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Fluxor as discord alternative? Thoughts? (fluxer.app)
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Asking because I value opinions here.

Personally I don't think anyone can influence what the general audience of chat users ultimately coalesces around. That's going to happen, and it's going to be out of anyone's control as people discuss and compare and decide which they prefer of the dozens of alternatives appearing.

This however looks interesting to me. I know it's not Matrix and thus not secure like everyone here wants. But it is fully open source and it is AGPLv3.

It feels like it's getting some traction and interest. If it has problems that anyone here can spot (besides the full encryption which isn't something the rest of the discord users looking to leave are going to demand), I am interested in hearing them.

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[–] alycat@hexbear.net 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

The dev openly admits to it being vibe coded, so I'd stay away from it on those grounds.

https://blog.fluxer.app/how-i-built-fluxer-a-discord-like-chat-app/

It's also basically a single dev so far and they might chose to stop working on it at any point.

[–] darkmode@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

I think reading the entire blog post and coming to this conclusion is unfair. This is clearly a very passionate young person doing everything they can to build an open source application they believe in.

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

The Dev raised 300k so he might be in for some time. I'm just waiting for the docker file.

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah but you can pay $50 a year for plutonium access!

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

I find it OK in this case because Fluxer has both Voice and Screen sharing enabled which cranks up server costs. They also don't have any VC Funding like discord.