Open Source Alternatives

Alternatives to Discord

Community and team communication platform with voice, video, and text.

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Updated Mar 2026

Building Blocks

Discord is a platform — it bundles multiple capabilities into one subscription. These tools each cover one piece. Teams often assemble 2–3 of them instead of paying for the full suite.

Zulip

16covers: threaded chat45%

Team chat with threading

Rocket.Chat

15covers: team chat55%

Open source Slack/Teams alternative

Mattermost

14covers: team chat50%

Open source secure collaboration platform

Synapse

13covers: team messaging50%

Matrix homeserver for decentralized chat

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