Fitting that r/selfhosted can't selfhost.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2026
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They're a completely unserious owner if they use Discord still as a "selfhoster", that and getting hacked on top of that shows how careless they are as a moderator.
Self hosting and providing a public service are two very different things.
I've never self hosted a discord alternative, but it doesn't seem like it'd cost anything to just spin it up beside existing self hosted infrastructure.
Here is some advice then: Don't run a public service until you understand the risks and are capable of protecting yourself and your users. It isn't as simple as booting up a service for self use. By using Discord they minimised damages to users it would be worse if they lost control of a Discord alternative with RCE exploits.
Users probably wouldn't be too damaged if an IRC server with a few public channels got hacked. I realize IRC isn't a true Discord alternative (and I realize that's what you were picturing when you commented- I'm not debating your point). I just can't imagine why a self hosting subreddit would need more than text chat + help bot.
But why a new Discord server? 🤦
That’s the punchline brother man
Why, use Redddit if you are in a self hosting community, I understand the community of curious people are there but are you really going to be selling yourself short like that? Than to be using discord as a self hosting community messanger?
Matrix, dudes.
Stoat chat has been a good Discord alternative.
last i checked it was very difficult to run your own instance (including voice chats)
What advantage does it have compared to Matrix?/IRC?
It mimics discord, so functional voice rooms with screen sharing, text channels, and so on..
Matrix has all that these days too
I have not seen a matrix voice channel ever in any of the servers ive seen. Also using element.
Discord sucks.