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diff --git a/blog/posts/discord2/index.md b/blog/posts/discord2/index.md index e74868f..8b2f922 100644 --- a/blog/posts/discord2/index.md +++ b/blog/posts/discord2/index.md @@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ The latest and maybe greatest federated messaging protocol. Made by a bunch of c An attempt at an open source reimplementation of Discord. It's designed to be fully "Discord-compatible", which doesn't mean interoperable, but it does mean that any third party software made for Discord such as bots or alternate clients should be compatible with its APIs. -This seems like an ideal fit for the role of "drop-in replacement for Discord" in theory, but from what I can tell, while functional, it's not really there yet. If you want to give it a shot, [Fermi](https://fermi.chat/) seems to be the preeminent compatible client at the moment. +This seems like an ideal fit for the role of "drop-in replacement for Discord" in theory, but from what I can tell, while functional on some level, it's not really there yet. + +### [Update, May 10] [Harmony](https://codeberg.org/MelodyChat/Harmony) + +This section previously named [Fermi](https://fermi.chat/) as the preeminent client for Spacebar, but as I've recently been informed, the projects have undergone a sort of meiosis. The developer of Fermi has forked the Spacebar server under the name Harmony on the basis of, to quote their [blog post](https://blog.fermi.chat/blog/2026/04/26/theFuture/) about it, "many long standing organizational issues". Fermi, in turn, has been forked to create a Spacebar-focused version called [Fermo](https://fermo.sovr.top/). + +I'm in no position to back either side of this particular schism, and given that neither is seemingly ready to act as a full-on Discord replacement yet, it's not currently of great concern for the purposes of this article. That said, I would like to see at least one of them succeed, if only because more competition in the space is always more better. ## [Mumble](https://www.mumble.info/) @@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ Ignoring the political side, however, the UX is mediocre at best, the featureset <p class="h2caption">Added on Feb 18</p> -Root is a fascinating specimen. It's a Discord clone in a slightly looser sense, that bills itself as a "platform for communities that do more". What this seems to mean in practice is that in addition to text and voice channels, a Root community can have "app channels", which occupy a role similar to Discord bots, except that they run "natviely inside the platform", so on Root's backend rather than relying on the dev to host it, and can present a totally custom GUI to users. These app channels aren't available to the general public as of writing, but they sound to me like a genuinely neat feature with loads of cool applications and seem to be the main thing setting Root apart. +Root is a fascinating specimen. It's a Discord clone in a slightly looser sense, that bills itself as a "platform for communities that do more". What this seems to mean in practice is that in addition to text and voice channels, a Root community can have "app channels", which occupy a role similar to Discord bots, except that they run "natively inside the platform", so on Root's backend rather than relying on the dev to host it, and can present a totally custom GUI to users. These app channels aren't available to the general public as of writing, but they sound to me like a genuinely neat feature with loads of cool applications and seem to be the main thing setting Root apart. Root currently has the basic trifecta of voice, video, and screenshare, but only the basics — Unlike Stoat, Fluxer, and Osmium, it doesn't even have custom emojis. Also, screenshare is broken on Linux. Talk about a Discord clone, lol. The interface is plenty polished, but it's also a completely different layout — everything's been moved around, and I'm not sure it's for the better. There's a bit of a learning curve here. |