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Since Discord has decided to set itself on fire you might be looking for an alternative. Fluxer is open source (AGPL), selfhostable and based in Sweden. But maybe wait a while before you try to install the server yourself because the dev writes on github:

I know it's hard to resist, but please wait a little longer before you dive deep into the current codebase or try to set up self-hosting. I'm aware the current stack isn't very lightweight. In the next update, self-hosting should be straightforward, with a small set of services: Fluxer Server (TypeScript) using SQLite for persistence, Gateway (Erlang), and optionally LiveKit for voice and video.

The developer hosted instance has a Nitro-like premium tier for their service named Plutonium, if you selfhost you get all the premium features for free.

Fluxer is not federated (yet), but according to the website, federation is planned in the near(-ish) future. Furthermore the service is a bit spotty at the moment as they are fighting with an unusually big influx of new users.

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[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 1 points 1 day ago

Monocles also does what Movim does, but with a native app on the phone.

[-] CafeFrog@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You have personally used the monocles app from F-droid to have group video calls and shared your screen in a call?

AFAIK Monocles also hosts a Movim instance, which is separate from their mobile app (The mobile app is a fork of Conversations with some additions from Cheogram and Blabber).

Are you sure you are not confusing the two? I ask because I can't find any mention of that ability to perform group calls on the Monocles website, nor on their Codeberg.

Conversations, which the Monocles mobile app is based on, still cannot perform group calls or group video calls as of 3 months ago, so I'd be a little surprised if Monocles independently added that ability without upstreaming it to Conversations.

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