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Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by Vaggumon@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Pretty much what it says on the tin, but for more context. My friends and I use Discord to play D&D and other TTRPGs. We also use it to send memes and just have conversations. We mostly do the chat, text, images, gifs, etc. But we also use the voice and video chat pretty regularly too. Screen share sometimes as well. So I'd like to try to find something that has all those features if possible.

The new ID or facial recognition requirement they are implementing is a deal breaker for a few of us, and so if I can set up some kind of alternative to make it a non-issue, I'd like to.

I'm running Ubunutu 22.04 LETS, AMD 3700X, 64GBRAM, 10x 6TB HDD, and and 2 4TB NVmE. Have a 2gb up/down internet connection. So I don't think we should have any issues making it work smoothly for 7 people.

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[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Matrix is an option but it’s slow and breaks all the time. I’m a big fan of XMPP myself but good luck convincing anyone else to make an account 😔

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Dont knock matrix for being slow, it updates just as fast as anyone else's network speed is and it is focused on encryption and security. Given [gestures broadly to everything these days] people moving away from major platforms should really take into account their digital footprint and privacy.

[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

That’s fair

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So do you have to have an account on a specific server and then get the client or get the client first? I can't recall how to do it any longer.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Its pretty similar to Lemmy or anything else in the fediverse, someones full user name includes their home server.

Your admin just needs to have configured the service to except comminication from other servers and not just its internal users.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

I'm on dbzer0 and they have one. Does that mean I can just use my dbzer0 account?

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

could you recommend a good xmpp setup? i heard good things about snikket, maybe something else too?

[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

I’m running Prosody and it was easy to set up and the docs are good.