Post #2855624
2026-02-24 10:52 UTC
@glennmagusharvey@sakurajima.moe the more I look at all these discord clones the more I think that the right question is not how but why
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@glennmagusharvey@sakurajima.moe 2026-02-24 18:22
@alexanderniki@techhub.social because Discord is enshittifying (and people aren't satisfied with the current alternatives) That said I don't think there really are that many of them. The only FOSS alternatives I know of that are actually close to what Discord offers are Matrix, Stoat (Revolt), and now Fluxer. And then there's non-FOSS alternatives like Slack and root, but they have basically the same issue as Discord. People sometimes talk about IRC, Mumble, XMPP, and TeamSpeak and Steam chat (non-FOSS), but I don't see them covering the same niche as Discord. And I say this despite being an IRC lover.