{"slug": "fluxer", "name": "Fluxer", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.629, "rising": -0.31, "first": "2026-02-18", "latest": "2026-10-06", "why": "Fluxer.gg is really good and in my opinion, tries to be the most similar  alternative to discord in terms of UI/UX", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Fluxer.gg is really good and in my opinion, tries to be the most similar  alternative to discord in terms of UI/UX", "icon": true, "domain": "fluxer.app", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://fluxer.app", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Fluxer"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 799589104, "item_id": 49974319, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974319", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fluxer.gg is really good and in my opinion, tries to be the most similar  alternative to discord in terms of UI/UX", "excerpt": "Fluxer.gg is really good and in my opinion, tries to be the most similar alternative to discord in terms of UI/UX so it should \"just work\" I highly highly recommend you checking it out, I must say that the first time I used it, I was mind blown that this open source discord alternative actually feels so usable in day-to-day lives. There are many alternatives to be honest, stoat, matrix,fluxer but fluxer is the altern", "context": "", "use_case": "open source Discord alternative", "switched_from": "", "story": "Open Source as We Know It Is Dead"}, {"id": 799588368, "item_id": 49974273, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974273", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend trying out fluxer", "excerpt": "I do dislike the fact that they nowadays use Discord though, there are better alternatives like fluxer.gg available, though I do understand that most/some people are already on discord and it has become more normal to create a discord server than other alternatives if one wants to which requires having members which is much easier on discord. As compared to the friction of another app even though they might be really", "context": "", "use_case": "Discord alternative", "switched_from": "", "story": "Open Source as We Know It Is Dead"}, {"id": 781485760, "item_id": 48842860, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842860", "by": "hendrikmans", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Fluxer!", "excerpt": "I love Fluxer! Hampus is cool and what he's built is super impressive. I would say the primary difference is that Chatto doesn't squarely aim for being a _Discord_ alternative. There are no plans for providing a Discord-compatible API (which I think Fluxer does.) The other main difference is that Chatto is designed, on purpose, to serve individual communities from tiny deployments, instead of large mega-instances tha", "context": "Chatto developer", "use_case": "chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Chatto is now Open Source"}, {"id": 757771776, "item_id": 47360736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360736", "by": "Zambyte", "date": "2026-03-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fluxer is looking to be a great option.", "excerpt": "Can I ask what's wrong with Zulip? I have pretty minimal experience with it, but I've mostly heard positive things. I'm curious what your team has found limiting. If you like the communication flow of Discord, Fluxer is also worth keeping on your radar. I would never trust my essential comms with Discord personally, and Fluxer is looking to be a great option.", "context": "", "use_case": "team chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Does anyone here use Discord as their work chat tool?"}, {"id": 756474208, "item_id": 47279638, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47279638", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Another product I found interesting like this was fluxer.gg[1](discord alternative)", "excerpt": "Kudos! This comment really gave simplicity to my feelings on this whole thing too! (Favourited your comment) I just want to add a minor point that the marketing/advertising industry in general just sometimes feels very unethical to me and I am worried about that too. Increasingly so, The only way to survive in brand age is to connect to two or three centralized platforms. Authenticity feels redundant. > A talented mu", "context": "", "use_case": "Discord alternative", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Brand Age"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "hendrikmans", "context": "Chatto developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842860", "date": "2026-07-09"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["discord alternative", "open source discord alternative", "chat", "team chat", "community chat", "discord alternative chat"], "compared": [{"slug": "discord", "name": "Discord", "co": 8, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "matrix", "name": "Matrix", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "stoat", "name": "Stoat", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 774268384, "item_id": 48391774, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391774", "by": "hampus", "date": "2026-06-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "we're clear that we'd rather exit a region than implement age verification. We don't have age verification.", "excerpt": "Fluxer's hosted service also needs to comply with laws around the world. However, we're clear that we'd rather exit a region than implement age verification. We don't have age verification. For example, to comply with the Online Safety Act, we block NSFW content for users on a UK IP address, rather than implementing invasive age verification. The same goes for Brazil. 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There are many alternatives to be honest, stoat, matrix,fluxer but fluxer is the altern", "context": "", "use_case": "open source Discord alternative", "switched_from": "", "story": "Open Source as We Know It Is Dead"}, {"id": 799588368, "item_id": 49974273, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974273", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend trying out fluxer", "excerpt": "I do dislike the fact that they nowadays use Discord though, there are better alternatives like fluxer.gg available, though I do understand that most/some people are already on discord and it has become more normal to create a discord server than other alternatives if one wants to which requires having members which is much easier on discord. 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The other main difference is that Chatto is designed, on purpose, to serve individual communities from tiny deployments, instead of large mega-instances tha", "context": "Chatto developer", "use_case": "chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Chatto is now Open Source"}, {"id": 757771776, "item_id": 47360736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360736", "by": "Zambyte", "date": "2026-03-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fluxer is looking to be a great option.", "excerpt": "Can I ask what's wrong with Zulip? I have pretty minimal experience with it, but I've mostly heard positive things. I'm curious what your team has found limiting. If you like the communication flow of Discord, Fluxer is also worth keeping on your radar. I would never trust my essential comms with Discord personally, and Fluxer is looking to be a great option.", "context": "", "use_case": "team chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Does anyone here use Discord as their work chat tool?"}, {"id": 756474208, "item_id": 47279638, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47279638", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Another product I found interesting like this was fluxer.gg[1](discord alternative)", "excerpt": "Kudos! This comment really gave simplicity to my feelings on this whole thing too! (Favourited your comment) I just want to add a minor point that the marketing/advertising industry in general just sometimes feels very unethical to me and I am worried about that too. Increasingly so, The only way to survive in brand age is to connect to two or three centralized platforms. Authenticity feels redundant. > A talented mu", "context": "", "use_case": "Discord alternative", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Brand Age"}, {"id": 756228256, "item_id": 47264266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47264266", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-03-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My god, for a discord alternative is it good!", "excerpt": "I recently got recommended Fluxer by someone At first, my thoughts were, Why not use matrix, Matrix is good and all but I finally decided to give it a try and My god, for a discord alternative is it good! It is one of the few messaging apps that I am very excited to hear about in future from. As I read more, I saw this blog of theirs https://blog.fluxer.app/how-i-built-fluxer-a-discord-like-chat-app/ and they mention", "context": "", "use_case": "community chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "I built Fluxer, a Discord-like chat app by Hampus Kraft"}, {"id": 752964496, "item_id": 47060281, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060281", "by": "Duralias", "date": "2026-02-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it is by far the most discord like discord alternative", "excerpt": "Going by how little it is spoken on here I assume it is a localized phenomena, but the word of Fluxer.app is spreading among my spaces and it is open source and selfhostable and federation in the future. The official instance and full time dev is funded by a cheaper discord nitro like premium sub. It very recently became public and since that makes people think it is vibe coded I recommend reading the making off blog", "context": "", "use_case": "Discord alternative chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord Rival Gets Overwhelmed by Exodus of Players Fleeing Age-Verification"}]}