CLUSTER CHAT-DESKTOP-MESSAGING · 19 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-09-04
Discord-style community chat apps
This cluster consists of real-time community chat applications inspired by Discord, ranging from open-source desktop clients to decentralized messaging platforms. Dated entries before the index start span August 2021 through July 2026, with a single entry in 2021 and the remaining six scattered from September 2024 onward, including multiple in 2026. drocsid leads traction with 47 stars on its activity signal, while other dated members show no stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 2 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled
Operator · 6 hobby · 8 open source · 5 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01drocsid61★1 moliveOpen-source community chat app for creating communities and messaging in real time.
- 02Concord5★23 dayslivehobbyReal-time communication platform that lets communities interact through servers, channels, and direct messages.
- 03wapve-clients1★29 daysliveMessaging application that provides voice, video, and shared spaces for community communication across web, desktop, and Android clients.
- 04Messenger-For-Desktop-Full-Version0★12 days—Desktop chat application for Windows that allows messaging, image/video sharing, group chats, and calls with Facebook contacts.
- 05modern-discord-clone0★7 daysliveai-builthobbyChat application that recreates Discord-style community servers, channels, and messaging with email authentication.
- 06thiscord0★15 days—hobbyDesktop chat application for self-hosted community servers with accounts, role-based permissions, channels, and persistent messaging.
- 07nerimity-desktop0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop chat application for community messaging with servers, channels, and direct messages between users.
- 08nerimity-desktop-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop chat application for community messaging with servers, channels, and direct messages between users.
- 09Pulse0★24 days—hand-codedhobbyReal-time desktop messaging application with threads, reactions, presence, search, and command palette across operating systems.
- 10klusacord0★28 daysliveChat platform for communities, similar to Discord.
- 11osmium0★1 moliveopen sourceDistributed community messaging and voice/video platform for global communication.
- 12orangchat-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop messaging application that provides real-time chat communication similar to Discord for online communities.
- 13licord-bin0★3 moliveopen sourceA native desktop chat application inspired by Discord, offering messaging and community channels for Linux desktop users.
- 14Comm Messenger0★4 moliveDecentralized community messaging app where each community runs on a personal keyserver, supporting nested threads and sidebars.
- 15volt-desktop0★5 moliveopen sourceDesktop chat client application that lets users send messages and communicate with others in real time.
- 16nerimity0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop chat application for community messaging with servers, channels, and direct messages between users.
- 17Stoat (Unofficial)0★unknownliveopen sourceText and voice chat platform for building online communities with channels, fine-grained permissions, moderation tools, and bots.
- 18Dissent0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop chat application that provides an alternative interface for messaging and browsing communities on an existing chat platform.
- 19Discord Messaging App0★unknownliveai-builthobbyMessaging application that lets users chat and communicate in real time within community channels or servers.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.