[$] Open-source Discord alternatives

Date:
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:32:51 +0000

Description:
The closed-source chat platform Discord announced on February9 that it would soon require some users to verify their
ages in order to access some content although the company quickly added that the " vast majority " of users would not have to. That reassurance has to contend with the fact that the UK and other countries are implementing increasingly strict age requirements for social media. Discord's age verification would be done with an AI age-judging
model or with a government photo ID. A surprising number of open-source projects use Discord for support or project communications, and some of those projects are now looking for open-source alternatives. Mastodon, for example, has moved discussion to Zulip . There are some alternatives out there, all
with their own pros and cons, that communities may want to consider if they want
to switch away from Discord.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1058319/


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