I'm amazed that nobody's recommended Aether[1] as an alternative yet. It's fully distributed, privacy-centric and FOSS, with no infrastructure hosting required.

I'm amazed that nobody's recommended Aether[1] as an alternative yet. It's fully distributed, privacy-centric and FOSS, with no infrastructure hosting required. The downside is a heavy client, with slower posts (think 1-5 minutes before you see a reply), as posts are distributed on a DHT (like bittorrent). It won't replace Discord for gamer chat, but for FOSS projects with small communities and privacy-minded proponents, it should fit needs nicely. [1] https://getaether.net/ https://getaether.net/