Ask HN: Where do you hang out virtually online?

• The Lounge

  61 5,392 8.3 TypeScript

  💬 ‎ Modern, responsive, cross-platform, self-hosted web IRC client

  

IRC is still great. I'm using "thelounge" (https://thelounge.chat/) to have a pleasant IRC experience both on my laptop and on mobile.

• superhighway84

  40 672 5.6 Go

  USENET-inspired, uncensorable, decentralized internet discussion system running on IPFS & OrbitDB

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• hubs

  71 2,101 9.6 JavaScript

  Duck-themed multi-user virtual spaces in WebVR. Built with A-Frame.

  

mozilla hubs is a lower barrier to entry because you don’t need to download a whole game. You can just give your friends a link and they also don’t need VR either.

https://hubs.mozilla.com/

• matrix.to

  251 860 4.4 JavaScript

  A simple stateless privacy-protecting URL redirecting service for Matrix

  

Another vote for Matrix here. With rooms and nested rooms it starts to look a bit like the good parts of Discord but with less gamer focus.

Earlier it felt like a wasteland but now it is starting to come alive. In particular https://matrix.to/#/#activitypub-community:codelutin.com is a nice overview of what happens in the federated space. (If you open it in Element, right click the icon in the left margin and click "Explore rooms") to see what I'm talking about.

• fuse

  21 225 5.3 HTML

  Multiplayer Online Standard (by tinspin)

If you just want to play a multiplayer cube drop game and chat you are welcome at http://fuse.rupy.se

You can make rooms but they get the name of the user, so I guess you need to create a user with the name of the topic you're interested in! Xo

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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