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Is it open-source? Sounds like it does exactly what I want. Maybe I’ll create a shadow group there and make the permanent jump once discord becomes untenable.
It is open source. But from what I can tell the accounts are largely still hosted centrally, and it isnt federated in any way, which isn’t great. Anybody can host an instance or server.
So ultimately it looks like a massive step up from Discord, with some small issues here and there.
Keep an eye on Revolt.
Is it open-source? Sounds like it does exactly what I want. Maybe I’ll create a shadow group there and make the permanent jump once discord becomes untenable.
It is open source. But from what I can tell the accounts are largely still hosted centrally, and it isnt federated in any way, which isn’t great. Anybody can host an instance or server.
So ultimately it looks like a massive step up from Discord, with some small issues here and there.
https://developers.revolt.chat/faq.html
https://github.com/revoltchat/documentation/blob/master/docs/faq/instances.md
Oh well. Matrix it is, then.
(I prefer XMPP but no group chats kinda ruins it if it’s a feature you expect)
I believe there was talk of opening it up to the fediverse but not sure where they landed on it
Edit: From the linked FAQ actually
However, this does not necessarily mean federation is off the table, possible avenues are:
Any federation that is implemented MUST exercise caution in:
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