soon) * Only a web app I'll admit this isn't a serious consideration, but deserves a call-out. Spacebar is an attempt to re-implement the discord server itself with identical API. This could be a great transitionary tool, it could plausibly mean we get all the good of Discord with none of the crap, but it's simply nowhere near ready from what I can tell.