Self-Hosted Discord Alternatives

Alternatives to Discord for Self-hosting with any license

Element

Element is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging, filesharing, voice and video conferencing (beta on Android and web), integrations to tools like GitHub, Jira, Jenkins and much more soon. Element is built on the Matrix.org open standard which provides bridges to other systems such as Slack, IRC and a lot more soon.
- Voice features are just lacking too far behind or practically non existent compared to discord. No channels, no audio wizards setup or even basic settings like volume control or open mic threshold settings, no push to talk. It's very very barebones. If it were to have Mumbe's voice features instead of Jitsi's it would be a discord killer. Guest • Jan 2020 • 29 agrees and 7 disagrees
- It also has chat rooms which can be combined into groups (like Discords servers) and group voice calls. It's open source and can be hosted on an own server or used on one of many free servers. nipos • Dec 2017 • 29 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Decentralized, end-to-end encrypted, and easy to use. Excellent client for creating a voice chat room for gaming. Of all the alternatives here, this one most closely mirrors Discord (while not infringing on your privacy). lazysami00 • Apr 2019 • 13 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It is more special to use for me. I love this feature. besttoasterovens • 9 days ago
- Can create communities and channels, and it's federated, so it's really like Discord where you can join any public community Guest • Jan 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- FOSS, end-to-end encryption, beautiful interface, easy to set up, fast, responsive. Not bloated like Discord, not a privacy hazard like Discord. You can host your own server. Frequently updated. Supports gifs, videos, emoticons, etc. Clean sound. coralinecastell • Nov 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Matrix.org Cloudron
Decentralized End-to-End Encryption Security & Privacy Group chat ... Team Collaboration Federated Federation Privacy-friendly Encrypted chat Privacy focused Video calling Video chat Voice Call Active Directory integration Add-ons Clean design Cross-platform Custom widgets Direct Messaging Encrypted Enterprise Group collaboration LDAP support Matrix.org protocol Message redaction Mobile friendly Moderation tools Per-room avatars Read receipts Real time collaboration Self-hosted search Text chat Typing notifications User Management User mentions Video/Audio Calling Video Conferencing Voice chat Web-Based Web Integaration Chat Bot Community based DRM Free GitHub integration Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Video calling Voice chat Add a feature

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Mumble

Mumble was the first and is the most successful and wide spread free and open source software for VoIP. It was the first VoIP software to provide low-latency audio suitable for gaming, and at the same time was a pioneer in high audio quality at the same time. The in-game overlay shows users and who is talking in-game.
- The audio quality is great and has less latency than Discord. The server is self-hosted so there is more flexibility as well. But that's the only expect that is better than Discord. Discord has much more functionality like video calling, rich text server chat, etc. Guest • Jun 2020 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Free open source software, you can easily host your own server. D4CX • Nov 2016 • 30 agrees and 7 disagrees
- Open source chat and audio call service, but could use a face lift. Guest • Feb 2017 • 21 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Opensource and easy-to-create servers. However, you have to host the servers as mumble doesn't do it themselves. Guest • Feb 2019 • 9 agrees and 3 disagrees
- No text chat channels. Mumble is voice oriented Guest • Aug 2019 • 1 agrees and 12 disagrees
- It takes up far less resources and is really easy to use and join servers. Guest • Jul 2018 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Mumble is a voice chat item. It's closer to teamspeak than discord or slack. Guest • Aug 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Mumble are for real time communication not differed and persistent chat like Discord. julienth37 • May 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Mumble is a pure voice chat with optional text Guest • Aug 2017 • 7 agrees and 6 disagrees
- It does the same things as Discord except screen sharing, but it's got the downside of having to host your own server. Guest • Aug 2017 • 3 agrees and 6 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux iPhone BSD ... iPad Self-Hosted PortableApps.com
Voice chat Lightweight Group Voice Chat In-Game Overlay ... Server Management Dedicated Server Hosting Encrypted chat Ad-free Channel manager Chat Bot Development API Gaming-focused Portable Positional audio Push to talk Voice chat Add a feature

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Wire

Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure end-to-end-encryption.

Free Personal Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
End-to-End Encryption Security focused Video calling Encrypted chat ... Voice Call Encrypted calls Encryption Group chat Share your screen Security & Privacy Anonymity Integrated File Sharing Multiple Account support Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Private Chat Secure Chat Secure File Sharing File Sending Video calling Video chat Voice chat Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature

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Matrix.org

Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers with no single point of control. Uses include Instant Messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) signalling, Internet of Things (IoT) communication, and bridging together existing communication silos - providing the basis of a new open real-time communication ecosystem.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted WebRTC Python JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron Java Perl
End-to-End Encryption Federation Decentralized Random video chat ... Voice Call Voice chat Chat Bot Distributed Encrypted chat Group chat Messaging Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration WebRTC Add a feature

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Mattermost

Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings all your team communication into one place, making it searchable and accessible anywhere. It’s written in Golang and React and runs as a production-ready Linux binary under an MIT license with either MySQL or Postgres.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron
Team Collaboration Group chat Plugins Chat Bot ... On-premises software Webhook support Data API Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support Multi Channel Plugin API File Sending Slack integration Supports XMPP Add a feature

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Zulip

Zulip is a group chat app in which messages are threaded by topic, helping you have long-running, organized conversations. Zulip's threading makes it easy for people not always on chat (like managers, remote team members, contractors, part-time workers, etc) to weigh in on questions and decisions, and for people in different timezones to effectively communicate.

Free Personal $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad Self-Hosted
Threaded Conversations Group collaboration Group chat Chat Bot ... Chat organizer Community based GitHub integration Integrated File Sharing Live topics MarkDown support Secure Chat Team Collaboration Todos Add a feature

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Dialog Messenger

dialog app is built and designed for corporate communication on all types of mobile devices - tablet, mobile phones etc. All the information that is been transmitted via the mobile app syncs with the web interface, archived and easy to search - by the word, file name, or sender.

Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Encrypted chat Enterprise Messaging Messaging-sdk ... Reactions Real time collaboration Security & Privacy Team work Text chat Video chat Voice chat Add a feature

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Spectrum Chat

It is difficult to grow, manage and measure the impact of online communities. Community owners need modern, chat-based communities but are running into scaling issues when their community grows beyond a few hundred members. It becomes hard to keep track of who's who, know what conversations are happening, and ensure that the community is staying healthy and productive. Spectrum aims to be the best platform to build any kind of community online by combining the best of web 2.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Web Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Channels Group chat Group collaboration Indexed search ... Support for @mentions Real time collaboration Team Collaboration Team work Threaded Conversations Add a feature

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Crust Enterprise Messaging

Crust Messaging is a secure, high performance, open source Slack alternative that allows your teams to collaborate more efficiently, as well as communicate safely with other organisations or customers.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted
Channel manager Direct Messaging Group chat Integrated Chat ... Integrated File Sharing MarkDown support On-premises software Permission system Photo Sharing Plugin API Reactions Responsive design Team messaging Video calling Video chat Add a feature

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Corteza Messaging

Corteza Messaging is a secure, high performance, open source Slack alternative that allows your teams to collaborate more efficiently, as well as communicate safely with other organisations or customers. You can create public or private channels, organised by team, organisation, project or any other topic, create message threads within channels and send direct messages.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted
API Integration File sharing Group chat Group collaboration ... Private Chat Private messaging Public channels Push Notifications Real time collaboration Responsive design Secure Chat Team Collaboration Team management Team messaging Team work User Roles Add a feature

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