discussion Discord Alternative (LewdCord)

[Vadeviant]

What a great idea. If not already on your list, I imagine it would be even cooler if discord bots/plugins worked with it/were easy to port if they were opensource already etc!

 

[Ohgun]

Even if it is a work in progress, it sounds like an awesome alternative to that 1984 hellpit Discord has become, but only if this Age Verification bullshit doesn't move to the OS level.

 

[Edan]

looking good keep up the good work!

 

[43xi]

closer to what it was yesterday lol

keep up the good work!

 

[Braixenlover]

well its like discord, so there is no moderating, you moderate your own server, idc what is posted but each server will have a bot that cant be kicked and will remove ** and gore etc and ban said user or ban the channel

can i ask... how will the bot know its ** or gore? or is that still in the figure out phase (or cant say)... i would at least hope the bot won't just like see "extreme violence or blood" even if its like a graphic anime or something, and ban someone for it.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

can i ask... how will the bot know its ** or gore? or is that still in the figure out phase (or cant say)... i would at least hope the bot won't just like see "extreme violence or blood" even if its like a graphic anime or something, and ban someone for it.

hashes/metadata from said images/videos are searched on a specific database.

 

[papapepe3]

I was trying to get my friends to Stoat since discord is going to be forcing document verification. I think the name WILL be intimidating to try and get other people in the platform, but that can be a good thing on its own. Less people, less headaches. Maybe a platform just for me, without my friends.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

I was trying to get my friends to Stoat since discord is going to be forcing document verification. I think the name WILL be intimidating to try and get other people in the platform, but that can be a good thing on its own. Less people, less headaches. Maybe a platform just for me, without my friends.

The name is a work in progress lol

 

[PhantomNT]

Let me know when its up and running fully Love to join

 

[Herzmankova]

Age verification? That’s absolutely disgusting

 

[MisterRoboto]

I may be late to the party, you hay have already considered it, but why not Matrix or IRC?

 

[Jack Of Blades]

I may be late to the party, you hay have already considered it, but why not Matrix or IRC?

Both suck ass irc is outdated and I don’t trust matrix

 

[neverxenough]

Love to join when its up and running!

 

[TheNewWave]

Discord can get fucked.

Since Discord keeps drifting further into this pathetic “hand over your ID so we can decide if you’re allowed to exist” direction, I decided I’m done relying on them. I’m not building a community on a platform that keeps moving closer to treating ordinary users like criminals, products, or liabilities the second it becomes convenient for them.

That kind of shit destroys privacy, destroys trust, and destroys the entire point of having an actual community in the first place.

So instead of waiting around for Discord to get even worse, I built my own closed-source alternative: LewdCord.

And no, I did not build it on top of some open-source hand-me-down garbage either. I’m not gambling the future of my platform on software that can get sold out, restricted, gutted, relicensed, forced into compliance, or pushed toward the exact same ID-verification clownshow later. I’m taking zero chances on that.

LewdCord is being built as its own web app and API platform, on its own domain, on its own server, under our control instead of theirs.

This is not just “Discord but renamed.”
This is me making sure the community has a platform that is not chained to Discord’s bullshit decisions.

What LewdCord is aiming for / already being built toward:

• A fully independent platform not tied to Discord’s ecosystem
• Real private messaging architecture where DM plaintext is not stored on the server
• Ciphertext-only DM storage instead of casually trusting a third party with everything
• Rate limits, audit trails, and suspicious-session revocation instead of lazy security
• Real-time delivery and sync systems so unread/read state updates properly across active clients
• Server invite controls, mute persistence, mention handling, and cloud-synced state
• A foundation built to scale instead of being some half-assed toy project

And yes, LewdCord is also being built with its own identity and features instead of feeling like a sterile corporate clone. That means platform customization, profile perks, theme control, stickers/emojis, sound-related personalization, premium expansion features, and a system that can actually evolve around our community instead of whatever sanitized direction Discord wants to force next.

Most importantly, LewdCord exists for one reason:
so this community does not have to kneel to Discord’s rules, Discord’s paranoia, Discord’s future policy changes, or Discord’s constant urge to control more and more of what users must hand over.

LewdCord is not finished yet, and I’m not pretending it is. It is still in development. But the direction is real, the platform is real, and the goal is simple:

Independence.
Privacy.
Control.
No forced corporate humiliation rituals just to use chat.

So while Discord keeps acting like a spineless cuck platform that would rather pressure users into identity checks than respect privacy, I’m building something that belongs to us instead of them.

Anyways, here is a promo video for LewdCord so you can see what’s coming.

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(notifications are still a work in progress
emoji's box still a work in progress
reaction issues as well)

Great idea. Can´t wait to join

 

[paulkersey]

I want to think this is a joke, but they're so stupid I wouldn't be surprised if it were true.

For whatever reason I usually can't get on discord. They were asking for a phone number and they can fuck off with that. You tube tried to pull that shit on me before as well. Though I was able to get around it. All these assholes are control freaks.

 

[YGODarkHole]

The name is a work in progress lol

Thank goodness, cus one of the reasons it's so hard to get friends to switch to like Matrix and other stuff is the barrier to entry and the design/feature space (haven't actually tried Stoat yet though). It's easy for someone to say they hate all of Discord just because they dislike their policies, but the fact is that it's super dominant for a reason. The app itself is just better for what it does than the current alternatives in my opinion and more importantly in the opinions of the critical mass of people who use it. Lewdcord tho, actually looks like it'll have legs in those areas, so it'd be nice to have an actual competitor for Discord that could actually convince my normie friends to switch over. But, I wouldn't do that with the name LewdCord lol. Maybe like, "LoudCorner" so it's like, those who know LC know, but that's a really random spitball. Afaik though, some of the hardest things to do are screen sharing and voice quality, so I'll be looking forward to how you tackle those. Anyway, this project looks good and I'm looking forward to trying it.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

Thank goodness, cus one of the reasons it's so hard to get friends to switch to like Matrix and other stuff is the barrier to entry and the design/feature space (haven't actually tried Stoat yet though). It's easy for someone to say they hate all of Discord just because they dislike their policies, but the fact is that it's super dominant for a reason. The app itself is just better for what it does than the current alternatives in my opinion and more importantly in the opinions of the critical mass of people who use it. Lewdcord tho, actually looks like it'll have legs in those areas, so it'd be nice to have an actual competitor for Discord that could actually convince my normie friends to switch over. But, I wouldn't do that with the name LewdCord lol. Maybe like, "LoudCorner" so it's like, those who know LC know, but that's a really random spitball. Afaik though, some of the hardest things to do are screen sharing and voice quality, so I'll be looking forward to how you tackle those. Anyway, this project looks good and I'm looking forward to trying it.

was thinking discorner lol

 

[Braixenlover]

hashes/metadata from said images/videos are searched on a specific database.

oh ok, so just like all the big names do with youtube and facebook ect. alright good to know, if this all works out i will definitely be using it over discord... though getting my normal friends to join a new platform especially one named "lewd"cord XD will be tricky

 

[Jack Of Blades]

oh ok, so just like all the big names do with youtube and facebook ect. alright good to know, if this all works out i will definitely be using it over discord... though getting my normal friends to join a new platform especially one named "lewd"cord XD will be tricky

im playing with the name lol probably gonna do discorner

 

[Braixenlover]

im playing with the name lol probably gonna do discorner

well that makes it better i guess lol, though lewdcord is a top tier name otherwise.