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Sunshine@piefed.ca Joined: 2025-06-07

Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ive-tested-three-free-discord-alternatives-in-a-desperate-attempt-not-to-offer-up-my-personal-data-just-to-talk-to-my-favorite-weirdos/

stressballs@lemmy.zip Joined: 2026-01-30

Also worth a mention is Spacebar.chat, formerly fosscord. This is my favorite overall, but sounds almost like it's in the same spot as Fluxxer as far as where it is in the dev process.

But having used Discord heavily since 2016, I've got to say even at the time of pandemic I wouldn't really have considered Discord itself "feature complete", and really was it ever?

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de Joined: 2023-07-01

To save you a click (because its a waste of an article):

TeamSpeak, GameVox, Signal

Except for maybe GameVox, these are not really discord alternatives at all. But thats closed source and this is their pricing page 🤮
32kbps audio? 2h a month screenshare? 20 "AI banners" a month???? lmao. Get the fuck outta here.

a_good_hunter@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-03

Apparently Matrix no longer exists....

XLE@piefed.social Joined: 2025-06-23

Thankfully for Fluxer, E2EE and federation are not deal-breakers for the average Discord user, who has never had either of those things. The top priorities for a developer looking for Discord refugees should probably be speedy chat, media sharing, and smooth voice + video calls.

XLE@piefed.social Joined: 2025-06-23

This article definitely skipped out on a lot of potential alternatives, but I have tried Matrix myself and found it to be lacking.

atro_city@fedia.io Joined: 2023-08-05

People love to hate on Matrix, yet somehow it's being used by governments in Europe.

mr_noxx@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-12-23

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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de Joined: 2023-07-01

How is the screensharing with Signal? I never tried it back when i was using it.

7toed@midwest.social Joined: 2024-11-06

The biggest downside is that you cannot stream and use your camera. Compression can be pretty heavy sometimes as well

mr_noxx@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-12-23