No E2E-encryption? Can't find any info about it. Unencrypted = big nope. Looks good otherwise :)
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Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Discord isn’t E2EE either. Having data under your control even if not encrypted os a big win.
why use this over the hundreds of messaging platforms that can be self hosted and have e2ee
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Calls are end-to-end encrypted.
Also completely new with no other contributors. Stay the fuck away from this until its been in development for a while and someone reviewed the code.
I believe you are correct, but this is still very early into development. Hopefully this gets added at some point
Keep in mind that this project is likely vibe coded, or at least seems very AI assisted. (Copilot is mentioned in the .gitignore file and this was built by a single person in about 4 months)
A bunch of security issues have already been opened.
Edit: @just_another_person@lemmy.world already mentioned this, my bad. 😄
And I got downvoted into oblivion for bringing it up 🤣
Thanks for the warning.
While I appreciate the effort devs put into making open source alternatives to closed source app, the naming convention is really starting to get irritating...
Discord splits out to
- Armcord
- Legcord
- Now Sharkord
YouTube has
- InnerTune
- Which turned into OuterTune
Libre-this, Libre-that, Libre-cock and balls.
...I would love for devs to separate their software's name just a little bit more from the thing they're trying to replace. Please. Just be more unique. The name can still have a nod to what it's replacing and not just be a partial modification to the original name.
Datcord
Libre-cock and balls
libre adjective
With very few limitations
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Stoat.chat, anyone?
Tried a few months ago, the documentation for self hosting was lacking lots of info and now I can't even find it...
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Oh woah, didn't realize it was self-hostable. I'll try it out!
Their registration process is currently hugged to death. Can't receive verification emails.
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Haven't had a chance to really look into it, but there's also spacebar chat which is an open source selfhosted reimplementation of the discord backend that can be used with existing discord clients and bots and stuff. Which depending on how solid the rest of if is, could really help existing discord people move with less effort.
Aside from
- iso27002 violations
- FHS violation
It looks good!
I honestly didn’t know what these were.
These are very simplistic but iso27002 violations are security procedures not being documented properly. The FHS one refers to not following the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard on Unix‑like systems.
Why does the second one bother me more?
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Why use this over Matrix?
The user experience for matrix is absolutely dog shit. Anyone who says otherwise is huffing copium.
I have been setting up matrix servers and testing every desktop and mobile client. I cannot present this to my discord group as an alternative.
As much as I want to love matrix, it is a huuuuge pain to set up & maintain.
Not really, been running Synapse for 5ish years and I barely spend any time on it. Once you configure it then it just works
Drop-in voice channels are a requirement for a discord alternative, Matrix does not have them. AFAIK you still need to call an entire channel to start a voice chat.
Im surprised as how many people discount this feature. Sometimes I sit in voice chat in my small Discord server alone for hours because nobody would show up if nobody was around.
We're all adults with jobs and responsibilities and shit, we don't want to have to dial people in to shoot the shit late at night. That would feel like a chore.
An alternative with no drop in voice chat is a non starter for my group.
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Thank you for sharing, this looks like it has potential and its brand new. Love you FOSS nerds.
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