Hi everyone,

I just had my account deactivated from Discord for ToS violation (I didn’t do anything wrong, I just tried to send a friend request), but that’s not the most important thing.

Now that I no longer have an account, and I’ve been wanting to leave Discord for a while for a better, self-hosted, open-source alternative, this is the best time.

I know of Matrix, XMPP servers and applications that work very well, but none of them work in the same way, or have the same feel as Discord. I see more alternatives for professional use than for gamers or communities.

Revolt exists, but last time I checked, you can’t really host it yourself, and I haven’t read good things about it. (I don’t remember the website listing all the negative aspects.)

That brings me to my two questions.

  1. Can you list some alternative to Discord that I probably don’t know ?
  2. If you want a alternative to Discord, what are your requirements to using it ? I’m not saying I can or will, but I think I can try to create one.

PS: I already trying to get my account back (but I have the same response from the support and I can’t send request to “Appeals & Age Update Requests” because of ToS violation) and even if I manage to get it back I really want to leave discord right now.

  • BRINGit34
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    1 month ago

    I think Element has the best chance of being a viable discord alternative. Especially with matrix 2 around the corner.

    Element X (their new mobile app) loads as quickly as discord and supports e2e calls as well as chat.

    It is a different app than discord though. It does not feature the nice server layout that discord is kind of known for but it is planned with spaces.

    I say give Element another year or two and it will be a very formidable chat program.

    And I have no doubt they are doing well financially and will continue to push improvements as matrix is very widely used. I mean hell apparently Nato uses it

    • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      Element X is fast Indeed.

      There are more cool organisations that use Element.

      • US navy
      • US space force
      • French government
      • German defence force

      It’s more a Skype alternative at the moment though.