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FOSS alternative that looks and feels the same.
Matrix and XMPP are decentralized, much better than Revolt for that purpose.
And the ui of those are terrible and will never have non technical people adopt them. Also discord has end to end encrypted video calls and screen share which neither of those two have
depending on which client you use, the ui can be very discord-like (this is cinny): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cinnyapp/cinny-site/main/assets/preview2-light.png
Also matrix has calls (at least element does), though not sure about screen share. And since when was discord e2e?
I ll admit matrix was for a long time really slow but matrix 2.0 largely solves this and other usability issues. Calls and screen share are still not standardized but its all being worked on.
With matrix, its not just about building one app, its about building a decentralized ecosystem all connected by the matrix protocol. So things tend to take more time.
They need to add voice rooms like discord/TS/mumble, where they are there in the sidebar and can be joined/left instantly.
Real-time game streaming like discord has is important also to get disord users to switch over.
The other issue I've had with getting gaming friends on matrix is its pretty slow sometimes, and clients don't all have the same features which can be frustrating.
You can integrate it with Jitsi (also self hosted) and call, screenshare and whatever else you want there.
As we all know, UI is a fundamental part of any piece of software's architecture and cannot be changed without a ground-up rewrite.
Terrible video calls. No screenshare last I checked. UI feels dated.
They are undoubtedly better, but neither of them feel like Discord. They are more like WhatsApp or Signal.
Not suited for the job.
but it can look similar to discord: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cinnyapp/cinny-site/main/assets/preview2-light.png
Well well, that surprises me. But it still lacks the features.
Btw image embedding can be done using this syntax: 
aha thanks! i was wondering how ppl do this yeah but tbf discord has a lot of features
Matrix does not support custom emojis, which are the killer feature of Discord.
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you were right, a bit austere but essentially the same
You can customize all that with your own color scheme you get to chose. Which is kinda cool
It's not meant to be selfhosted. And it's not federated either. I don't trust this. The developer seems very shady.
It's not meant to be selfhosted.
https://github.com/revoltchat/self-hosted
it's not federated
I'll agree on that one. Though the FAQ says that it is not on their future roadmap, but is possible. https://developers.revolt.chat/faq.html
The developer seems very shady
Why?
I'm just doing a bit of research (I'm also not the guy you were replying to :p), but I found the developer is really just one person seemingly (the only registered person I could find for the company representing Revolt [based in the UK]) and that is Pawel Makles. He's also listed as the data controller of all of your data https://revolt.chat/legal/privacy
My concern at first glance is this guy is only 21 years old (born 2003). I don't think the dev seems too shady from this quick look, but being only 21 with a bunch of private data doesn't seem too stable imo.
Apparently they changed their policy on self-hosting. Last I checked they explicitly said that you can self-host (with a very complicated incomplete documentation) but it's not intended to be self-hosted. He also said various other things that caught my attention but I don't remember the details.
I'll look at this more closely and see whether I like it.
No man! Think of the future shareholders!! 😢
