Self-hosted team messaging with voice, video, and AI
- Stars
- 46.3k
- Growth
- +146
- Launched
- May 2015
Custom licenseupdated today
R.I.P.Open-source alternatives to Discord
8 projects replace Discord, the community chat. 8 shipped code in the last 30 days.
Discord is free to join, so people leave it for other reasons. Every server lives under one company's rules, and messages are not end-to-end encrypted. In 2025 Discord added age checks in the UK and Australia, and a breach at a support vendor exposed ID photos users had sent in appeals.
Stoat, the project formerly called Revolt, copies Discord's servers, channels and roles most closely. Fluxer is a newer project chasing the same layout. Matrix clients like Element and Cinny give you rooms that federate across servers. For voice alone, Mumble has served gaming groups with low-latency chat for years.
8 open-source alternatives
Most-starred first. Stars, growth and activity are live from GitHub.
Secure, decentralized messaging for teams and individuals
- Stars
- 13.6k
- Growth
- +116
- Launched
- Jul 2015
AGPL-3.0updated today
Open source messaging with privacy and community focus
- Stars
- 10.6k
- Growth
- +294
- Launched
- Jan 2026
AGPL-3.0updated today
An open-source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software.
- Stars
- 8.4k
- Growth
- –
- Launched
- Feb 2011
Custom licenseupdated 1d ago
Secure and elegant Matrix client for seamless conversations
- Stars
- 3.9k
- Growth
- +39
- Launched
- Apr 2021
AGPL-3.0updated 1d ago
Group chat for friends and communities, without the baggage
- Stars
- 3.4k
- Growth
- +69
- Launched
- Jun 2021
Custom licenseupdated today
Serverless team chat over Tor, no phone number needed
- Stars
- 2.7k
- Growth
- +12
- Launched
- Dec 2021
GPL-3.0updated 1d ago
Spacebar server - A reimplementation of the Discord.com backend, built with Typescript and love
- Stars
- 2.2k
- Growth
- –
- Launched
- Nov 2020
AGPL-3.0updated 1d ago
What you give up by leaving Discord
The honest part. Free and open usually costs something else.
- Your audience stays Your members and friends are already on Discord, and few will install a second app to follow you.
- Fewer bots Discord's bots for moderation, music and games have no equal anywhere else.
- Streaming is thinner Screen sharing, Go Live streams and activities are less complete or missing in most alternatives.
- Voice needs servers Self-hosted voice and video need TURN servers and bandwidth, which costs money and setup time.
