Social media

Discord alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

fluxerapp/fluxer9,982AGPL-3.0A self-hosted instant messaging and VoIP chat application for groups and communities.Open on GitHub chattocorp/chatto2,530AGPL-3.0A fully-featured team and group chat application designed for easy self‑hosting.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

High-quality, low-latency voice/video infrastructure at scale (Discord’s calls/streaming)
Nitro features, marketplace/shop, and paid subscriptions integration
Polished cross-platform native clients and app-store distribution
Large-scale moderation, trust & safety tooling, and global federated server directory
Official integrations, apps & activities ecosystem

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Discord, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.