Open source alternatives to Discord

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Discord does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Discord does

Community servers with text channelscore
Voice and video chatcore
Direct messages and group chatscore
Screen sharing and streaming
Roles and permissions
Bots and integrations
Mobile and desktop apps

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
HavenSelf-hosted private chat server, a Discord alternative on your own machine	Replaces it100%	1.1k+157	1,330	7 days ago	100%	Needs a server	AGPL-3.0
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence Community servers with text channelscoreYesmake a channel, share the code Voice and video chatcoreYesVoice chat, peer to peer by default Direct messages and group chatscoreYesDirect messages, end-to-end encrypted Screen sharing and streamingYesScreen sharing, several people at once Roles and permissionsYesRoles with per-channel permissions Bots and integrationsYesBots and webhooks with a REST API Mobile and desktop appsYesNative, not a web wrapper
fluxerOpen source chat and VoIP app for friends, groups and communities	Replaces it40%	11k+55	2,909	yesterday	62%	Needs a server	AGPL-3.0
Covers 0 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Community servers with text channels; Voice and video chat; Direct messages and group chats. Not shown: Screen sharing and streaming; Roles and permissions; Bots and integrations.See the evidence Community servers with text channelscorePartlybuilt for friends, groups, and communities Voice and video chatcorePartlyinstant messaging and VoIP chat app Direct messages and group chatscorePartlybuilt for friends, groups, and communities Screen sharing and streamingNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Roles and permissionsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Bots and integrationsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it. Mobile and desktop appsYesWindows \| macOS \| Linux \| Android \| iOS

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