Hi all, I’m looking for some Discord alternatives. All I really need is the ability to do voice calls and screen shares. It can be either via DM or channels, I only need to it be able to speak with a few friends that’d be open to moving over. I’ve tried Matrix/Element but there doesn’t seem to be a screen share function. There’s Teamspeak but I don’t think that’s FOSS nor does it support screen shares as well. Any other options? Basically just voice calls and screen shares is all I need, I couldn’t care about channels or servers or whatever other functionalities Discord has put into their app. Thanks!

  • onoEnglish
    22•10 months ago

    The Matrix network is the closest you’re likely to get to Discord’s features.

    Nheko is a Matrix client that I believe can do screen sharing.

    Eventually, whatever Matrix clients support Element Call might be what you want, but it’s in beta for now.

    Jitsi Meet might also be worth a look, although its (optional) end-to-end encryption was too demanding for some laptops last time I tried it.

    • @[email protected]
      2•10 months ago

      Are there any limitations with the screen sharing for these alternatives? Audio support or resolution adjustment? I thought I’ve seen mentions of lack of something but I may be thinking of Discord on linux

      • @Still
        5•10 months ago

        discord doesn’t do audio on Linux

        matrix clients that support pipewire should do fine

          • @Still
            3•10 months ago

            screenshare audio, it just doesn’t on Linux. not the voice chat part

    • @[email protected]English
      1•10 months ago

      Is there at this point such a thing as managed hosting of Matrix? Like i pay somebody to install, keep upgraded and in general maintain a Matrix server with bridges to all the major things, then i just use it along with my small pool of users? Even further, would that be advisable?