Open Source Discord Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Discord is Element. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Element or Mumble. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Discord and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Discord are Tox, Matrix, Zulip and Jami.

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Discord alternatives are mainly Group Chat Apps, but if you're looking for Video Calling Apps or Instant Messengers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Online, iPhone, Chrome OS, Self-Hosted, Open Source, Screen Sharing and Windows Phone. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Discord.
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  1. VoceChat icon
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    Private social media. Embed a self-hosted Discord alternative under your site.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Awesome hosting for Matrix chat and integrations - built on the Matrix open ecosystem for secure, decentralised communication, by the creators of Matrix.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Wey icon
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    Fast open source Slack desktop app, written in Node.js with native UI powered by the Yue library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Valour icon
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    Valour is an open-source, privacy focused alternative to platforms like Discord or Slack, developed by a small team of volunteers. The app has been in development for over three years and is currently in it's alpha stages of testing.

    21 Valour alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Camus icon
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    Peer-to-peer group video chat using WebRTC. Audio and video streaming, desktop sharing, and text chat.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Conduit is a simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix. Conduit is an alternative to Synapse and tries to be lightweight and easy to install, but it is still in development.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
     
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    Nertivia is an chat client that allows you to chat to anyone across the world. There are a lot of features that don't require you to pay at all such as, gif profile pictures, free custom emojis and more coming soon!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Cowork icon
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    Cowork is a free, gamified productivity app and virtual coworking space. It's built with task management features for students, colleagues, and freelancers. Users can create and customize shared coworking spaces for groups of people to work on their tasks together in and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Campfire is an installable, self-hosted group chat system. Easily invite people. Make rooms. @mentions, DMs, and mobile support. The basics done right. And since you get the code and host it yourself, you can customize it however you’d like for your own use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Docker
     
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    jami-commander (jc for short) is a simple but convenient CLI-based Jami client app for setting up accounts and swarms as well as sending.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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