Spacebar Chat (was Fosscord) on Cloudron - Open Source Discord alternative

[robi]

[EDIT] Updated title to reflect application's new name

• Main Page: https://spacebar.chat/
• Git: https://github.com/spacebarchat
• Licence: AGPL v3.0
• Docker: Yes https://github.com/spacebarchat/docs/blob/2d48d68548a1183fb4fb57e1eb242e0bb077102d/docs/setup/server/configuration/imagor.md?plain=1#L11
• Demo: https://app.spacebar.chat/login

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• Summary: Spacebar is a Discord.com server implementation and extension, with the goal of complete feature parity with Discord.com, all while adding some additional goodies, security, privacy, and configuration options.
• Spacebar allows you to host a complete, Discord.com-compatible chat service with complete control over it's content, usage, security, configuration, and featureset. Being Discord.com-compatible will allow all existing clients, bots, and applications written for Discord.com to be used on any Spacebar instance, which we believe will be immensely useful for any transition process between services.
• As Spacebar is an entirely separate service from Discord.com, it means a Spacebar server by itself cannot access private data controlled by Discord.com. You cannot use a Spacebar server to chat with your friends on Discord.com. You also cannot use a Spacebar server to grant premium ("Nitro") features to a Discord.com account (although you can grant these to a Spacebar account).
• Our goal is to achieve complete feature parity with Discord.com, as well as implement additional security, privacy, and other useful features serverside. In addition to our server software, we aim to create Spacebar-aware clients that can be used to connect to multiple Spacebar-compatible instances with rich theming and plugin support. Notes: why you like it/concerns

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• Alternative to / Libhunt link: Discord / Revolt
• Screenshots: images, brand logo

https://fosscord.com/
https://github.com/fosscord

[jdaviescoates]

Sounds very promising, but

Currently, Fosscord is still in development and we can't say when we will be able to release fosscord completely.

Still, certainly one to keep an eye on

[robi]

@jdaviescoates I think that's referencing the overall project completeness of which there are many parts, however the self-hostable server is ready and their web-client can connect to both fosscord server and discord.

[marcusquinn]

Does sound good — thankful the world has enough pissed-off smart people to keep challenging centralisation.

[RazielKanos]

this definately needs URGENTLY more upvotes

[girish]

@RazielKanos this project has not made a release yet - https://github.com/fosscord/fosscord-server/releases

[robi]

@girish The better and more mature option would be Revolt which is on the forum here:
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/5660/revolt-open-source-and-privacy-friendly-discord-alternative

[andreasdueren]

This is now called Spacebar https://github.com/spacebarchat

[LoudLemur]

https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/12472/please-use-this-template-to-make-an-app-wishlist-request

[LoudLemur]

@robi

Here is what Claude Sonnet 3.1 has to say about Revolt vs Spacebar. The last paragraph was more interesting than usual. It mentions which information it would specifically like to know to help its assessment.

" I can discuss what I know about Revolt and Spacebar as Discord alternatives based on my knowledge cutoff in April 2024:
Revolt:

Open-source platform with a similar UI to Discord
Built with Rust and modern web technologies
Focuses on user privacy and data control
Supports custom clients and self-hosting
Has federation features in development
More mature codebase with active development

Spacebar:

Newer project that aims to be API-compatible with Discord
Allows using existing Discord clients
Written in TypeScript/Node.js
Also supports self-hosting
More focused on Discord compatibility than novel features

Without being able to check the current state of these projects, I should note that my assessment of their comparative status may be outdated. Could you share some current details about their development status, feature sets, or user bases to help provide a more up-to-date comparison?
I'm particularly interested in hearing about:

Current active user counts
Feature parity with Discord
State of federation/decentralization features
Community engagement and development activity"

[marcusquinn]

Wow. Looks just like Discord (obviously deliberate copy) but based on Matrix (and ActivePub?). Admire the aims:

• https://docs.spacebar.chat/faq/

[LoudLemur]

@marcusquinn It is a bit tricky to get the client installed...