# Fluxer > Fluxer is a free, open source Discord alternative for friends, groups and communities, with text, voice, video, screen sharing and self-hosting. Links to help articles, policies and blog posts go to Markdown versions of those pages. Each Markdown version links its canonical HTML page, which is the page to cite. The Markdown versions are in English. ## Help: About Fluxer - [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. - [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 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, with voice channels and custom emoji, 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, and we expect its iOS app on the App Store in early November 2026. Root is a closed-source app from a US company that plans a web app and self-hosting later, and its mobile apps are released in the App Store and Google Play. - [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, has a free tier and paid tiers for each server, and has mobile apps in the app stores, while Fluxer expects its iOS app on the App Store in early November 2026. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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 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. - [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. ## Help: Account and sign-in - [Can I use Fluxer without an email?](https://fluxer.com/help/claim-account.md): Yes. You can sign up for Fluxer with only a name. That account works only on one device until you add an email, and then you can sign in anywhere. - [Problems signing in or signing up on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/sign-in-problems.md): Why Fluxer emails you to approve a new IP address, what to do when a verification or reset email doesn't arrive, and how to get help if you lost your old inbox. - [Why do I keep getting 'new IP address' sign-in emails?](https://fluxer.com/help/new-ip-sign-in-email.md): Fluxer emails you before a password sign-in from an IP address your account hasn't approved, which also happens when your own network changes. - [Why didn't my verification or password reset email arrive?](https://fluxer.com/help/verification-email-not-arriving.md): Check spam and the address you typed, wait a few minutes, and contact our support team if it still doesn't come. - [Changing your username and tag on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/usernames.md): Changing your username gives you a new random four-digit tag unless you have Plutonium. If you picked your tag or changed your username with Plutonium, the tag turns random when Plutonium ends, unless it renews. - [Does Fluxer ask for my phone number?](https://fluxer.com/help/phone-verification.md): You don't need a phone number to sign up or to use Fluxer. If our spam rules pause messaging on your account, you can text a code or ask our support team to verify you by hand. - [Why is messaging paused on my Fluxer account?](https://fluxer.com/help/messaging-paused.md): If our spam rules pause messaging on your account, you may be asked to verify before you can send messages again. You can reply to the email to ask for manual verification. - [Is this email really from Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/emails-from-fluxer.md): Emails about your Fluxer account come from an address ending in @m.fluxer.com, and other official email comes from fluxer.com or fluxer.app addresses. - [Can I change my date of birth?](https://fluxer.com/help/change-date-of-birth.md): Why Fluxer can't change the date of birth on your account, why our support team can't either, and why we never accept ID to prove your age. - [How old do you have to be to use Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/minimum-age.md): You need to be at least 13 to use Fluxer, or older where your country sets a higher minimum age, and you can tell us if we get your age wrong. - [How do I export my Fluxer data?](https://fluxer.com/help/data-export.md): You can request a ZIP of your Fluxer data as machine-readable JSON in your privacy settings, and we email you a download link that works for up to 7 days. - [How to delete or disable your account](https://fluxer.com/help/delete-account.md): You can disable or delete your Fluxer account in your account settings. Deleting it starts a 14-day grace period, and signing back in cancels it. ## Help: Privacy and security - [Message and call privacy on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/message-privacy.md): How Fluxer handles calls, screen share previews and deleted messages, what changes on a self-hosted instance and where end-to-end encryption stands. - [Can Fluxer staff read my DMs?](https://fluxer.com/help/can-fluxer-read-my-dms.md): Nobody at Fluxer reads your DMs, and we don't have anyone else read them for us. The only exceptions are when a person on our team with the right access looks at the specific messages involved in a report, a specific rule break, a credible safety issue or a valid legal request. - [Fluxer's encryption roadmap: calls, DMs and communities](https://fluxer.com/help/encryption.md): Fluxer encrypts your data in transit and at rest. End-to-end encrypted calls are planned for 2026, and encrypted notes, DMs and group DMs as an experimental draft in 2026 and stable in 2027. - [Is Fluxer end-to-end encrypted?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-end-to-end-encrypted.md): Not yet. Fluxer encrypts messages in transit and at rest, and end-to-end encrypted calls, notes, DMs and group DMs are on its roadmap for 2026 and 2027. - [Does Fluxer track me or sell my data?](https://fluxer.com/help/tracking.md): No. Fluxer has no third-party analytics, no fingerprinting and no cross-site tracking, runs no ads, doesn't sell your data and never trains AI on your content. - [Does Fluxer scan my messages or files?](https://fluxer.com/help/content-scanning.md): Nobody at Fluxer reads your messages except in four specific cases, and we run no generative AI or LLM over them. Automated checks look for spam, coordinated abuse, taken-over accounts, harmful links and explicit images. - [Where is Fluxer hosted? Can the US government get my data?](https://fluxer.com/help/hosting.md): Fluxer is a Swedish company with most of fluxer.com's data in the US today. We review every government request we receive, and until we move to our own hardware in Sweden, US authorities can also send orders to our US hosting provider. - [Is Fluxer hosted in Europe?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-hosted-in-europe.md): Not yet. Most of fluxer.com's data is hosted in the US today, and a move to Fluxer's own hardware in Sweden is planned. - [Is Fluxer an American company?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-a-us-company.md): No. Fluxer is run by Fluxer Platform AB in Sweden, with no US company behind it, although most of fluxer.com's data is hosted in the US today. - [Can a foreign government get my data from Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/foreign-government-requests.md): Governments outside the EU have to ask Sweden for legal assistance, and Swedish prosecutors and courts decide under Swedish law. Other EU countries follow the EU's e-Evidence rules. - [Is Fluxer subject to the US CLOUD Act?](https://fluxer.com/help/cloud-act.md): Fluxer is a Swedish company with no company or office in the US, and a US order sent directly to us can't be enforced in Sweden. We're moving fluxer.com's data from a US host to our own servers in Sweden. - [How do Swedish and EU law protect my data on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/swedish-and-eu-privacy-law.md): The GDPR covers all your data on fluxer.com wherever it's stored, IMY supervises us, and Swedish authorities need a decision under Swedish law to get your data. - [Where will Fluxer's servers be in Sweden?](https://fluxer.com/help/servers-in-sweden.md): We're moving fluxer.com from US hosting to our own hardware in Sweden, with 31173 Services AB, a Swedish colocation and network provider. - [Is a self-hosted Fluxer instance more private?](https://fluxer.com/help/self-hosted-instance-privacy.md): On a self-hosted instance, Fluxer has none of its messages, files or accounts. The people who run it decide where its data is stored and who can access it. - [What other people and bots on Fluxer can see about you](https://fluxer.com/help/what-others-see.md): Other people and bots don't get your IP address from Fluxer, except in opt-in peer-to-peer calls, and an app only gets your email address if you allow it. - [What happens when I block someone on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/what-happens-when-i-block-someone.md): Fluxer doesn't tell the person you block. Neither of you can send the other a DM, and their messages in communities you share collapse into one row. - [Does Fluxer have read receipts?](https://fluxer.com/help/does-fluxer-have-read-receipts.md): No. Other people on Fluxer can't see whether you've read their message, and read receipts aren't on our roadmap. - [Does "Invisible" hide me completely on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/invisible-status.md): No. "Invisible" makes you appear offline, and people still see the messages you send and see you when you join a voice channel. - [Can other people see my IP address on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/can-people-see-my-ip.md): Other users can't see your IP address in text chat or regular calls. Peer-to-peer calls and links to outside sites are the cases to know about. - [Two-factor, passkeys and signed-in devices](https://fluxer.com/help/two-factor.md): Fluxer supports authenticator apps, passkeys, security keys and backup codes. If you lose your second factor, a backup code gets you back in. - [Lost your 2FA app or passkey? How to get back into Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/lost-two-factor.md): Use a backup code if you saved one. Otherwise write to support from your account's email address, and a person on our team will help. - [How do I sign out my other devices on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/sign-out-other-devices.md): You can sign out one device or every other device from "Linked devices", and changing or resetting your password also signs out your other devices. - [Why does claiming a gift on Fluxer need a captcha?](https://fluxer.com/help/gift-captcha.md): Claiming a gift asks for a captcha, and your device works out a small calculation to make it harder for bots to claim gifts. There's no puzzle to click through and no third-party captcha service. - [Why did my antivirus flag Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/antivirus-warnings.md): A Windows build that hooked into games for better screen capture was flagged by some antivirus software. We removed that feature, and Fluxer isn't malware. - [Is Fluxer Canary a virus?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-canary-safe.md): No. Fluxer Canary is our own early-release desktop app, signed the same way as the regular app. Some antivirus apps flagged an older build's game capture. - [How do I check that my Fluxer download is genuine?](https://fluxer.com/help/verify-fluxer-download.md): Download Fluxer only from our download page or GitHub, check the signature on Windows and compare the .sha256 checksum from pkgs.fluxer.com. - [Will Fluxer scan my messages because of Chat Control?](https://fluxer.com/help/chat-control-scanning.md): Fluxer doesn't scan your messages or files for child abuse material, and as of October 2026 no EU law requires it to. Here's what Fluxer checks and what could change. ## Help: Safety and moderation - [How to report a message, a person or a community on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/report.md): Report messages and profiles from their menus in the app, report anything else to safety@fluxer.com, and a person on our team reads every report. - [How moderation and appeals work on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/moderation.md): A person on our team makes every decision on reports and appeals. Our spam filters are rules our team writes, and you can appeal anything they do. - [Does Fluxer use AI for moderation or support?](https://fluxer.com/help/does-fluxer-use-ai-moderation.md): A person on our team makes every decision on reports, bans and appeals and handles every support conversation. - [How do I appeal a ban on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/appeal-a-ban.md): Email appeals@fluxer.com from the email address on your account. A person on our team reads and decides every appeal. - [Official Fluxer accounts and websites, and how to spot scams](https://fluxer.com/help/official-sources.md): Fluxer's official accounts are on our company information page, and we never ask for your password or payment details by email or message. - [Which Fluxer websites are official?](https://fluxer.com/help/which-fluxer-sites-are-official.md): Fluxer's own websites are on fluxer.com, fluxer.app and the domains in our security policy. Community lists, hosts and lookalikes aren't run by Fluxer. - [Does Fluxer do age verification or ask for ID?](https://fluxer.com/help/age-verification.md): No. Fluxer doesn't verify ages or accept ID, and it asks only for your date of birth. - [Someone reported me as under age. Do I have to send ID?](https://fluxer.com/help/reported-as-a-minor.md): No. Fluxer never accepts IDs, selfies or face scans. A person on our team looks at reports about age and considers the context. - [Why was my image blurred or blocked on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/nsfw-detection.md): Fluxer's image classifier only applies your sensitive media settings and 18+ limits. It never punishes your account, and your settings decide what you see. ## Help: Communities - [How to move your Discord server to Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/move-from-discord.md): Fluxer can copy your Discord server's channels, roles and permissions from a server template, but not its messages or members. Here's how to move. - [How do I import a Discord server template into Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/import-discord-server-template.md): Make a server template on Discord and import it into Fluxer to bring over channels, roles and permissions without building your community again. - [Is there a bridge between Discord and Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/discord-bridges.md): Community-made bridges can link a Fluxer community to a Discord server so members can move at their own pace. They aren't affiliated with Fluxer. - [Can I import my Discord message history into Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/import-discord-message-history.md): Fluxer has no official way to copy messages or members from Discord. Copying a server's messages in bulk goes against Discord's terms, and your members never agreed to it. - [Where can I find Fluxer bots, bridges and resources?](https://fluxer.com/help/community-resources.md): Community-maintained lists of Fluxer bots, communities, bridges and tools. They're made by people outside Fluxer, and we don't endorse them. - [Community tools: roles, onboarding, events and moderation](https://fluxer.com/help/community-tools.md): Which community tools this Discord alternative has today, which are planned, and what bots can do in the meantime. - [Can creators get paid by fans on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/creator-payments.md): Not yet. Creator payments, where fans pay for roles, exclusive content or event tickets in a creator's community, are planned for 2027 or later. - [Does Fluxer have onboarding, auto roles or reaction roles?](https://fluxer.com/help/onboarding-and-auto-roles.md): Not built in. Bots can give roles when someone joins or reacts, and a verification level decides who can send messages in your community. - [Does Fluxer have scheduled events?](https://fluxer.com/help/scheduled-events.md): Not yet. Scheduled events are planned for Fluxer communities, without a date, and here's what communities use until then. - [Does Fluxer have AutoMod?](https://fluxer.com/help/automod.md): No. Fluxer has no built-in AutoMod or word filters, but it has verification levels, invite pausing, an explicit content filter and moderation bots. - [What happens to my community if I leave or get banned?](https://fluxer.com/help/community-ownership.md): Fluxer doesn't hand a community to someone else when its owner leaves or is banned, so transfer ownership to someone you trust before you go. - [Does Fluxer have category permissions?](https://fluxer.com/help/category-permissions.md): Yes. You can set permissions once on a category, and every channel in it that's synced with the category uses them. - [List your community in Explore](https://fluxer.com/help/list-your-community-in-explore.md): How to apply to list your community in Explore on fluxer.com for free, what a listed community needs and how a person on our team reviews each application. - [Become a partnered community](https://fluxer.com/help/become-a-partnered-community.md): What partnered communities on fluxer.com get, what we look at before we partner with a community, and how to ask us about becoming one. - [Get your community verified](https://fluxer.com/help/get-your-community-verified.md): Verification shows a fluxer.com community is the official one for a project, brand or creator. A link from your official website is the simplest proof. ## Help: Features and apps - [Fluxer apps: desktop, mobile and Linux packages](https://fluxer.com/help/apps.md): Fluxer runs in your browser, on Windows, macOS and Linux, and in beta on Android. The iOS app is coming to the App Store in early November 2026, and the apps can sign in to several accounts. - [Is Fluxer on iOS, the App Store and Google Play?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-app-store.md): We expect Fluxer's iOS app on the App Store in early November 2026, and the TestFlight beta is on hold for now. Until then, a Fluxer app you find there isn't ours, and the Android app is in the Google Play beta. - [Will Fluxer be on alternative app stores on iPhone?](https://fluxer.com/help/ios-alternative-app-stores.md): We plan to publish the Fluxer iOS app in alternative app stores in the EU, Japan and Brazil, where Plutonium would cost about 5% more than on the web. There's no date yet. - [Will Fluxer be on F-Droid and other Android app stores?](https://fluxer.com/help/f-droid.md): Not yet. We plan to publish the Fluxer Android app on F-Droid and Accrescent for the full release, and you can install it without Google Play from our download page. - [Is the Fluxer iOS app on TestFlight or the App Store?](https://fluxer.com/help/ios-testflight.md): Fluxer's TestFlight beta for iOS is on hold for now following a technical issue at Apple, and we expect Fluxer to be on the App Store in early November 2026. - [Does Fluxer work on Intel Macs?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-on-mac.md): Yes. The Fluxer desktop app for macOS is a universal build for Intel and Apple silicon Macs running macOS 13 or later. - [Which Fluxer Linux packages are official?](https://fluxer.com/help/linux-packages.md): The official Linux builds are on the Fluxer download page. Other packages are made by the community and aren't checked by Fluxer. - [How do I install Fluxer on Ubuntu and Debian?](https://fluxer.com/help/install-fluxer-on-ubuntu-and-debian.md): Add Fluxer's signed apt repository and install the fluxer package on Ubuntu or Debian, and apt keeps Fluxer up to date with the rest of your system. - [How do I install Fluxer on Fedora?](https://fluxer.com/help/install-fluxer-on-fedora.md): Add Fluxer's signed dnf repository and install the fluxer package on Fedora, RHEL, Rocky, Alma or CentOS Stream, and dnf keeps it up to date. - [How do I install Fluxer on Arch Linux?](https://fluxer.com/help/install-fluxer-on-arch-linux.md): Add Fluxer's signed pacman repository and install the fluxer package on Arch Linux, and pacman keeps Fluxer up to date with the rest of your system. - [How do I install Fluxer with Flatpak?](https://fluxer.com/help/install-fluxer-with-flatpak.md): Install Fluxer from our own Flatpak repository with one click or one command, or from Flathub, which can get updates a few weeks after we release them. - [How do I download the Fluxer AppImage for Linux?](https://fluxer.com/help/fluxer-appimage.md): Download the Fluxer AppImage or tar.gz for x64 or arm64 from the Linux downloads. The AppImage updates itself, but the tar.gz doesn't. - [How do I download the Fluxer APK?](https://fluxer.com/help/android-apk.md): Get the Fluxer Android beta as an APK from our Android download page, pick the Firebase or UnifiedPush build, keep it updated and check its signature. - [Why won't Obtainium update Fluxer on Android?](https://fluxer.com/help/obtainium-update-older-version.md): If Obtainium says it can't install an older version of Fluxer, uninstall Fluxer once and install it again from Obtainium, then sign in again. - [Can I use more than one Fluxer account at once?](https://fluxer.com/help/multiple-accounts.md): The desktop and mobile apps can sign in to several Fluxer accounts and switch between them. - [Are themes and custom CSS allowed on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/themes-and-custom-css.md): Yes. Themes and custom CSS are built into the Fluxer web and desktop apps for everyone, and here's what to know before you install someone else's theme. - [How do I turn off custom CSS that broke Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/turn-off-custom-css.md): Press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + K, or ⌘ Command + ⇧ Shift + ⌥ Option + K on a Mac, to turn off Quick CSS and saved themes in the Fluxer web and desktop apps without deleting them. - [Messaging on Fluxer: search, replies, GIFs and formatting](https://fluxer.com/help/messaging.md): How search, replies, formatting, GIFs, translation and group DMs work on Fluxer, and which messaging features are planned or not built yet. - [Does Fluxer have threads and forums?](https://fluxer.com/help/threads-and-forums.md): Yes. Threads, forum channels and media channels are in early beta for everyone on Fluxer, and public forums that anyone can read on the web are planned. - [How to format messages on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/formatting-messages.md): Markdown in Fluxer: bold, lists, code blocks, tables, spoilers, timestamps, alerts and more, with what to type for each one. - [How do I make Markdown alerts in Fluxer chat?](https://fluxer.com/help/markdown-alerts.md): Start a quote with [!NOTE], [!TIP], [!IMPORTANT], [!WARNING] or [!CAUTION] to turn it into an alert box with an icon and a title in a Fluxer message. - [How do I post a time in everyone's time zone?](https://fluxer.com/help/message-timestamps.md): Fluxer's timestamp syntax shows a date and time in each reader's own time zone, language and time format. - [How do I mark a spoiler on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/spoiler-tags.md): Wrap text in two vertical bars to hide it as a spoiler, and mark images and files as spoilers before you send them. - [Can Fluxer show what game or music I'm playing?](https://fluxer.com/help/activity-status.md): Not yet. An activity status, sometimes called rich presence, is planned and being worked on, and it will be opt-in, so it stays off until you turn it on. - [Can people find my Fluxer messages on Google?](https://fluxer.com/help/are-my-messages-on-google.md): No. Fluxer's web app tells search engines not to index it, and Fluxer will never publish messages from DMs or chat channels on the web. Public forums are planned, and the only channels planned to be readable on the web are forum channels that a community creates as public and announcement channels that a community chooses to publish. - [Can Fluxer delete old messages automatically?](https://fluxer.com/help/auto-delete-messages.md): No. Fluxer doesn't delete old messages automatically or have disappearing messages, but you can delete your own messages in bulk by community and date. - [Voice, video and screen sharing on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/voice-and-video.md): Fluxer has voice and video calls with screen sharing on desktop, web and mobile, and a new voice system with end-to-end encrypted calls is on the roadmap. - [Can I share my screen with audio on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/screen-share-audio.md): Yes, with some differences between Windows, macOS, Linux and the browser. Here is what works where. - [Why can't I share a fullscreen game on Windows?](https://fluxer.com/help/share-fullscreen-game-windows.md): Some fullscreen games can't be captured on Windows right now. Capturing the game in OBS Studio and sharing its virtual camera works around it. - [Why is there a yellow border when I share my screen?](https://fluxer.com/help/windows-screen-share-yellow-border.md): Windows draws the yellow border when an app captures a window or screen through its own capture feature. Here is when you'll see it and how to avoid it. - [How do I use push-to-talk on KDE Plasma or Wayland?](https://fluxer.com/help/kde-push-to-talk.md): On Wayland, an optional setting lets Fluxer's desktop app detect your push-to-talk key from your keyboard device, and other apps still get the key as usual. - [What are peer-to-peer calls on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/peer-to-peer-calls.md): In a peer-to-peer call, audio and video go directly between the people in the call, and none of it passes through Fluxer's servers. The people in the call can see each other's IP addresses, and the app asks before you join one unless you chose to join without asking. - [Which noise suppression should I use on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/noise-suppression.md): Fluxer offers several noise suppression options. Here is what each is good at and what to try if your voice sounds cut off. - [Why do I keep getting disconnected from calls on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/call-disconnects.md): Common causes of dropped calls, what you can check, and how to send a voice report so the team can find the cause. - [Is Fluxer getting a new voice system?](https://fluxer.com/help/new-voice-system.md): Yes. A new voice and video system with end-to-end encrypted calls is item 2 on Fluxer's 2026 roadmap. - [Does Fluxer have a soundboard?](https://fluxer.com/help/soundboard.md): Not yet. A soundboard is planned for Fluxer, and we don't have a date for it yet. - [How do I report a voice or video problem?](https://fluxer.com/help/report-a-voice-problem.md): Turn on developer mode, make the problem happen in a call, copy the voice diagnostics and post them in a bug report on Fluxer Feedback. - [Why you get too many or too few notifications on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/notifications.md): Why notifications you turned off still arrive or none arrive at all, how large communities change the defaults, and why your phone stays quiet on desktop. - [File uploads, link previews and invite links on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/files-and-links.md): How file uploads, file expiry, image sizes, link previews, invite links and saved media work on Fluxer, and what to check when something goes wrong. - [What is the file upload limit on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/file-upload-limit.md): On fluxer.com, each file can be up to 25 MB on a free account and up to 500 MB with Plutonium, with up to 10 files in one message. - [When do attachments expire on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/attachment-expiry.md): Files of 5 MB or less stay available for about three years and files near 500 MB for about 14 days, and viewing a message renews a file close to expiring. - [Why do attachments expire on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/why-do-attachments-expire.md): On fluxer.com, attachments of 5 MB or smaller last about three years, larger files expire sooner and files in saved media never expire. Storing every unused file forever would make our storage costs grow without limit. - [Bots, webhooks and integrations on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/bots.md): Fluxer has bots, webhooks and a public API compatible with large parts of Discord's API, and slash commands and buttons for bots are on the 2026 roadmap. - [Will my Discord bot work on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/discord-bots-on-fluxer.md): Fluxer is compatible with large parts of Discord's API, so many Discord bots can be ported with small changes, but each one has to run as its own Fluxer bot. - [Does Fluxer have slash commands?](https://fluxer.com/help/slash-commands.md): Not for bots yet. Slash commands, buttons and other interactions for bots are item 6 on Fluxer's 2026 roadmap, and bots use prefix commands today. - [Third-party clients, mods and automating your account](https://fluxer.com/help/third-party-clients.md): Fluxer welcomes third-party and modified clients, themes and non-malicious automation of your own account. Here's what's allowed and what isn't. - [Are third-party clients allowed on Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/are-third-party-clients-allowed.md): Yes. Third-party and modified Fluxer clients are welcome, and a client that meets our standards may be featured on the download page. - [Can I automate my own Fluxer account with my user token?](https://fluxer.com/help/automate-my-account.md): Yes, non-malicious automation of your own account is allowed. Spam, scraping other people's data and getting around bans or rate limits aren't. - [Accessibility on Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/accessibility.md): Fluxer supports screen readers, keyboard navigation and text-to-speech, and you can report accessibility problems to accessibility@fluxer.com. - [What are Fluxer's keybinds and keyboard shortcuts?](https://fluxer.com/help/keybinds.md): Every built-in keybind, or keyboard shortcut, in the Fluxer web and desktop apps on macOS, Windows and Linux, and how to change them. - [Do a clean reinstall of Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/help/clean-reinstall.md): Remove Fluxer and everything it stores on your device, then install it again. The steps are for Windows, macOS, Linux, the web app and the mobile apps. - [How do I reinstall Fluxer on Windows?](https://fluxer.com/help/reinstall-fluxer-on-windows.md): Quit Fluxer, uninstall it, delete its folders in %LocalAppData% and %AppData%, then install it again. The steps also cover Canary and the portable app. - [How do I reinstall Fluxer on a Mac?](https://fluxer.com/help/reinstall-fluxer-on-mac.md): Quit Fluxer, move it to the Trash, delete its folder in Application Support and install it again. Here are the steps, also for Fluxer Canary. - [How do I reinstall Fluxer on Linux?](https://fluxer.com/help/reinstall-fluxer-on-linux.md): Remove Fluxer with the tool you installed it with, delete ~/.config/fluxer and install it again. Steps for the Flatpak, the packages, the AppImage and tar.gz. ## Help: Self-hosting and federation - [Self-hosting Fluxer: costs, requirements and control](https://fluxer.com/help/self-hosting-fluxer.md): Self-hosting Fluxer is free with no license key, Fluxer can't ban you from your own instance, and the operator docs walk you through setup step by step. - [Is self-hosting Fluxer free?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-self-hosting-free.md): Yes. Fluxer is free to self-host under the AGPL, with no license key, paid tier or reduced edition, and the Operator Pass is optional. - [Is another Fluxer instance run by Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-this-instance-run-by-fluxer.md): No. Anyone can run Fluxer's open source code, and instances Fluxer doesn't run have their own admins, rules and moderation. - [Is Fluxer federated? Federation and polyproto](https://fluxer.com/help/federation.md): Not yet. Federation is on Fluxer's roadmap as an experimental draft in 2026 and a stable release in 2027, will always be optional, and will be built on polyproto, not Matrix. - [Is Fluxer based on Matrix?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-based-on-matrix.md): No. Fluxer has its own API and real-time gateway, and its planned federation will use polyproto, not Matrix. ## Help: Plutonium and billing - [Plutonium help: paywall, gifts and community upgrades](https://fluxer.com/help/plutonium.md): Whether Plutonium is a paywall, what it adds, how to give it as a gift and whether it can upgrade a community. - [Can I keep a community's emoji and stickers after I leave?](https://fluxer.com/help/equip-emoji-and-stickers.md): Not yet. Everyone can use a community's emoji and stickers inside it for free, and equipping them so you keep them after you leave is planned for 2026. - [Paying for Plutonium: prices, methods and refunds](https://fluxer.com/help/payments.md): Plutonium has local prices in some currencies and renews until you cancel. You can refund a recent purchase yourself, and consumers in the EU, the EEA, the UK and Brazil can also withdraw. - [How do I cancel Plutonium?](https://fluxer.com/help/cancel-plutonium.md): Cancel Plutonium where you bought it, on the web or in your Google Play account. You keep Plutonium until the end of the period you paid for. - [Can I get a refund for Plutonium?](https://fluxer.com/help/plutonium-refund.md): Yes. You can refund a recent Plutonium purchase yourself within the time limit in our terms, and EU, EEA, UK and Brazilian consumers can also withdraw. - [Why is Plutonium more expensive in the mobile app?](https://fluxer.com/help/plutonium-cheaper-on-web.md): Plutonium costs more on Google Play, and will on the App Store, because the stores take a fee. Buy it at fluxer.com in your browser to pay the lower web price. - [What is the Operator Pass?](https://fluxer.com/help/operator-pass.md): An optional one-time purchase that supports Fluxer. It comes with a numbered certificate, the Operator badge and a spot on the Operators' wall. - [Why does Fluxer sell the Operator Pass?](https://fluxer.com/help/why-does-fluxer-sell-the-operator-pass.md): Hampus explains what the Operator Pass is, why it costs what it does, why fewer buyers is fine and what he hopes it helps Fluxer focus on. - [Buying the Operator Pass](https://fluxer.com/help/buying-the-operator-pass.md): How the Operator certificate works, buying passes for someone else or your business, passing a pass on and refunds. - [How do the Operators' wall and the Operator badge work?](https://fluxer.com/help/operator-pass-wall-and-badge.md): Your spot on the Operators' wall, the Operator badge, what more passes change and how to hide your listing, badge or pass count. - [The former Fluxer Visionary tier](https://fluxer.com/help/visionary.md): Fluxer Visionary was a one-time offer for early supporters. All 1,000 slots sold out on February 17, 2026, much earlier than expected, and it won't return. ## Help: Policies and legal - [Copyright and intellectual property complaints policy](https://fluxer.com/help/copyright.md): Email copyright@fluxer.com to report content on Fluxer that infringes your copyright or other intellectual property, or use our report form in the EU. - [How long Fluxer keeps your information](https://fluxer.com/help/data-retention.md): How long Fluxer keeps your personal data, how you can delete it yourself and which records we keep longer, and why. - [EU DSA dispute resolution options](https://fluxer.com/help/dsa-dispute-resolution.md): Report illegal content in the app, on our EU report form or by email. Anyone affected by a moderation decision gets a statement of reasons and can appeal. - [Is Fluxer blocked in Brazil?](https://fluxer.com/help/is-fluxer-blocked-in-brazil.md): No. People in Brazil can sign up for Fluxer and use it, and only age-restricted communities, channels and media are unavailable there under the Digital ECA. - [Where is Fluxer restricted? Mississippi, the UK and Brazil](https://fluxer.com/help/regional-restrictions.md): Fluxer is unavailable in Mississippi, and age-restricted content is locked in the UK and Brazil. Here's every regional restriction and the law behind it. - [What is Chat Control, and does it affect Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/chat-control.md): Chat Control is a nickname for two EU laws about child sexual abuse online. As of October 2026, neither requires apps to scan your messages. Fluxer doesn't scan for child abuse material, and fluxer.com's only automated checks look for spam, coordinated abuse, taken-over accounts, harmful links and explicit images. - [What is the KIDS Act, and does it apply to Fluxer?](https://fluxer.com/help/kids-act.md): The KIDS Act is a US bill about children's safety and privacy online. As of October 2026 it isn't law, and the text the House passed wouldn't make Fluxer verify your age. - [Will Fluxer be forced to verify my age with a face scan or ID?](https://fluxer.com/help/age-verification-laws.md): Fluxer never asks for ID or face scans. Where a law needs age checks we don't do, we restrict fluxer.com in that region, and here's how today's laws treat apps like Fluxer. ## Policies - [Terms of service](https://fluxer.com/terms.md): The agreement between you and Fluxer, including account, content, payment, moderation, and legal terms. - [Privacy policy](https://fluxer.com/privacy.md): How Fluxer handles your personal data and what we never do with it, plus the controls and rights you have. - [Community guidelines](https://fluxer.com/guidelines.md): The rules for using Fluxer safely and treating other people well, what we do when someone breaks them, and how to report a problem. - [Operator Pass privacy notice](https://fluxer.com/operator-pass-privacy.md): What we keep when you join the Operator Pass waitlist, buy a pass or appear on the Operators' wall, why we keep it and for how long. - [Fluxer Feedback privacy notice](https://fluxer.com/feedback-privacy.md): What Fluxer Feedback keeps about you, who can see it and how long we keep it. - [Operator Pass terms](https://fluxer.com/operator-pass-terms.md): What the price of the Operator Pass pays for, what else comes with the pass and how withdrawal, refunds and payment disputes work. - [Security](https://fluxer.com/security.md): How to report security issues and check what is in scope. Read the safe harbor terms before testing. - [Company information](https://fluxer.com/company-information.md): Legal details for Fluxer Platform AB, including how we're funded and how to contact us. - [Our stance on AI and vibe coding](https://fluxer.com/ai-stance.md): Fluxer isn't vibe-coded. Learn who builds the Fluxer chat app, why its line counts are so big and where to find our promises about AI and your messages. - [Policy changelog](https://fluxer.com/changelog.md): A dated record of changes to our terms of service, privacy policy, community guidelines and other policies. ## Product - [Download Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/download): Get Fluxer for your web browser, Windows, Linux and macOS. Android is in public beta, and we expect the iOS app to be on the App Store in early November 2026. - [Fluxer Plutonium: what it adds and what stays free](https://fluxer.com/plutonium): Plutonium is an optional subscription that raises your limits on Fluxer. Communities, messages, voice and video calls and screen sharing stay free. - [Self-host Fluxer: free and open source under the AGPL](https://fluxer.com/selfhost): Install your own Fluxer instance with one command. Fluxer is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, and self-hosting is free. - [Operator Pass](https://fluxer.com/pass): Support Fluxer with a one-time purchase. The pass comes with a numbered Operator certificate, the Operator badge and a spot on the Operators' wall. ## Developers and self-hosters - [Developer and self-hosting documentation](https://docs.fluxer.com): Guides for running your own Fluxer instance and for building bots and clients with the API. - [HTTP API reference](https://docs.fluxer.com/http-api/): Readable reference pages for each endpoint of the HTTP API. - [OpenAPI description of the HTTP API](https://api.fluxer.app/v1/openapi.json): OpenAPI 3 description of the HTTP API in JSON, about 1.5 MB with more than 300 paths, meant for tools rather than reading. - [Source code on GitHub](https://github.com/fluxerapp): Fluxer's source code. The main fluxer repository is open source under the AGPL. ## Optional - [Fluxer blog](https://fluxer.com/blog.md): Updates from the Fluxer team, including roadmap notes and engineering posts. - [Patch notes for November 1, 2026](https://fluxer.com/blog/patch-notes-2026-11-01.md): Everything we shipped for fluxer.com, the web, desktop and mobile apps and self-hosting from October 25 to October 31, 2026, including bug fixes. - [Self-hosting and the Operator Pass](https://fluxer.com/blog/self-hosting-and-the-operator-pass.md): How to run Fluxer as a self-hosted Discord alternative, how the desktop and mobile apps connect to your instance, and what the Operator Pass is. - [Fluxer on iOS and Android](https://fluxer.com/blog/fluxer-on-ios-and-android.md): The open source Fluxer apps for iOS and Android work with self-hosted instances. Android is in beta on Google Play, and the iOS app is due in early November. - [Roadmap 2026](https://fluxer.com/blog/roadmap-2026.md): What we're building for Fluxer in 2026 and 2027, including end-to-end encryption for calls, DMs and group DMs, optional federation and public forums. - [How I built Fluxer](https://fluxer.com/blog/how-i-built-fluxer.md): The story behind Fluxer, a free and open source Discord alternative you can host yourself, from a high school project to more than 500,000 accounts. - [Press and logo files](https://fluxer.com/press): Download the Fluxer logo and symbol in black, white and color, for light or dark backgrounds, along with the colors Fluxer uses. - [Every help article in one file](https://fluxer.com/help/llms-full.txt): Every English help article in one Markdown file, about 750 KB, too large for a single fetch in most tools.