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Could a “Discord-like” client be built on top of Matrix or XMPP, or perhaps even both?
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I personally don’t have the technical knowledge, time, or energy to take on something like this — but I was curious:
Since Matrix, XMPP, etc. already support most (if not all) of the features that Discord offers — text, voice, video, threads, bots, roles, federation, etc. — would it theoretically be possible to just replicate Discord’s UI and UX and build it on top of the Matrix or XMPP protocol instead of starting from scratch?
I mean, sure, there’d be some challenges with existing third-party clients, like
Matrix:
Element X,
Nheko,
Cinny,
FluffyChat,
XMPP:
Aparté
AstraChat XMPP Client
aTalk
Beagle IM
Bruno
Chat-O-Matic
Chatty
Conversations
Cheogram Android
but if developers and users agreed to focus on a stack — say, Matrix, XMPP, or both — couldn’t there a “Discord-like” ecosystem of compatible apps and communities?
Basically: could an open-source “Discord alternative” be built using Matrix or XMPP as the backend rather than trying to reinvent the wheel?
What are the technical or social barriers to doing that?
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I personally don’t have the technical knowledge, time, or energy to take on something like this — but I was curious:
Since Matrix, XMPP, etc. already support most (if not all) of the features that Discord offers — text, voice, video, threads, bots, roles, federation, etc. — would it theoretically be possible to just replicate Discord’s UI and UX and build it on top of the Matrix or XMPP protocol instead of starting from scratch?
I mean, sure, there’d be some challenges with existing third-party clients, like
Matrix:
Element X,
Nheko,
Cinny,
FluffyChat,
XMPP:
Aparté
AstraChat XMPP Client
aTalk
Beagle IM
Bruno
Chat-O-Matic
Chatty
Conversations
Cheogram Android
but if developers and users agreed to focus on a stack — say, Matrix, XMPP, or both — couldn’t there a “Discord-like” ecosystem of compatible apps and communities?
Basically: could an open-source “Discord alternative” be built using Matrix or XMPP as the backend rather than trying to reinvent the wheel?
What are the technical or social barriers to doing that?
Commet and cinny are already discord-like ui's for matrix.
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