Post #2269215

2026-02-09 23:02 UTC

Here's hoping all that was useful to someone. I spent some time looking for a thread/post/blog like this when I first went searching, but couldn't find it, so here's me paying it forward for the next person.

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@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-10 17:17

For others reaching the end of this thread I want to call out the wonderful and similar work over on this blog post: https://taggart-tech.com/discord-alternatives/ Goes into a bunch more detail and has different priorities to me so may well fit your needs better.

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@shoren18@mstdn.social 2026-02-09 23:55

@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place It was helpful to me. I’m looking to replace a few different Discord communities that operate differently, and I think Zulip might be a good fit for one, and Matrix (& Element) might be a good fit for another.

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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange 2026-02-10 03:51

@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place is there room on here anywhere for Signal group chats, or are searchable channels a core feature requirement?

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@adamshostack@infosec.exchange 2026-02-10 05:45

@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place Thanks. I’m curious why you didn’t look at IRC. Old skool, but also, multi-client, federated, multiple full open source implementations, interoperable…

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@BLatro@vis.social 2026-02-10 10:53

@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place Maybe use Shakespeare to knock up your ideal Discord replacement? https://shakespeare.diy/ I'm possibly serious about this. It's built on nostr, which presumably could provide all the back-end tech you'd need.

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@fedithom@social.saarland 2026-02-12 15:43

@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place VERY useful, thank you!

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