Discord Alternatives

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Not much here yet, but I plan to populate this community with various resources about all the potential alternatives for discord. I'll mainly focus on programs like discord, but I'll also share some about other alternatives similar to programs like Teamspeak or Signal.

Feel free to post any articles, reviews, etc you find or any general discussion you may have.

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Here's an interesting Discord alternative for video meetings:

MeetingGlass -- Video meetings through mutual virtual frosted glass:

  • ✓ Everyone sees everyone through frost simultaneously.
  • ✓ Just like looking through a physical glass: no one-way viewing.
  • ✓ Click to see each other clearly – you both agree to unfrost together.

Made for when you're sick of:

  • Work meetings where you need to look "professional" on camera
  • Study sessions where you're distracted by being seen
  • Hanging out with friends but feeling "on display"

How it works:

Like physical frosted glass, everyone experiences the same visibility:

  • Cameras ON → Everyone sees everyone through frost.
  • Your camera ON = See others. Their camera ON = See you.
  • Click to unfrost → They confirm → You see each other clearly (or both stay frosted)

Why people like it:

  • 🔒 No creepy watching – everyone's equally visible and frosted
  • 😌 Comfortable presence – you can be there without feeling stared at
  • ⚡ Easy on your computer – won't slow down your work
  • 🚀 No sign-up nonsense – just install and go
  • ⏱️ Set up in 60 seconds – really, that fast

The useful stuff it does:

• Auto-join a meeting when you start your computer • Select collective frosted privacy settings • Make everyone's video the same size • Quickly share your screen when needed

Perfect for: Remote workers, classmates, and anyone who wants to hang out on video without feeling "on display".

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When gaming with friends, many times we'll share our screens simultaneously so we can help keep track of group members if we get split up.

Are there any discord alternatives with this feature?

Bonus points if it allows you to also toggle on/off the audio from the share separately from their microphone.

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Fluxer looks like a promising app in the vein of FOSS replacements like Spacebar/Stoat, being a UI inspired by or cloned from Discord. Though seemingly it might lean more towards Freemium than FOSS.

I'm a little confused about the Pricing model, can someone clear this up for me please?

In the monetization model for Fluxer, on the main instance you pay $5/mo to:

  • Unlock limits to things like the number of communities, message character limit, etc that are not limited by default on self hosted instances (?)

  • Get features like "Custom video backgrounds, Custom entrance sounds, Custom notification sounds" that are enabled by default on self-hosted instances (?)

Or is the idea here that if you don't pay the dev $5 you don't get access to certain features in the self-hosted free software like video streaming features? (They are only in beta now)

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This is a very incomplete post (so far) of discord alternatives. In the near future, I'll add rankings and in depth information on each alternative. Stuff may be slightly inaccurate or miscategorized for a little while as I start my research. I will also add links and other info as time goes on.

Discord like

  • Stoat (formerly Revolt)
  • Mattermost ($$$ Built for enterprise)

Signal Like

  • Matrix

Teamspeak Like

  • Mumble

Slack Like

  • Rocket.Chat

Forum Like

  • Discourse

Need to Categorize

  • Zulip
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