Came across this on the r/selfhosted community. Still very much in the alpha stages, but it’s already got a Docker image you can try out for yourself, or try out the demo server.
Tried it earlier today, couldn’t get the voice/video chat to work right away on my self-hosted setup but the real-time chat was very snappy. Looks promising.
While I appreciate the effort devs put into making open source alternatives to a closed source app, the naming convention is really starting to get irritating…
Discord splits out to
- Armcord
- Legcord
- Now Sharkord
YouTube has
- InnerTune
- Which turned into OuterTune
Libre-this, Libre-that, Libre-cock and balls.
…I would love for devs to separate their software’s name just a little bit more from the thing they’re trying to replace. Please. Just be more unique. The name can still have a nod to what it’s replacing and not just be a partial modification to the original name.
Keep in mind that this project is likely vibe coded, or at least seems very AI assisted. (Copilot is mentioned in the
.gitignorefile and this was built by a single person in about 4 months) A bunch of security issues have already been opened.Edit: @just_another_person@lemmy.world already mentioned this, my bad. 😄
No E2E-encryption? Can’t find any info about it. Unencrypted = big nope. Looks good otherwise :)
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Discord isn’t E2EE either. Having data under your control even if not encrypted is a big win.
why use this over the hundreds of messaging platforms that can be self hosted and have e2ee
I’m in a Discord server with 2000 members. You really want to encrypt and decrypt all incoming and outgoing messages 2000 times? There’s a reason why most E2EE messaging apps don’t really do that for group chats.
Stoat.chat, anyone?
Tried a few months ago, the documentation for self hosting was lacking lots of info and now I can’t even find it…
This is so vibecoded 🤣 Nawthx
What makes you say that?
Check the code
I took a look. Didn’t seem vibe coded to me. Is there a specific area you looked at that looks vibe coded?
Here’s a very simple list of issues that any Node dev would immediately say is generated and has not been cleaned up:
- package.json
- knip (check that tab usage)
- WILDLY fucking stupid Dockerfile
- What directory am I in here??? Note the dupe code because whatever shit tool lost track
- What in the absolute fuck?
I mean I can keep going, but if you even glanced at this and didn’t IMMEDIATELY get it, you are bad at your job.
Your hostility confuses me. I’m not a node dev.
I skimmed some of the server files and didn’t see the normal vibe coded slop I normally see in other languages and was genuinely curious what you saw.
Thank you for your examples.
Then why if you aren’t familiar would you make a comment you didn’t see anything?
Do you randomly walk into other people’s jobs with zero proficiency and speak to how they’re doing at it?
That’s it? That’s why you’re being such an arrogant prick?
Huh. You do you, I guess…
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