Fluxer is an open-source, independent instant messaging and VoIP platform. Built for friends, groups, and communities.
After hours of research, weighing options and the pros and cons of multiple alternatives to Discord I believe I have settled on Swedish-based Fluxer.
It's UI is based off of Discord, and operates in the same way giving server owners familiar moderating tools and ability to assign permissions for their individual servers and users. Servers allow for custom emojis and stickers so the experience should be familiar and mostly seamless.
Their community guidelines also mirror Discord where the only content that is banned is real-life violence, real life gore, hate speech, CSAM and depictions of sexual acts of minors (even fictional) among other universal prohibited topics (terrorism, harassment etc).
NSFW/adult content is also allowed which many other Discord options actively prohibited, preventing me personally from being able to fully use their services without breaking their guidelines.
So sex and violence is allowed.
Fluxer's stance on AI
Fluxer will not use your content to train AI and thus far it does not appear to have any plans to partner with AI or use AI in any features.
Fluxer's Monitoring/Content Screening
Fluxer has been the only messaging service I have found to be this transparent about how their screening works out of the gate, typically I have found you need to email someone to get this information, or they have to be forced to show it.
Basically your images are scanned for CSAM and that is it, it is not retained or collected so they are not hoarding your information.
This is also something many other services already do whether you realize it or not.
Fluxer on Age Verification
Fluxer is not asking for anyone's ID or facial scans to prove their age, and because this is a Swedish based company, unless laws there change, it is unlikely they will require this. You confirm your age at signup as a faith-based system.
They even have their own version of Nitro called Plutonium.
There is no wait to sign up as of yet.
Nothing is perfect, what are the cons?
It is a baby app, meaning it is brand new and thus some accessibility features MAY be missing some people require to fully participate. Because it is so new, these features may come later following feedback. Note: I do not know what features may be missing as I do not use any accessibility features other than changing the theme to dark mode, and making the font bigger, which Fluxer allows.
IT HAS NO MOBILE APP YET THEY ARE IN PROCESS OF CREATING ONE. It is very likely one will launch very shortly, but for now it is on desktop.
Final Thoughts
I trust this service more than I do other options at the current present by how transparent they have been and their almost immediate communication when I asked them for clarification on violent content. I was confused if they banned fictional violent content and they responded back to my email within 2 hours informing me they were going to update the guidelines to be more clear that fictional violence was acceptable.
Note: originally posted on 2/16/2026 - we will never find perfect but I think this is a better option than others I have seen. If anyone has anything they wish to add that I may have missed, please do.
