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Lemmy replaces Reddit, and we have Pixelfed for Instagram and Mastodon for Twitter. But what is a federated discord alternative ?

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[โ€“] fruitywelsh@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Matrix protocol via clients like Element

[โ€“] S410@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Matrix for an actually federated protocol with E2EE.
Revolt for discord-like, normie-friendly experience. No privacy features or federation as of yet.

[โ€“] danQui0xte@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] poudlardo@terefere.eu 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'ts more of a protocol right ? I've heard about that one, but I struggled to use it though the thunderbird integrated client for matrix. I might give it another chance with a better client though

[โ€“] danQui0xte@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, matrix is the protocol behind the tech.

As @krause said, element is the most popular client with matrix.org as the most popular instance. If you're looking to setup your own instance, check out synapse.

[โ€“] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I use element for Matrix and it's pretty similar to the Discord client.

[โ€“] lps@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The most obvious answer you'll get is https://matrix.org/ which is a protocol, and the flagship app is element, but there are many more clients.

However for an almost identical experience there is also https://revolt.chat/

[โ€“] UrbenLegend@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Matrix is probably the most popular federated alternative to Discord out there right now. A lot of open source projects are now adopting it as their chat platform of choice and over the past few years it's really started to gain momentum. They have a good dev team as well.

Matrix also has really cool features like E2E encryption for chat rooms and DMs. There's also the concept of Spaces, which are like Discord servers but arguably more flexible.

I highly recommend checking out Element, which is the flagship client made by the guys driving the Matrix protocol.

[โ€“] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Idk if this is federated but the Matrix chat protocol usually comes up when discussing Discord alternatives

[โ€“] UrbenLegend@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Matrix is definitely federated.

[โ€“] vikinghoarder@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't tried it but someone mentioned this in another thread.

[โ€“] magmaus3@szmer.info 1 points 2 years ago

revolt isn't federating tho

[โ€“] elonspez@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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