For years, gamers have had two real options for voice chat: Discord and TeamSpeak. Discord started as a gaming tool but has evolved into a social media platform - notifications, activities, AI features, and a UI that keeps getting more cluttered. TeamSpeak is reliable but hasn't meaningfully evolved in decades.
I've been a software engineer for over 20 years, and a gamer for longer. I kept waiting for someone to build something better. Eventually I stopped waiting.
Lag is a voice platform built around one thing: speed. Self-hosted voice infrastructure with region routing so your audio takes the shortest path possible. A dark, minimal UI that stays out of your way. Open source and self-hostable.
Desktop and web are live today. Mobile is on the roadmap.
