Fosscord is still a work in progress. If you're an advanced user see here for a guide on how to get started.
About:
- Discord-compatible
- Selfhostable
- Free Open Source Software
- Configurable
- Secure
- Decentralized
- Extendable
- Themeable
Why backwards compatible to Discord?
- Benefit from the large user base of discord, thus more users, making the switch easier for new users & keeping workflows intact
- No disadvantage for the users who use fosscord, so that they can still communicate with all their peers who use discord
- Discord has already built a great and stable protocol (don't reinvent the wheel)
- The community can extend and customize their clients and servers by selfhosting them and developing and installing addons
Philosophy in Detail:
Fosscord aims to be a full one-on-one clone of Discord, adding more
features that can be used as a replacement for the official client
and still connect to discord.com and host private Fosscord server
instances.
Fosscord aims to give the best possible user experience, while being backwards compatible to Discord's features and adding new ones/improving old ones while maintaining the user privacy with end-to-end encryption support.
The client can connect to multiple server instances without the need to open it multiple times.
The client will be extensible through a secure Plugin and Theme System with own store. The server will be extensible through bots, just like discord without the need to change anything except the api endpoint.
The project is open source so everyone can have a look what's going on under the hood and can be maintained and expanded by the community. Everything is configurable in the server config and everyone can add their own features, so that it is not opinionated.
Fosscord contribution ressources
Fosscord aims to give the best possible user experience, while being backwards compatible to Discord's features and adding new ones/improving old ones while maintaining the user privacy with end-to-end encryption support.
The client can connect to multiple server instances without the need to open it multiple times.
The client will be extensible through a secure Plugin and Theme System with own store. The server will be extensible through bots, just like discord without the need to change anything except the api endpoint.
The project is open source so everyone can have a look what's going on under the hood and can be maintained and expanded by the community. Everything is configurable in the server config and everyone can add their own features, so that it is not opinionated.
Fosscord contribution ressources