Gratonite: Chat For Friends, By Friends - Custom Servers, video calls, E2EE DMs + custom cosmetics

Gratonite is a free, open-source alternative to Discord. Real-time chat, spatial voice, cosmetics, and an auction house, built by friends, for friends. Still in dev but fully functioning. Free forever Discord alternative by a first-time solo dev. Servers w/ moderation, E2EE DMs, spatial voice/video calls, custom cosmetics. Cross-platform (web, mobile, desktop). Just pure, cozy chat built by friends, for friends. Open-Source and self host-able. gratonite.chat

Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Cody, a first-time solo dev from Florida behind Gratonite. I built Gratonite because I was tired of all my chat apps fiending for my data and feeling consumed by corporations. Heavy tracking, ads looming, login walls, and pay walls everywhere. Gratonite is the chat alternative: free forever, no data collection, no IDs required. Just servers with user moderation, E2E Encrypted DMs, spatial voice/video calls (super cool feature and really fun to use!), custom cosmetics, cosmetic auction house where you can list your own creations for the community, all cross-platform (web/mobile*/desktop). Open-source too. Gratonite is 100% free, self funded, and built by me with advise from friends and family on what they'd want to see out of a chatting app. Is it perfect right now? NO! but every day it gets better. This is truly 100% a passion project and I'd love if you'd take a look. What would make you switch your main group chat here? Tell me what you want from your chatting app and I'll build it. gratonite.chat *Mobile coming very soon! Built but still being tested.*

Gratonite: Chat For Friends, By Friends - Custom Servers, video calls, E2EE DMs + custom cosmetics

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