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Revision as of 17:53, 14 August 2022
This pages details a list of community-oriented chat platforms, though any entry is welcome. There is a legend at the bottom indicating what each column means.
Name | Registered Users | Protocol | Protocol Type | Lifecycle | Active | FOSS | Voice | Servers | E2EE | Funding |
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Discord | 350000000 | Discord protocol | Centralised | Mature | VC / Monetised | |||||
Guilded | 300000 | Bespoke | Centralised | Mature | VC | |||||
Revolt | 50000 | Revolt protocol | Centralised | Beta | Donations | |||||
Nertivia | 10818 | Bespoke | Centralised | Mature | P2P | Donations | ||||
Root App | Bespoke | Centralised | Pre-launch | VC | ||||||
Fosscord | Discord protocol | Centralised | Alpha | Donations | ||||||
Cirlos | 138 | Bespoke | Centralised | Beta | Monetised | |||||
Lantern | 24 | Bespoke | Centralised | In Development | Donations | |||||
Ferris Chat | 33 | Bespoke | Centralised | In Development | ||||||
Hyalus | 100 | Bespoke | Centralised | Beta (?) | ||||||
Mikoto | Bespoke | Centralised | In Development | |||||||
Valour | 800 | Bespoke | Centralised | In Development | ||||||
Octii | Bespoke | Centralised | Shelved | |||||||
Kaiheila | Bespoke | Centralised | ||||||||
Harmony | Bespoke | Federated | Shelved | |||||||
Element | Matrix Protocol | Federated | Mature | |||||||
FluffyChat | Matrix protocol | Federated | Mature | – | ||||||
Commune | Matrix protocol | Federated | ||||||||
Cinny | Matrix protocol | Federated | ||||||||
Cabal | Bespoke | Peer-to-Peer |
Defunct Services / Projects
Name | Peak Registered Users | Protocol | Protocol Type | FOSS | Voice | Servers | E2EE | Historical Funding |
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Memberset | Bespoke | Centralised | Monetised | |||||
Hiven | Bespoke | Centralised | Monetised | |||||
Accord (theADAMJR) | 75 | Bespoke | Centralised | |||||
Accord (Mempler) | ||||||||
Plausch | 5 | Discord protocol | Centralised | |||||
Squirrel | Bespoke | |||||||
Concord | Bespoke | |||||||
Scintill | Bespoke | |||||||
Morse REMI | Bespoke | |||||||
Ansen | Bespoke |
Legend
- Protocol Type: one of:
- Centralised: a single authority is used to run the service.
- Federated: multiple independent servers can join together and communicate between each other - learn more here.
- Peer-to-peer: there is no central authority and all clients connect directly to each other.
- Lifecycle indicates either an official statement on progress or a rough estimation and is one of:
- Mature: product has been released and is relatively stable.
- Beta: product is yet to release but has surpassed its Minimal Viable Product stage.
- Alpha: product is still rough around the edges and likely does not have an MVP yet.
- In Development: product is still in early development.
- Active indicates whether the project is still in development or that the service is still online.
- FOSS indicates whether the project is "free and open source software" - learn more here.
- Voice indicates whether the project supports voice calls.
- Servers indicates whether the project supports creating communities or groups of channels.[note 1]
- E2EE indicates whether the project supports creating end-to-end encrypted channels.
References
- ↑ Depending on the platform, these may also be referred to as "guilds" or "spaces".