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Alternatives to Discord and Twitch (programming.dev)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Given the recent controversies surrounding Discord and the fact that the end user is a product of Twitch, I wonder if there is any "bare bone" solution to stream my gaming session to a friend who's on Windows. I'd rather that they didn't have to do anything except clicking on a link or perhaps installing a piece of software but with no need to do any configuration. From their perspective, it should "just work.

On my side
Should I set up a webserver into which I feed an OBS stream? Or can perhaps ffmpeg work as a server on it's own? I'm on Arch Linux, playing games on Steam, within dwm within X11.

On my friend's side
No idea how a windows user is supposed to receive such a video feed.

Edit: text and voice chat, we're considering Signal for.

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[–] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I am very happy with having Sharkord installed on my server. Still in alpha stage, but it's very well built in many places. The project is only 3 month old.

Native softwares will never happen, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Second this, me and my friends have been using it since the day it came out (I am the one hosting it) and it checks all the boxes for us.

    I was never able to get my group to switch away from Discord but this has finally done it

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Noice :) And yes, it looks like Discord and works like Discord for each update (if not better) and I have searched for such software for many years. Based in EU no less :D

    Matrix with Commet would have been a good alternative for me, but I hate how Matrix is built (you are literally forbidden to delete channels you have created).

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    you are literally forbidden to delete channels you have created
    Server admins and space admins can delete rooms within them just fine. If you are the last person left in a room and you leave it, it disappears too.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I was the admin for the space I created :) Good to know that the whole space will be completely deleted after I left it. They should tell one that. Very confusing otherwise.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Electron is a relatively recent thing. What did Devs do in the past?

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