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Ahh, thanks!

Is it a private repo? I couldn’t see any other public repos about a desktop app that are active (there’s a kotlin one, also archived)

Looks like their desktop app is archived on github

https://github.com/Drop-OSS/drop-app

Wonder what happened

It is identical. The only difference is one is OpenAI branded and they vibecoded software to make it control parts of the codex desktop app

E.g. it’s an AI built discord clone with a nearly identical interface, not a chat platform “with discord features”

oh wow lol that’s not just “discord features” that’s o.g. “linux is not unix” built by claude. thanks for the share

Without having gone on that discord, like most discords, it would be my guess that 80% of the purpose of it is for shitposting, custom emojis, and sharing gifs.

Ironically few if any self hosted chat platforms share that focus, so that’s likely part of the gap. It’s either irc (very light on features, no ui for administration/customization for those not wanting to use admin text commands), matrix (very heavy, focus on federation, also has many commands that are only through text, very light support for custom emoji or built in gifs), or the crippleware open source business oriented chat platforms like rocketchat, mattermost, or zulip.

Honestly zulip is probably best but then you get into the wonderful world of mobile push notifications, capped at 10 users or unlimited for “eligible communities” there