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FOSS alternative to Discord?


Now that people have moved from reddit to lemmy I'm glad to be using more FOSS software. Now all that's left is discord but I can't find a good replacement.
in reply to Secret300

This really depends heavily on what parts of #Discord you're trying to replace, as nothing currently has a 1:1 similarity with it. #Matrix will likely get you most of what you want but self-hosting it can be quite a sizable task. #Mumble is an excellent choice if your main concern is voice rooms, text chat is not so great. The ""best"" option would probably be to mix mumble with xmpp, as both do what they're designed to do very well and are also quite easy to maintain.
in reply to eshep

Is self hosting Matrix really that hard? So far it looks like matrix is what I want. They don't have good voice features right now but it looks like they are working on it

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in reply to Secret300

I wouldn't say it was hard. The replication part of matrix can get very big, very fast. If you're not prepared for that, it could easily get out of hand.

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in reply to eshep

So basically have a lot of storage ready?

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in reply to Secret300

Confusion here between 'Service' and 'Software' methinks...

Here's Discord running in a FOSS browser...
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So I wouldn't be worrying about software.

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in reply to Ben

Alright buddy you got me I used the wrong term. I meant service
in reply to Secret300

Matrix is good but it feels more like a WhatsApp group or something. Definitely room there to have a client that’s more fun, like Discord
in reply to melmel

Been checking out matrix clients and so far Cinny looks and feels closer to discord and fluffychat is pretty good to. Both work better then element in my experience