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RIP Discord: Self-Hosted Discord Alternatives Tested (TeamSpeak, Stoat, Fluxer, Matrix, & More) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 months ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I mostly lurk here, and I know we've had this discussion come up a number of times since Discord's age verification changes were announced, but I figured this video offers value for the walkthrough and comparative analysis. Like me, the video authors aren't seasoned self-hosters, and I've still got a lot to learn. Stoat and Fluxer both look appealing to me for my needs, but Stoat seemingly needs self-hosted servers to route through their master server (unless I'm missing something stupid) and I replicated the 404 for Fluxer's self-hosting documentation seen in the video, so it's looking like I'm leaning toward a Matrix server of some kind. Hopefully everyone looking for the Discord exit ramp is closer to finding it after this video.

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[–] SirHaxalot@nord.pub 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Imo the biggest problem with Teamspeak is that it still requires an active connection to the server at all time.. So unless your computer is on with the app opened 24/7 you may miss messages. That may or may not be an issue, but you may miss messages that your friends send to the group when you aren't actively online.

Frankly the UI of TeamSpeak is ageing as well, and there is value in for instance being able to simply attach a screenshot directly in a Discord chat without having to upload it to some external service.

[–] themachine@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Check out the Teamspeak6 beta. I don't know about offline messages but it addresses all your other complaints. I moved to it from Mumble somewhat recently and have been very happy with it.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 3 months ago

They have acknowledged the offline messaging part. It does work in group chats and has E2EE there, but I think it's something they are going to look into for servers. It's closed source, so we are at the mercy of their few developers and cannot help. While I do trust them more than Discord, I would rather have an open solution, like Stoat/Fluxer, take off instead.