Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderFinally, something that outright says that its intent is to be a discord alternative. So many platforms try to sell themselves on some other feature, rather than just being open source and self-hostable. So many things, like Matrix, come close, but lack key components to really competing, such as voice channels rather than calls. I hope this goes somewhere!
I don't know why a significant amount of the comments are so critical of what seems like a pretty incredible project (and based on contributor statistics, primarily built by _a single person_), but I really like it and prefer the overall UX to Element so far (even though it's basically copied Discord entirely). Also, the backend is written in _Rust_, I thought you guys LIKED THIS KIND OF THING!
When I've seen people speak to the devs, they've always seemed very hostile to hosting your own instance of the program. Beyond that, the setup process is one of the worst documented and admin hostile I've seen so far.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1061
- Total comments
- 594
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-06 | Revolt: Open-source alternative to DiscordFirst breakout · Best thread | adamnemecek | 642 | 395 |
| 2023-06-20 | Revolt: Open-source user-first chat platform | khimaros | 15 | 8 |
| 2023-06-22 | Revolt: FOSS Discord AlternativeLatest 20+ point return | hyperific | 402 | 191 |
| 2024-10-22 | Revolt Chat Platform | gtirloni | 2 | 0 |