# Open-source alternatives to Discord

> Discord: A voice, video and text chat platform built around communities and servers. The best self-hosted, open-source alternatives are Stoat, Fluxer and Element. All of them can run on your own server, so your data stays under your control. All 7 apps here are open source.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Commercial product | Discord |
| Category | Team Chat |
| Alternatives listed | 7 |
| Top pick | Stoat (2,665 stars, AGPL-3.0) |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/alternatives/discord |

## Alternatives, in recommended order

- [Stoat](https://appsgit.com/apps/stoat): Stoat is a user-first chat platform built with modern web technologies. (2,665 stars, AGPL-3.0, JavaScript, Docker)
- [Fluxer](https://appsgit.com/apps/fluxer): Instant messaging and VoIP platform built for friends, groups, and communities (alternative to Discord). (10,488 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Element](https://appsgit.com/apps/element): Fully-featured Matrix client for Web, iOS & Android. (13,542 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript)
- [Mumble](https://appsgit.com/apps/mumble): Low-latency, high quality voice/text chat software. (8,322 stars, BSD-3-Clause, C++)
- [Rocket.Chat](https://appsgit.com/apps/rocket-chat): Communications platform that puts data protection first (alternative to Gitter.im and Slack). (46,213 stars, MIT, TypeScript, Docker)
- [Zulip](https://appsgit.com/apps/zulip): Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application. (25,998 stars, Apache-2.0, Python)
- [Lemmy](https://appsgit.com/apps/lemmy): Link aggregator for the fediverse (alternative to Reddit). (14,615 stars, AGPL-3.0, Rust, Docker)

## Comparisons

- [Mattermost vs Rocket.Chat](https://appsgit.com/compare/mattermost-vs-rocket-chat)
- [Rocket.Chat vs Zulip](https://appsgit.com/compare/rocket-chat-vs-zulip)
- [Mattermost vs Zulip](https://appsgit.com/compare/mattermost-vs-zulip)

More in this category: [Team Chat](https://appsgit.com/categories/team-chat)

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