# Fluxer help: About Fluxer > Who makes Fluxer and where the project is going. Part of the Fluxer index at https://fluxer.com/llms.txt. Each link opens the Markdown version of a help article in English. Cite the canonical page listed at the end of each article. Last updated on November 5, 2026. ## Most asked - [Fluxer vs Discord: is Fluxer a good Discord alternative?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-discord.md): Fluxer is open source, free to self-host and shows no ads. How it compares with Discord on price, privacy, features, apps and stability, and where Discord is ahead today. - [Is Fluxer owned by Discord?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-owned-by-discord.md): No. Fluxer is an independent Discord alternative run by Fluxer Platform AB in Sweden, with its own open source code. - [Who runs Fluxer and how it's funded](https://fluxer.com/help/who-runs-fluxer.md): Fluxer Platform AB in Sweden, founded by Hampus Kraft, makes Fluxer. It's funded by optional purchases and donations, with no ads or outside investors. - [Is Fluxer safe? Is it legit or a scam?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-legit.md): Fluxer is run by Fluxer Platform AB, a registered Swedish company. Here's how to check that, and why some site checkers give sites like ours a low score. - [Is Fluxer open source? License and contributions](https://fluxer.com/help/open-source.md): Yes. Fluxer's server, web app, desktop app and mobile apps are open source under the AGPL, and anyone can run, change and share them. - [How do I contact Fluxer? Account, reports, bugs, ideas](https://fluxer.com/help/contact.md): Account help, appeals and safety reports go to the addresses on our company information page, and bugs and ideas go to Fluxer Feedback. ## More articles - [Common misconceptions about Fluxer, the Discord alternative](https://fluxer.com/help/common-misconceptions.md): Short answers to what people most often get wrong about Fluxer, from phone numbers and message scanning to self-hosting and who runs it. - [Why is Discord rewriting its app in Rust?](https://fluxer.com/help/discord-rust-rewrite.md): Discord's CTO says Discord is moving its whole app to Rust and that Electron goes away on desktop. We expect it to be fast, but on desktop it also ends the client mods and themes people use to declutter Discord and make it their own. - [Will Discord always be faster than Fluxer after its Rust rewrite?](https://fluxer.com/help/will-discord-be-faster-than-fluxer.md): Discord's new Rust app will likely start faster and use less memory than an Electron app, but which app runs better can change with every release on both sides. - [Will Fluxer rewrite its app in Rust like Discord?](https://fluxer.com/help/will-fluxer-rewrite-in-rust.md): We have no plans to rewrite Fluxer's web and desktop apps in Rust. Most backend services already use Rust, and Fluxer Lite (working name) is our planned native desktop app. - [Will Discord's new Rust app break client mods and CSS themes?](https://fluxer.com/help/discord-rust-app-client-mods.md): Vencord, BetterDiscord and CSS themes change Discord's Electron app, and its new Rust app has no Electron. Here's which mods and themes are affected. - [Is Discord killing client mods?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-discord-killing-client-mods.md): In effect, yes. Discord's new Rust app leaves Vencord, BetterDiscord and other mods nothing to patch, on desktop and on the web once its new web version ships. - [Will Discord's new Rust app work with screen readers?](https://fluxer.com/help/discord-rust-app-screen-readers.md): Discord hasn't said how its new Rust app will work with screen readers. GPUI started adding screen reader support in 2026, and each app labels its own interface. - [How does Discord make money?](https://fluxer.com/help/how-does-discord-make-money.md): Discord says it's funded by subscriptions such as Nitro, paid products and sponsored content such as Quests. Discord is a private company backed by venture capital. - [Is Discord an advertising company?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-discord-an-advertising-company.md): Discord sells ads and has added Quests, Video Quests, Orbs and Ads Manager since 2024. Here's the timeline and what Discord tells advertisers. - [What are Discord Quests, and can I turn them off?](https://fluxer.com/help/discord-quests.md): Quests are Discord's rewarded ads for playing games or watching videos. Discord's settings change which Quests you see, and Discord says you may still see Quests. - [Is Discord going public?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-discord-going-public.md): Discord was a private company in November 2026, and Bloomberg reported in January 2026 that it had filed confidentially for an IPO. - [Is Discord open source?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-discord-open-source.md): Discord's apps and server software aren't open source, and its terms only let you run its software to use Discord. Discord does publish some libraries, including its call encryption. - [Does Discord sell your data?](https://fluxer.com/help/does-discord-sell-your-data.md): Discord says it doesn't sell your personal information. Its privacy policy says it uses your information to show you sponsored content, such as Quests. - [Is Fluxer funded by venture capital?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-funded-by-venture-capital.md): No. Fluxer is bootstrapped, owned by its founder and funded by the people who use it. This article also lists who funds Discord and other chat apps, with sources. - [Fluxer vs Stoat: which open source chat app fits your community?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-stoat.md): Fluxer and Stoat are both free and open source. We read both codebases to compare self-hosting, features, privacy and apps, and the places where Stoat is ahead. - [Fluxer vs Matrix (Element): which one fits your community?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-matrix.md): Fluxer is built around Discord-style communities and has federation and end-to-end encryption on its roadmap. Matrix is federated, and Element encrypts DMs and private rooms by default. - [Fluxer vs TeamSpeak: is Fluxer a good TeamSpeak alternative?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-teamspeak.md): Fluxer is open source, free to self-host with no license key and free for communities on fluxer.com. How it compares with TeamSpeak on price, privacy, features, apps and stability. - [Fluxer vs Mumble: which one fits your group?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-mumble.md): Fluxer saves text history with search and has video and screen sharing, free on fluxer.com or on your own instance. Mumble is a mature voice chat app you host yourself. - [Fluxer vs Root: open source and self-hosting compared](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-root.md): Fluxer is open source, free to self-host, works in the browser and lets you export your data. Root is a closed-source app from a US company. - [Fluxer vs GameVox: is Fluxer a good GameVox alternative?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-vs-gamevox.md): Fluxer is open source with free self-hosting and free communities. GameVox hasn't published its source code and has a free tier and paid tiers for each server. - [Did Fluxer copy Discord's design?](https://fluxer.com/help/did-fluxer-copy-discords-design.md): Fluxer keeps a chat layout many people already know and builds its own app on top of it, with its own code, logo and artwork. - [What can Fluxer do that Discord can't?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-features-discord-doesnt-have.md): Self-hosting, open source code under the AGPL, peer-to-peer calls and a no-AI-training promise are some of the things this Discord alternative offers. - [The story of Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/story-of-fluxer.md): How Fluxer grew from a high school project into an open source Discord alternative with more than 500,000 accounts, told by its founder. - [When was Fluxer created?](https://fluxer.com/help/when-was-fluxer-created.md): Fluxer started as a high school project between 2020 and 2022, became a private alpha in 2023 and opened to everyone as a public beta in January 2026. - [Why haven't I heard of Fluxer before?](https://fluxer.com/help/why-havent-i-heard-of-fluxer.md): Fluxer hasn't bought ads or run a marketing campaign yet, because we wanted the service stable and the mobile apps in the stores first. We expect the iOS app on the App Store in early November 2026. - [How many people use Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/how-many-people-use-fluxer.md): fluxer.com passed 500,000 accounts in October 2026, after more than 100,000 accounts were created in 16 days in February. - [How is Fluxer funded?](https://fluxer.com/help/how-does-fluxer-make-money.md): How does Fluxer make money? Fluxer is funded by Plutonium subscriptions, Operator Pass purchases and donations, with no ads, no data sales and no outside investors. - [What stops Fluxer from going the way of other chat apps?](https://fluxer.com/help/what-stops-fluxer-becoming-discord.md): Fluxer has no outside investors, its code is under the AGPL with no CLA, self-hosting is free, and our policies rule out ads and selling your data. - [Is Fluxer dead? Will Fluxer shut down?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-dead.md): Fluxer is active, with patch notes on our blog and a public roadmap, and its open source code means anyone can keep running Fluxer on their own instance. - [Will Fluxer keep using GitHub? Plans for Forgejo](https://fluxer.com/help/will-fluxer-keep-using-github.md): We plan to move Fluxer's code, builds, releases and container images from GitHub to a Forgejo site and systems we run ourselves. We haven't set a date. - [Fluxer and AI: how it's built and your messages](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-and-ai.md): Fluxer isn't vibe-coded and never uses your messages or anything else you post to train, fine-tune or evaluate AI models, and outside contributors follow a published LLM usage policy. - [Is Fluxer vibe-coded?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-vibe-coded.md): No. A person who understands the code is responsible for every change to Fluxer and checks it, and you can look through all of it on GitHub. - [Fluxer's roadmap, beta status and where updates are posted](https://fluxer.com/help/roadmap.md): Fluxer's plans are in the public Roadmap 2026 post, changes are listed in the patch notes on our blog, and sign-up on fluxer.com is open with no invite code. - [Is Fluxer still in beta? Do I need an invite code?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-in-beta.md): Anyone can sign up for fluxer.com without an invite code. The Android app is in public beta on Google Play, and we expect the iOS app on the App Store in early November 2026. - [Is Fluxer reliable? Outages, status and the February rush](https://fluxer.com/help/stability.md): fluxer.com has been stable for months, short disruptions still happen sometimes, and its early outages came from a sudden rush of new users in February 2026. - [Why was Fluxer so unstable in February 2026?](https://fluxer.com/help/why-was-fluxer-unstable.md): fluxer.com is stable today. In February 2026 it was slow and went down often, because more than 100,000 accounts were created in 16 days while it ran on a single server. - [Is Fluxer down right now?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-down.md): Check fluxerstatus.com for the live status of fluxer.com, and what to do when the app won't connect. - [How do I report a bug or suggest a feature on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/report-a-bug.md): Post bugs and feature ideas on Fluxer Feedback, where you sign in with your Fluxer account, vote for other posts and follow updates. - [How can I help translate Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/translate-fluxer.md): Suggest translations for the languages Fluxer already has on Fluxer's Weblate, and ask for a new language on Fluxer Feedback first. - [Does Fluxer have a CLA?](https://fluxer.com/help/cla.md): No. Fluxer has no CLA, and you keep the copyright in your contributions. Each commit needs a Developer Certificate of Origin sign-off under the AGPL. ## Optional - [Full text, part 1 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-1.txt): This part has the article "Common misconceptions about Fluxer, the Discord alternative". - [Full text, part 2 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-2.txt): This part has 3 articles, from "Fluxer vs Discord: is Fluxer a good Discord alternative?" to "Will Discord always be faster than Fluxer after its Rust rewrite?". - [Full text, part 3 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-3.txt): This part has 4 articles, from "Will Fluxer rewrite its app in Rust like Discord?" to "Will Discord's new Rust app work with screen readers?". - [Full text, part 4 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-4.txt): This part has 6 articles, from "How does Discord make money?" to "Does Discord sell your data?". - [Full text, part 5 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-5.txt): This part has the article "Is Fluxer funded by venture capital?". - [Full text, part 6 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-6.txt): This part has the article "Fluxer vs Stoat: which open source chat app fits your community?". - [Full text, part 7 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-7.txt): This part has 2 articles, from "Fluxer vs Matrix (Element): which one fits your community?" to "Fluxer vs TeamSpeak: is Fluxer a good TeamSpeak alternative?". - [Full text, part 8 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-8.txt): This part has 3 articles, from "Fluxer vs Mumble: which one fits your group?" to "Fluxer vs GameVox: is Fluxer a good GameVox alternative?". - [Full text, part 9 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-9.txt): This part has 13 articles, from "Is Fluxer owned by Discord?" to "Is Fluxer open source? License and contributions". - [Full text, part 10 of 10](https://fluxer.com/help/category/about/llms-full-10.txt): This part has 12 articles, from "Will Fluxer keep using GitHub? Plans for Forgejo" to "Does Fluxer have a CLA?".