So seriously, what’s going to replace Discord? Everyone wants to leave, but to where?

And no, Matrix is not and will never be a viable alternative

I’ve seen mentioned these: * Stoat - pretty much same UI, based in UK, not sure where they get $$ * Fluxer - looks virtually like 1:1 Discord clone, based in Sweden, has paid tier pretty much like Nitro on Discord on official server * Nerimity - a little different UI, but still very Discord-y, based in UK, sourced from donations * Movim - this one is interesting, but it’s not really Discord style app; it looks more like cross breed between IM and social network (FB/X), origin in France * Strafe - looks like Discord, supposedly have e2ee * Spacebar - reverse engineered Discord, IDK about maturity of this one * Adapt - another wanna be

Saw this a few days ago.

It’s literally on Fluxer.

Pros:

• AGPLv3, WITHOUT a CLA
• Familiar Discord UI
• Text and voice channels
• Images, attachments, gifs
• Emojis, reactions
• Screensharing and video calls
• Main server runs decently fast
• Federation is coming
• Not based in UK or US

Cons:

• Only 1 dude working on it
• You can optionally buy Plutonium, which isn’t necessarily bad, they need money
• No mobile app yet (they’re working on it)
• The main server has had some downtime… which I think are just growing pains
• I don’t have friends to invite to Fluxer