The devs of ejabberd made an "I can't believe it's not Discord" client for XMPPgithub.com/processone/fluux-messenger

[alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work]

@kopper @volpeon do you want progress or do you just wanna shit on it

[faoluin@chitter.xyz]

@volpeon Wow, I can't believe it's not Discord.

But I guess if it helps people not use Discord...

[noel@ice.00ffff.eu]

@volpeon XMPP UX redemption Arc???

[gothpanda@pandapla.net]

@volpeon Wow! It looks like the only big feature it's missing is voice calls

[tengu@snug.moe]

@volpeon Looks nice. Hope they add call support in the future. ​​

[hazel@shrimp.starlightnet.work]

@alexia @volpeon @kopper this is a node app with react copying the discord ui so i wanna shit on it /hj

[kura@hai.z0ne.social]

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip I wonder if it does voice.

[tay@tech.lgbt]

@volpeon maybe eventually someone will come around and make a feasible xmpp mobile client

[aetios@sns.minovsky.space]

@volpeon this looks pretty dope

[aetios@sns.minovsky.space]

@tay @volpeon what's wrong with Conversations?

[stefan@akko.lightnovel-dungeon.de]

@noel @volpeon Lets also hope they make it waaaaaay easier to host a sensible XMPP-Server until then as well..

[tay@tech.lgbt]

@aetios @volpeon doesn't work on my phone (i don't use android)

[papush_@outerheaven.club]

@noel @volpeon more like the opposite of redemption

[techokami@woof.tech]

@volpeon oh DAMN uhhh this might be a solution

[codimp@social.lithio.fr]

@volpeon
Yes but it seems to be coded by garbage AI, we would love that kind of client created by real people for real people.

I think we need to improve Movim (https://movim.eu) instead!

[volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip]

@codimp What makes you think it's coded by AI?

[rakoo@blah.rako.space]

@volpeon @codimp

it's in the introduction blog post: https://www.process-one.net/blog/introducing-fluux-messenger-a-modern-xmpp-client-born-from-a-holiday-coding-session/

[volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip]

@rakoo @codimp I feel there's some nuance between "bootstrapped with AI" and "coded by AI"

[rakoo@blah.rako.space]

@volpeon @codimp there is a difference in degree, not in nature: exploitation is less problematic than my comfort

[tiredbun@akko.wtf]

@volpeon

So, currently:
- Doesn't explicitly support other server software apart from ejabberd, and doesn't seem to work with server I normally use. (may be a bug with specific release) Couldn't quickly test it because of that.
- Used LLM in early stages of development as indicated by blogpost, doesn't clearly disclose it in repo.
- Is based on web framework, though instead of Electron it's Tauri which uses webkit or native Windows webview depending on platform.
- No guilds, voip, etc, so discord theming is kinda just a visual flare and marketing trick.

I don't know if it was really needed to make it Discord themed apart from hype, but more xmpp clients that at least (hopefully) work wouldn't hurt.