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Hi all, I'm looking for some Discord alternatives. All I really need is the ability to do voice calls and screen shares. It can be either via DM or channels, I only need to it be able to speak with a few friends that'd be open to moving over. I've tried Matrix/Element but there doesn't seem to be a screen share function. There's Teamspeak but I don't think that's FOSS nor does it support screen shares as well. Any other options? Basically just voice calls and screen shares is all I need, I couldn't care about channels or servers or whatever other functionalities Discord has put into their app. Thanks!

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[–] 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Think the desktop client for signal does screen share but I'll have to check first

Edit: yeah you can heres the support link

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  • Element can screen share, but only when both users are using the desktop client. If one user is using mobile, screen sharing won't work.

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    Do you use Revolt? I've heard mixed things but I'd like to know from a user.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    Matrix with Element can really go fuck off. Matrix on Nheko, or Matrix on Fluffychat are way more enjoyable. I know OP already knows this but Matrix replicates the text and image chats/channels/threads/servers of Discord but doesn't have the same parity for Discord's voice chat and screen sharing.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I'm out of the loop and a novice, what's wrong with it?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Having Element be the name brand frontend for Matrix is bad, because it feels so... sterile in comparison to every other frontend, which feel fun in the way Discord does.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    There's Cinny if you want something Discord-like.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    I thought that I read that they recently started requiring a Microsoft/Google account?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Microsoft, google, or github yes. On the main jit.si instance. You can selfhost or use another instance though and not deal with that.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Jitsi-meet and Nextcloud Talk can do that.

    Some XMPP clients can do it for 1:1 calls, but for group calls it is a work in progress and progress has been a bit slow to be honest.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    There is also Element Call at call.element.io. I have not tried screen-sharing but it's worth a look.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    If on mobile, maybe Signal or the FLOSS version known as Molly (Molly assuming you're on android)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I think Element works well in combination with Jitsi, well or for your need just Jitsi could probably do the job too.

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