I mostly lurk here, and I know we’ve had this discussion come up a number of times since Discord’s age verification changes were announced, but I figured this video offers value for the walkthrough and comparative analysis. Like me, the video authors aren’t seasoned self-hosters, and I’ve still got a lot to learn. Stoat and Fluxer both look appealing to me for my needs, but Stoat seemingly needs self-hosted servers to route through their master server (unless I’m missing something stupid) and I replicated the 404 for Fluxer’s self-hosting documentation seen in the video, so it’s looking like I’m leaning toward a Matrix server of some kind. Hopefully everyone looking for the Discord exit ramp is closer to finding it after this video.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
      7·
      7 hours ago

      Yes, but it isn’t a Discord replacement, but rather a WhatsApp replacement.

      https://movim.eu/ is xmpp based and might be more suitable as a Discord replacement, but to be honest it isn’t quite there yet if you are looking mainly for a voice chat app.

        • aksdb@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 hours ago

          But then it’s not chat anymore. Or screenshare.

          There are many good tools that solve individual issues. But Discord solved many of these issues in one tool, and that also has its charme.

          • briffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            The project I posted here yesterday focuses on providing text, voice and screen share. My goal is to provide an easy to host tool for those three things. Check it out if it’s just those you want in a single package.