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I'm a little surprised nobody has mentioned Campfire [1]. It's open source, trivial to self-host, and can support an arbitrary number of rooms and users. Sure

by monooso 8mo ago

I'm a little surprised nobody has mentioned Campfire [1]. It's open source, trivial to self-host, and can support an arbitrary number of rooms and users. Sure, it doesn't have all of Discord's bells and whistles (for better or worse), but then neither do some of the alternatives mentioned in the article. [1]: https://once.com/campfire https://once.com/campfire

obsidianbases1 8mo ago
I've been running a campfire chat with a few hundred users for a couple of years now. It's one of my favorite pieces of software simply because I don't spend any time thinking about it.
doublerabbit 8mo ago
This is cool. Thanks for the shout.
- doublerabbit 8mo ago
  Works great on a FreeBSD Linux VM. This is seriously cool.
pseudalopex 8mo ago
Could you compare Campfire to alternatives in the article?
presbyterian 8mo ago
I've been on the lookout for Discord alternatives for my friend group for a while, and this is the first one that really looks promising to me. All the others are too expensive (Mattermost, Rocket) or introduce too much friction (IRC, Matrix). This looks like it could work!
Arrowmaster 8mo ago
From DHHs company for those that matters to.
rcakebread 8mo ago
The owner's terrible reputation, no mystery here.
- monooso 8mo ago
  You may of course choose not to use this software because you disagree with the personal politics of one of the creators, DHH. However, the owner (37signals, not DHH) has an excellent reputation for producing high quality web applications since the early 2000s.
doakes 8mo ago
"After you checkout, we’ll email you a private download link that includes everything you need."
- monooso 8mo ago
  It used to be a paid product, now it's free. There's a clear link to the source code on GitHub [1], so you don't need to go through the "checkout". [1]: https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire

by monooso 8mo ago

obsidianbases1 8mo ago

I've been running a campfire chat with a few hundred users for a couple of years now. It's one of my favorite pieces of software simply because I don't spend any time thinking about it.

doublerabbit 8mo ago

This is cool. Thanks for the shout.

doublerabbit 8mo ago
Works great on a FreeBSD Linux VM. This is seriously cool.

pseudalopex 8mo ago

Could you compare Campfire to alternatives in the article?

presbyterian 8mo ago

I've been on the lookout for Discord alternatives for my friend group for a while, and this is the first one that really looks promising to me. All the others are too expensive (Mattermost, Rocket) or introduce too much friction (IRC, Matrix). This looks like it could work!

Arrowmaster 8mo ago

From DHHs company for those that matters to.

rcakebread 8mo ago

The owner's terrible reputation, no mystery here.

monooso 8mo ago
You may of course choose not to use this software because you disagree with the personal politics of one of the creators, DHH. However, the owner (37signals, not DHH) has an excellent reputation for producing high quality web applications since the early 2000s.

doakes 8mo ago

"After you checkout, we’ll email you a private download link that includes everything you need."

monooso 8mo ago
It used to be a paid product, now it's free. There's a clear link to the source code on GitHub [1], so you don't need to go through the "checkout". [1]: https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire