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4 more ways to get Discord
Other download sites
Run by third parties, not by Discord. Prefer the official page above when it works.
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install discord - Homebrew
brew install --cask discord
About Discord
Discord offers text, voice and video chat organised into servers and channels. Voice channels can be joined and left without calling anyone, and members can stream a game or screen to others with low latency. Custom emoji, stickers, soundboard effects and profiles let people personalise how they appear.
It is popular with gaming groups but is also used for larger communities. There is a desktop app for Windows, a mobile app, and a version that runs in the browser. Nitro is an optional paid subscription.
Strengths
- Drop-in voice channels without placing calls
- Low-latency screen and game streaming
- Servers and channels suit large communities
- Works in the browser without installing
Limitations
- Proprietary and centrally hosted
- Some features sit behind the Nitro subscription
- Messages are not end-to-end encrypted by default
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to use, with an optional Nitro subscription.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Discord
- Platforms
- Windows, iOS, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application, Hosted service
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Gaming groups and online communities that want voice and text chat together
- Categories
- Messaging
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Discord
Compare allSoftware that can replace Discord for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Stoat
An open-source group chat app with servers, channels, voice chat and role-based moderation for communities.
Stoat is an open-source server-and-channel chat app with voice chat and role-based moderation, no ads, and apps for every platform, but has a smaller user base.
Flotilla
A Discord-style community app built on Nostr relays, delivered as a progressive web app.
Flotilla builds Discord-style communities on Nostr relays as an open-source web app, requiring familiarity with Nostr keys and relays.
Element
The reference Matrix client: end-to-end encrypted chat on a network you can host yourself.
Element is an open-source Matrix client with end-to-end encryption, self-hostable federation and bridges to Discord, but it can be slow with many large rooms.
Mumble
Free open-source voice chat app built for low latency and self-hosting.
Mumble is free open-source low-latency voice chat you can self-host, but its interface and server setup are less polished and text features are limited.
TeamSpeak
Low-latency voice chat server platform long favored by competitive gamers.
TeamSpeak focuses on low-latency voice chat with a self-hosting option, but it is proprietary and lacks Discord's text community and streaming features.
Zulip
Team chat organised by topic inside each channel, so conversations stay readable when you come back hours later.
Zulip is open-source team chat with topic-based threads inside channels and self-hosting, aimed more at work teams than gaming communities.
Rocket.Chat Desktop
Connect to Rocket.Chat workspaces from a desktop client.
Rocket.Chat Desktop is an MIT-licensed client for self-hostable Rocket.Chat workspaces, with server licensing handled separately from the client.
Mattermost
A self-hosted team chat platform with a desktop client, aimed at organisations that want Slack without the cloud.
Mattermost is self-hosted open-source team chat aimed at organisations, keeping messages on your servers but lacking Discord's drop-in voice channels.
Discord as an alternative
Listings that name Discord as an alternative.
Legcord
A lightweight, standalone third-party Discord desktop client with built-in mods, themes and tracker blocking.
Discord's official app is proprietary and gives up Legcord's tracker blocking, mods and themes, but it is the client Discord itself supports and works in the browser.
Vesktop
A custom Discord desktop app with Vencord built in, lighter than the official client.
Discord's official app drops the built-in Vencord mods and uses more resources, but is the supported proprietary client with Nitro features and browser access.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Vencord
A Discord client mod that adds preinstalled plugins, themes and blocking of Discord analytics.
Slack
A team chat platform organized into channels, with huddles, file sharing, app integrations and AI features.
Beeper
A unified chat app that brings WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Discord and other networks into one inbox.
Telegram Desktop
The official Telegram client for the desktop, with open source code and chats that are not end-to-end encrypted.
