I’m wondering if anyone made a fediverse like (aka multiple instances talking to eachother) for discord?

I know matrix exists, but it’s only rooms instead of servers with channels, etc…

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    it’s only rooms instead of servers with channels…

    Literally the same thing but with different names. I use Matrix with Element, and it is exactly the same as Discord. Laid out the same, functionally the same (actually better since it encrypts everything), and even the UI is nearly identical.

    • Derin@lemmy.beru.coEnglish
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      6 days ago

      From a chat standpoint, the two are near identical - yes - but Matrix lacks the “voice/video calls as persistent rooms” feature that Discord has. This was planned a while back, but has recently been pushed on the backburner[1] as they work on Element Call.

      Early on Matrix was sort of being built up as an IRC/Discord alternative, but recently they’ve pivoted more towards a WA/Telegram/Slack alternative as most of their financial support comes from European governments and companies looking for strong and secure internal communication solutions they can manage themselves.

      So, TL;DR you probably won’t see the exact Discord like features you want land in the spec any time soon as they’re not being funded.

      So that means, right now:

      • No persistent voice/video rooms (but they are on the roadmap!)
      • No push-to-talk or “game friendly” settings like voice auto-detection (also not really on the roadmap)

      Having said all that, Matrix is brilliant and I highly encourage people to check it out. I use a Matrix <-> Signal bridge for most of my comms with my friends, and we voice chat on Mumble. Not ideal, but you get to avoid Discord and you get a very similar experience! Bonus points for Mumble as it’s super lightweight.

      ~[1] It’s not really on the backburner so much as it’s something that will have to be worked on after the new VOIP stack - Element Call - is integrated in the wider Matrix ecosystem. There is an experimental “video rooms” feature, but that really isn’t the same as a native, persistent voice-only room.~

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I never became a discord guy, but it seems like IRC (not federated the same way lemmy/mastodon/etc are but functionally similar) would meet the requirements.

    • CyberTailor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      IRC is actually somewhat federated, as one network can consist of multiple servers hosted by different people.

  • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 days ago

    You sure? It’s not identical but it’s close enough. (matrix) these are spaces

    To answer your question, there’s no alternative besides matrix. Sorry.

    • confuser@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      7 days ago

      There is revolt and rocket.chat but yes I’d still do matrix over the others unless a direct discord-like clone is absolutely a must for some reason

      • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        7 days ago

        Yep, but OP asked for a federated one and neither of those federate, which is why i didn’t include them

        • confuser@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          7 days ago

          In that case matrix also doesn’t federate because its not interacting with the fediverse like here on lemmy.

          But revolt, matrix, and rocket.chat are all deployable by end users to connect to the platform and interact with people.

          • Pamasich@kbin.earth
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            7 days ago

            Matrix definitely is federated.

            You ran into the trap of taking “fediverse” at face value. It neither invented nor monopolizes federation. E-Mail is federated and has nothing to do with the fediverse. Wikipedia’s page on federation lists the very internet itself as the prime example.

            Not implementing ActivityPub doesn’t mean Matrix isn’t federated.