Post #346365

2026-02-09 20:53 UTC

okay I looked around a bit and if you want - decentralized chat - with &quot;multi-room&quot; spaces like discord - and plural-friendly features like changing your nickname and avatar per-room then the best option seems to be Cinny client for Matrix: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/cinny/ you can change your display with /myroomnick and /myroomavatar . there&#39;s really no perfect alternatives sadly, Discord just does too many things and nobody else does ALL of them but Matrix seems to have the best ratio of good stuff to bad stuff right now EDIT: holy shit have you guys seen https://movim.eu ??? it&#39;s a ton of discord-ish features including screen sharing, built on top of XMPP, and you can use the XMPP account you already have. This is awesome. #discord #matrix #chat #software

Replies (11)

@crimsonfall@mas.to 2026-02-09 21:33

@nycki@bark.lgbt yeah I’ve noticed that out of all the matrix clients out there, cinny has the most discord-like ui, although there is no voice chat there right now. though I suppose you could always use something like mumble in conjunction with cinny

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@austin@mstdn.party 2026-02-10 12:00

@nycki@bark.lgbt It should be said that, at least on Element, changing your account's display name or avatar seems to override all custom nicknames and avatars for rooms... I don't know if it's the case on Cinny but it is something to be aware of. Other than that, yeah, it's the best alternative out there... (See also https://joinmatrix.org.)

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@Zelzius@xn--ratatskr-r4a.de 2026-02-10 14:24

@SteffoSpieler@fellies.social look, the same problem we see all the time. Every client developer does their own thing, instead of marching all together. 😅

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@Hika@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 19:09

@nycki@bark.lgbt im quite enjoying Matrix myself!

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@Brahvim@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-11 19:19

Just putting this out there: There's also the Fluffychat Matrix client if you'd like a consistent experience across Android, desktop Linux, and *The Web!*

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@jsalvador@mastodon.social 2026-02-12 10:21

@nycki@bark.lgbt recently I found @commetchat@fosstodon.org which is a nice feature-rich client for Matrix and I'm giving it a try. Not perfect yet and pretty new, but... Meanwhile I like FluffyChat, specially on mobile. Quite better than Element, IMHO. But Cinny is also nice!

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@mrak@solarsystem.social 2026-02-12 10:24

@nycki@bark.lgbt If you are looking for something with a better user interface/experience, you could try Mattermost. The only downside is that its servers aren't federated in the same way as with matrix.

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@tekhne@mamot.fr 2026-02-12 10:48

@nycki@bark.lgbt @DeltaChat is excellent and does the job very well.

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@sabrinabonfert@wandering.shop 2026-02-12 11:19

@nycki@bark.lgbt how do all y'all go about finding Matrix rooms to join?

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@konsi@social.hdr-it.de 2026-02-13 06:00

@nycki@bark.lgbt have you seen https://docs.spacebar.chat ?

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@nando161@partyon.xyz 2026-02-13 10:07

@nycki@bark.lgbt https://prism-break.org/en/all/#instant-messaging

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