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I already built my Matrix server. I'm ready for Discord's enshitification
Is that an open source alternative?
Yes, and federated.
It's not ideal but under the circumstances we have to fall back to what we can. It's not up to our standards we have to build something that is now, corporations won't do it for us if that poison pills. The the day is when that was workable or firmly over now
Yup.
https://matrix.org/
Does Matrix support screen sharing yet? IDK why I'm having such an issue getting a solid answer other places.
I'm able to do screen sharing, voice calls, video calls on element.
Group voice chat?
The ui indicates this is possible but I haven't personally tried it.
Regarding screen sharing, I wasn't able to capture application sound, but that may be a Linux issue as discord used to have the same problem.
I have the same issues on windows too
There is an issue for it but no one seems to be working on it https://github.com/element-hq/element-call/issues/3657
You can always just pipe the audio through the same sink that your mic goes into or make a virtual mic that receives both and pass it on. That's how I deal with sharing applications in VCs (using qpwgraph to change the connections via GUI instead of command line).
Yeah but that's inconvenient ofc.
Depends on you use-case. For most, probably. For me, it means I only have to learn how to do it once and it works on every single platform that has voice instead of figuring out the settings for each one individually. Also means I can just share audio any platforms (allowing me to use a custom soundboard and listen to other audio without sharing that other audio easily or actually sharing my screen) or do things like add Easyeffects in the middle. But I get why some would prefer an all-in-one experience.
might depend on the client, but i know element supports it
My Matrix server uses Tuwunel and I use FlufflyChat as a client. I don't seem to have voice chat nor screensharing.
But more robust versions of Matrix, like Synapse or Element, might have it.
IIRC only Synapse supports video/voice calls and only Element & Element X reliably work for video/voice calls.
Yeah, wouldn't be suprised. I chose the lightweight versions when setting up my Matrix server. Mostly as a test.
Synapse supports certain specifications that make video calls less buggy, but it works on all of the major homeservers.
See: https://matrix-construct.github.io/tuwunel/matrix_rtc.html
I use Yunohost for simplicity, thanks for the link though
Is there a way to get it to look like discord?
If not, I've been looking into Root and Stoat instead. Those both look nearly identical. Stoat can even use discord bots.
You mean Matrix to look like Discord? It depends on the client that you use I guess. I use FulffyChat and it's identical to Discord and Stoat (having tried it myself).