Movim2d ago

Want to help spread the word about Movim as an alternative to Discord, Slack, Telegram, and more?

Drop a ❤️ and a comment on https://alternativeto.net/software/movim/about/ 🫶

The more visibility we get, the more people will discover and join the network ✨

#movim #xmpp #alternative #discord #alternative #foss #opensource

Movim: Decentralized social platform with self-hosting and XMPP support

Decentralized social platform built on XMPP, supporting self-hosting, cross-network communication, group chat, video calls, blog publishing, and user data ownership.

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Show threadNinmi2d ago

@movim EDIT: disregard this, Movim has neither of these problems

I think we're too eager to suggest alternatives that might not yet be ready to replace Discord. People are just going to immediately leave with a lasting negative impression when the client doesn't have dedicated voice channels and screen share requires a webcam.

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@Ninmi Did you tried Movim and saw it was lacking those features ?
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Show threadNinmi2d ago

@movim I made an account yesterday.

But I can now correct it's *not* actually lacking either. I managed to think the Create button actually *calls* people with the phone icon despite it explicitly not reading "Call". Also, https://github.com/movim/movim/issues/1575 this issue said screen-share without webcam was not planned, but it *did* work, the issue just confused me.

Can't express how excited I am about this project! My bad!

Not possible to screen-share without a webcam · Issue #1575 · movim/movim

If you try to create a video conference call, the browser will request webcam permission and not allow you to share your screen. If I don't have a webcam plugged to my desktop, this makes screen-sh...

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