Fluxer: A chat app that puts you first
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Fluxer is an open-source, independent instant messaging and VoIP platform. Built for friends, groups, and communities.

Since Discord has decided to set itself on fire you might be looking for an alternative. Fluxer is open source (AGPL), selfhostable and based in Sweden. But maybe wait a while before you try to install the server yourself because the dev writes on github:

I know it’s hard to resist, but please wait a little longer before you dive deep into the current codebase or try to set up self-hosting. I’m aware the current stack isn’t very lightweight. In the next update, self-hosting should be straightforward, with a small set of services: Fluxer Server (TypeScript) using SQLite for persistence, Gateway (Erlang), and optionally LiveKit for voice and video.

The developer hosted instance has a Nitro-like premium tier for their service named Plutonium, if you selfhost you get all the premium features for free.

Fluxer is not federated (yet), but according to the website, federation is planned in the near(-ish) future. Furthermore the service is a bit spotty at the moment as they are fighting with an unusually big influx of new users.

  • CafeFrog@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    8·
    20 hours ago

    Unfortunately Mumble doesn’t allow for group video calls or screensharing. Personally I’d recommend Movim for people who require those additional features.

    • smiletolerantly@awful.systemsEnglish
      1·
      18 hours ago

      Really cool project. Unfortunately, in this day and age, not having a desktop and mobile app is really hard to sell. PWAs are just not the same.

      Also, curious: hie compatible is this actually with the rest of the XMPP ecosystem? From the architecture description, movin sits between its frontend and an xmpp server. But if another user connects to that same xmpp server from a non-movin client, how mich are they able to see and do?

      • CafeFrog@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        I’m generally only recommending Movim since it being a PWA allows it to be a one-stop-shop that functions well enough across any device universally, reducing complexity for the average user (which is critically important when on-boarding).

        However, there are native applications that could be used instead, such as the desktop app Dino, which is compatible with Movim’s group video calls. Unfortunately it is not yet able to screenshare.

        The native Mobile apps tend to be lagging behind with group call support. Conversations/Cheogram/Monocles can all do 1-to-1 audio and video calls, but cannot screenshare or join group calls yet.

        Text chat and file/image sharing is 100% compatible across all clients.

        If Movim is able to attract enough Discord refugees, and thus increase funding (it currently receives $43 a month from patreon, plus small grants from foundations like NLnet), it would likely be able to create a native version of the app for desktop/mobile.

        • smiletolerantly@awful.systemsEnglish
          2·
          11 hours ago

          PWA allows it to be a one-stop-shop that functions well enough across any device universally

          I do get it, esp. because it significantly reduces development efforts required. I’ve just personally never liked them, and I suspect I’m not alone in this.

          However, there are native applications that could be used instead, such as the desktop app Dino, which is compatible with Movim’s group video calls. Unfortunately it is not yet able to screenshare.

          Ah, that’s good to know, thank you!

          it currently receives $43 a month from patreon

          ouch.

          • CafeFrog@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            1·
            10 hours ago

            I’ve just personally never liked them, and I suspect I’m not alone in this.

            I’m with you on that, but I’ve been willing to look past it since it checks every other box I have.

          • CafeFrog@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            1·
            12 hours ago

            You have personally used the monocles app from F-droid to have group video calls and shared your screen in a call?

            AFAIK Monocles also hosts a Movim instance, which is separate from their mobile app (The mobile app is a fork of Conversations with some additions from Cheogram and Blabber).

            Are you sure you are not confusing the two? I ask because I can’t find any mention of that ability to perform group calls on the Monocles website, nor on their Codeberg.

            Conversations, which the Monocles mobile app is based on, still cannot perform group calls or group video calls as of 3 months ago, so I’d be a little surprised if Monocles independently added that ability without upstreaming it to Conversations.