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Every FOSS project:
- Discord
- Github
To those who want to have their software used by others:
Matrix/Element, Stoat, & Codeberg are the ways to go
In short, using Discord for your free software/open source (FOSS) software project is a very bad idea. Free software matters — that’s why you’re writing it, after all. Using Discord partitions your community on either side of a walled garden, with one side that’s willing to use the proprietary Discord client, and one side that isn’t. It sets up users who are passionate about free software — i.e. your most passionate contributors or potential contributors — as second-class citizens.
Stoat is the best Discord alternative. Also, Codeberg for Github alternative
Fully agree with Discord argument.
Regarding Codeberg instead of GitHub, I disagree. Codeberg's aggressive anti-bot protection system frequently locks out many IP ranges from the country I live (Brazil). It's extreme policy on forks and private repositories also limits the functionality of the platform.
The Developer did a poll on mastodon asking where the project should be hosted and nearly anyone voted for Codeberg.
It's sad that the anti-bot protection blocks you out of Codeberg, but its still far better than Github.
I never said anything about not hosting on codeberg. On the contrary, I host my projects there and encourage people to do it too and even donate to them.
How does it compare to roundcube?
I hope they add JMAP.