Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
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Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
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Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#2Github link: https://github.com/revoltchat
The backend is in Rust, frontend is Typescript.
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#3Not sure "written in Rust" is a headline thing that's worth mentioning anymore. Particularly amusing in this case when parts of Discord are written in Rust too.
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#4How does it compare to matrix? Would have been nice to use that since it’s an open protocol that already takes privacy seriously
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#5Not sure "written in Rust" is a headline thing that's worth mentioning anymore. Particularly amusing in this case when parts of Discord are written in Rust too.
On anything you can self-run it's a very useful qualifier. Personally I ignore anything that says "written in Node" because I don't want those headaches.
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#6Not sure "written in Rust" is a headline thing that's worth mentioning anymore. Particularly amusing in this case when parts of Discord are written in Rust too.
On anything you can self-run it's a very useful qualifier. Personally I ignore anything that says "written in Node" because I don't want those headaches.
That’s a shame. Node is quite easy to run.
Biggest problem is that installing any app includes a free black hole.
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#7Does it offer screen share features and customized stickers?
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#8Not sure "written in Rust" is a headline thing that's worth mentioning anymore. Particularly amusing in this case when parts of Discord are written in Rust too.
For me I think “written in Rust”actually does add a lot.
It is a signal that this will be easy to build, easy to deploy (because it is compiled into a single binary in general), memory safe, and likely to be written by a someone that cares about performance and efficiency.
I think those are all valuable hints.
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#9Giving this project such a politically charged name is a bit cringey.
It could turn some people off who would otherwise be interested.
Unless of course you're only interested in targeting a more narrow group to begin with. That's ok to, it just potentially limits the reach of the user pool.
For an app whos success will be governed by 'network effects', it helps to cast that net as wide as possible instead of narrowing it.
Re: Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
#10it's not written in Rust, it is written in Typescript
the backend is written in Rust
if you use Discord, you don't care about the backend, it doesn't run on your machine
This is something i notice about rust users, they promote "written in Rust" more than the products
Very bad marketing