SimplyPlural & It’s Discontinuation (& What To Do)
EDIT: will be chronically edited, please keep checking back for updates.
last updated: 3/10/2026
A Brief Summary on the Discontinuation
so some of you may have already heard that SimplyPlural is getting discontinued, meaning the creator is simply going to stop working on it for their own sake to focus on life things (absolutely valid), you can read more about it on Apparylis’ post here
i would like to put out there the servers are not instantly getting shut, in fact the shutdown is not until June 1st 2026. Until then, SP is still usable...
the bad part is, once SimplyPlural shuts down, all avatars and data get wiped, and paying for SimplyPlural+ will not keep any servers up.
That was a misunderstanding I had when I first read into the article, rereading it and looking into it made me realize that the subscription plan they have have nothing to do with the shutdown nor will save it.
That's my fault for making this post declaring it did when it hadn't, but I have fixed it and I please ask everybody to spread word about it.
Octocon is very fishy despite it may be the closest replacement.
before i get into the alternatives, i want to make a quick headsup that Octocon's TOS has a lot of red flags pointed out by a friend of ours in another server.
From what I remember, the developers have stated that they won't gatekeep the app but it is focused on traumagenic systems. On either their community or support Discord server (I can't remember, sorry) there's a rule against talking about or spreading 'pro-endo beliefs' (whatever that means). I unfortunately don't have screenshots but you can check if you'd really like to
We reserve the right to temporarily disable your account if your usage significantly exceeds the average usage of other users of the Services. Of course, we’ll reach out to the account owner before taking any action except in rare cases where the level of use may negatively impact the performance of the Service for other users.
I’d like to point out as someone who’s worked with APIs that this is normal and refers to sending several requests to the API in a second for a significant number of seconds a significant number of times. it does not refer to having too many alters or changing proxies too many times too soon, or sending too many messages by hand. This is a normal part of an API’s TOS, which at its core, Octocon is.
Basically unless you’re hacked by a spam bot, that part isn’t relevant to you, and it protects Octocon from being sued for denial of service to spambots that are attacking the API to impact the service quality for human users.
even for the anti-endo systems, they should take into consideration that, and minus Octocon's anti-endo claims, is that they're very unprofessional in general and it shines into their TOS. /info
Ok, so what are the alternatives besides Octocon?
well i did some digging, and it might sound disappointing but this is what i found:
a fake Twitter app where you make “tweets” that are just basically making notes and upon reading reviews a lot of systems/plurals actually use it and from what i gathered multiple accounts can be made on it. not exactly a front-tracking thing like SP was, but can probably be used for logging it. albeit the app wasn’t specifically designed in mind for systems, it can definitely be used as one
yeah i know this sounds kind of odd to put here, but honestly if your storage allows it, internal chatting and logging who fronts who stopped fronting, basically like a personal journal
Ampersand is also a newer one that has front logs and supports markdown like simplyplural! however it is an offline app so your friends cannot access information and it does not offer the permanent notification like simplyplural.
Update: Ampersand just declared that they're going on Hiatus, you can read more about that here.
Stoat (also on any computer*)
if people are specifically avoiding discord because of the age verification that’s rolling like 5 months away, there is also Stoat which has Revoltkit. Stoat is basically 2015 discord
Cons:
- you have to restart it just to see your profile or status update
- has VERY few public servers. only one Discoverable server for plural community.
- its boring to use if none of your friends use Stoat often.
- Stoat is generally very buggy but they plan to fix that
- not sure about Revolt's front-tracking system.
Discord [Pluralkit, Tupperbox, and /plu/ral].
despite the age verification releases in the second half of the year (more about that here), there is a bot called Pluralkit you can use and actually use set whoever’s fronting and what not, along with Pluralkit having their own website however on that website you can’t set who’s fronting, you do that via discord. it’s also a great chatting app for anybody to use, and each alter can use “bots” to speak to others, which is really neat. you can put on your status who’s fronting and be able to talk to people. Tupperbox and /plu/ral are other bots alternatives to Pluralkit, but Tupperbox does not have features relating to fronting at all.
Computer and Browser Only:
we just downloaded Fluxer on our Windows and it's actually way smoother then Stoat. It's a lot more like current Discord honestly, and their subscriptions for Plutonium (ripoff Nitro) is only just $5 a month or $50 a year? and it basically does everything and doesn't have the in-between plan?? that sounds pretty neat actually! only note is that it keeps glitching but everthing runs smoothly. obviously more underrated then discord so unlike Stoat, Fluxer doesn't have a discoverable server for anything Plural related. like at all.
there is a bot you can use called PluralFlux which works basically just like PluralKit. only issue is, and i quote:
If it's not running at the moment, it's because my computer crashed or something. I'm looking to move running it to a somewhat more permanent solution.
and right now it's down and i don't know how long it's going to be down but i really do hope they find that solution because this could be the backup plan for everyone migrating from Discord!
Update: Lighthouse.com stopped acceping any new users. Wow.
Pros: Have an account? Great, you can use that.
Cons: Don't have an account? Lighthouse is not the option right now.
It's basically just an ephemeral offline version of PluralKit for chatting within the system. Chats are deleted if you reload the page but you can get alt text of them. It's pretty simplistic with minimal features but that's what we like about it. You can import information from Pluralkit or Tupperbox, and you can export information in a json format (what Pluralkit uses).
The Very Last Resort for now:
have everyone take a color or emoji, and start writing in there.
the offline alternative to google docs.
obsidian has a learning curve but it also has unique organization methods that might work better for some
Much like Obsidian there is a learning curve, but AnyType does offer tutorial videos and has a community forum! Tons of freedom with organization and setting things up the way you want to.
This also includes decorating! Has options for chats, storing links as bookmarks, task lists, creating templates, etc.
Available on Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS with cross-platform syncing. Works online AND offline. All data is locally-stored on your device, free accounts receive the same data encryption by default
my friends keeps one, they doodle and write in their about what’s going on. might not be handwriting-effective for some :P
