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Discord Alternatives? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all, I'm looking for some Discord alternatives. All I really need is the ability to do voice calls and screen shares. It can be either via DM or channels, I only need to it be able to speak with a few friends that'd be open to moving over. I've tried Matrix/Element but there doesn't seem to be a screen share function. There's Teamspeak but I don't think that's FOSS nor does it support screen shares as well. Any other options? Basically just voice calls and screen shares is all I need, I couldn't care about channels or servers or whatever other functionalities Discord has put into their app. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

The Matrix network is the closest you're likely to get to Discord's features.

Nheko is a Matrix client that I believe can do screen sharing.

Eventually, whatever Matrix clients support Element Call might be what you want, but it's in beta for now.

Jitsi Meet might also be worth a look, although its (optional) end-to-end encryption was too demanding for some laptops last time I tried it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Jitsi now needs a MS or Goog account

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only for the main instance. Its selfhostable as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

i can't believe so many people didn't get that part

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