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Looked around for a while now, these are the alternatives I found.
Probably worth adding a disclaimer with matrix, that if you self host, DON'T federate. Apparently their abuse management is awful and you get all kinds of shit sent to you which is hard to remove.
Hmmm, I'm hosting my matrix server for years with federation and never had this problem. The only spam I get is via the telegram bridge. Maybe it's a problem for bigger instances?! On mine are only ppl I have immediate contact with.
I'm downvoting everyone who suggests stoat because it means you haven't tried your recommendations or looked at git.
Jitsi, Matrix, Simplex and Mumble all work well.
For matrix use one of the newer clients like element X or schildi next.
Simplex is the most secure but also newest and least optimized / mature.
i agree it's very in beta state but i've known them since revolt days and tried it numerous times. it could work for some people that only needs basic chat and discord-ish UI. haven't tried simplex or mumble, i agree jitsi works well but the UI is not like discord (idc but my friends do), matrix is too buggy but could be fine if it actually works.
edit: i'm looking at zulip rn as the discord replacement for my friend group, since it has native ios/android apps and such. the only problem is the lack of voice chat/screen sharing. there's kinda jitsi integration (button to create meeting link) but it's not as well integrated as discord though. (on discord, one can see on the channel list if there's someone in voice chat and if their mic is on, screen's being shared, etc)
Beta means bug testing a finished product. They're still solidly pre-alpha
Ive spent hours configuring stoat and spacebar and I have to say they are absolutely not ready for self hosting. They also lack vital features my friends and I use, like high quality screensharing or video.
I'm trying my hand at matrix, but it's rife with problems too. If you want high throughput video, you need to set up Jitsi alongside. I haven't been having a good time.
So Stoat has screensharing but only with low quality? Looking into self hosting it
It seems to be a bit "bleeding edge" at the moment, and the instructions for self-hosting are not really sufficient (at least for me).
https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/issues/313
I've seen stoat and matrix elsewhere recommended as alts too, but I'm always on board for an irc comeback
same, i see IRCv3 is pretty good on paper. it's pretty hard to find and configure it to work like discord with persistent history and file uploads though.. would be nice if i can convince my friends to switch over.
I did the same search today and found out that teamspeak just got updated to a more “modern” UI and feature set. While it is still proprietary software, it’s more feature complete than a lot of the other FOSS alternatives.
it seems like they're using matrix under the hood
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