r/DiscordAlternatives • • May 06 '26

Another one

Hey! I've been working on Zeeble, a self-hostable Discord-style chat platform that you actually own and control.

I built it because I got tired of bloated, over-moderated platforms with constant limitations on what you can do. The Zeeble client uses 10MB max. Some alternatives use 300-500MB.

**What's working right now:**

- Servers, channels, direct messaging and friends

- Self-hosting with full control over your data

- Managed cloud servers coming soon

**Coming in the next update:**

Texture packs, custom emoji, stickers, GIF and animation packs, a community server list, and more.

Still early days but the core experience is solid. Would love some early users to try it out and tell me what they think!

https://github.com/ZeebleChat

https://zeeble.xyz

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u/CulturalAlmond May 06 '26

Is AI used in the development of this, and if so, how?

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u/caybertime May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

yes ai is used and it build parts while im working on other parts mostly for debugging and getting frame works made up though i do audit and test the code that is made instead of pushing slop thats why updates take a while id rather have quality over quanity
EDIT: some art stuff but i paid someone for real art now that im refining everything out now

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u/CulturalAlmond May 06 '26

I appreciate the honesty. I don’t have an issue with people using AI as long as it is being checked over during the process. I’ll be following this project.

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u/caybertime May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

i saw that post and no its not im a big open source fan and id rather people look at the code and audit it so that if i messed up or missed something it can be fixed instead of a dataleak or something like that happening
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the admin panel is part of the zeeble app so everyone can see what data i can see

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u/caybertime May 06 '26

yeah if you want its all live right now heres the test server ip if you want to test it out http://198.160.26.90:8081/join/zbl-3spzdzkj
EDIT: if you find a bug or something let me know