Stoat (formerly known as Revolt) is a selfhostable, FOSS replacement for discord [Group chats and voice channels you can join any time].
Cool new name, however not as easy to use in other languages.
Voice chat is stil not officialy implemented.
Self-hosting there. Apparently nothing to do for you if you had already hosted before the name change.
The Android app has unfortunately disappeared (not been updated) on F-droid.
Edit: added short description for clarification
Ah! If you have never heard of it I can tell you: it’s the foss, self-hostable equivalent of Discord. Except we are still waiting for the voice channels.
If there’s no voice channels, then why reinvent IRC?
Compared to some other alternatives, I think the thing it really has going for it is how simple it is. It’s really a drop in replacement for discord, something I actually think maybe my friends that don’t really care about Foss would consider switching to. They’ve told me they don’t want to take the time to learn a new messaging software, I don’t think they’d have to with this.
There’s a wide gap of stuff one can do between IRC and “chat with voice channels”. For example, having a better protocol with better formatting options, a moderation API, better account management, other forms of multimedia (page embeds, images).
Wait when I tested revolt a few months ago they definitely had voice channels - was that a beta feature?
Yes it needs extra steps if you are selfhosting and is not supported in the third party app clerotri for example. It seemed an hassle enough that I did not try it on my selfhosted instance.
Gotcha that does match my impression.
You’re right though, there’s value in it being a drop-in replacement for discord. Along those lines, I’m very excited for cinny, a matrix discord-like frontend. There’s a PR for voice calls that I check every now and then, the moment that goes in I’ll be trying to convince my friends to hop over.