@glennmagusharvey@sakurajima.moe
Post #2855625
2026-02-24 18:22 UTC
@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.
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@pteryx@dice.camp 2026-02-24 20:20
@glennmagusharvey@sakurajima.moe @alexanderniki@techhub.social I suspect he's asking more why they already exist... and that's likely because a lot of people with technical knowhow and capacity for long-term pattern recognition saw this coming.
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@viq@social.hackerspace.pl 2026-02-26 00:19
@glennmagusharvey@sakurajima.moe I also like Zulip (FOSS, not federated) @alexanderniki@techhub.social