--- title: On Discord Alternatives | daily.dev description: Discord's upcoming age verification requirement has sparked backlash, but finding a privacy-respecting alternative is challenging. Signal is currently the only... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/on-discord-alternatives-ge6gnrrhy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: On Discord Alternatives | daily.dev og:description: Discord's upcoming age verification requirement has sparked backlash, but finding a privacy-respecting alternative is challenging. Signal is currently the only... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-discord-alternatives-ge6gnrrhy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gE6gNRrhY.png og:image:alt: On Discord Alternatives og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On Discord Alternatives **[Dhole Moments](https://daily.dev/sources/soatok)** · 9 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Discord's upcoming age verification requirement has sparked backlash, but finding a privacy-respecting alternative is challenging. Signal is currently the only messaging app with proper end-to-end encryption, but it's centralized and lacks Discord's feature set. The author argues that a true Discord replacement needs to be free software, self-hostable, federated, and decentralized—none of which exist today. Building such a platform requires combining technologies like Tor Onion Services, Key Transparency, and MLS (Messaging Layer Security), while simultaneously fighting age verification laws through political organizing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord](https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-explore-the-best-alternatives-to-discord-5lgd5bllc) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [amy's blog](https://daily.dev/posts/amy-s-blog-kcokwf8at) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Discord Alternatives, Ranked](https://daily.dev/posts/discord-alternatives-ranked-hnkdjmyyj) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#discord](https://daily.dev/tags/discord) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/on-discord-alternatives-ge6gnrrhy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"On Discord Alternatives","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-discord-alternatives-ge6gnrrhy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/on-discord-alternatives-ge6gnrrhy"},"datePublished":"2026-02-11T18:02:48.091Z","dateModified":"2026-02-11T18:03:29.000Z","description":"Discord's upcoming age verification requirement has sparked backlash, but finding a privacy-respecting alternative is challenging. 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