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@cidney@mastodon.gamedev.place

2026-07-28 19:47 UTC

Solo indie devs of fedi-- have any of you found a decent Discord alternative for keeping track of playtesters? Mailing lists + IRC/Matrix? Forums? I'm drawing a blank, but I hate using Discord. :( #gamedev #community #indiedev

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  • @mdione@en.osm.town 2026-07-28 21:45

    @cidney@mastodon.gamedev.place https://www.discourse.org/ ? It's a forum type that's used in many projects I participate in: KDE, OSM, and more.

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  • @tyzbit@toot.now 2026-07-28 22:00

    @cidney@mastodon.gamedev.place I enthusiastically recommend Nextcloud. I think it will have a lot of the features you're looking for. Talk = Discord/Slack. Not as many features but has voice and video calling, which is rare for selfhosted apps. Forum = Yep, it can do forums with the same users as all the other apps you install. Forms = Surveys! Office = Office suite with apps you'd expect I'm sure there are options for email blasts too. Every file made by each app is shareable. Sharing new betas or patches is super easy. And one advantage it has over almost every other app is you can talk to and interact with users who don't wish to make an account. No more dark web! It's not perfect and it's simplistic sometimes but I made one to replace a Discord and have been having a blast on it. #Nextcloud #discordalternatives  #discordmigration #discordisoverparty #matrixorg #irc

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