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+# dumpsterChat Feature Parity Comparison
+
+## vs Discord, Guilded (historical), TeamSpeak 6, Fluxer
+
+Compiled 2026-06-30. Guilded data reflects its pre-shutdown state.
+
+---
+
+## Legend
+
+| Icon | Meaning |
+|------|---------|
+| ✅ | Implemented |
+| ❌ | Not implemented |
+| 🔄 | In progress / planned |
+| ⚠️ | Partial / buggy |
+
+---
+
+## 1. Text Chat
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Text channels | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Direct messages | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Markdown support | ⚠️ basic | ✅ full | ✅ full | ❌ basic | ✅ full |
+| Reactions | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Replies | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Threads | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Forum channels | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Pinned messages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Message search | ❌ | ✅ full | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ Meilisearch |
+| Edit / delete messages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Rich embeds / link unfurling | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| File uploads | ⚠️ MinIO | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ S3-backed |
+| GIF picker (Giphy) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Typing indicators | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Message history (pagination) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Read receipts | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Voice & Video
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Voice channels | ✅ LiveKit | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ LiveKit |
+| Video calls | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Screen share | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ beta | 🔄 canary |
+| Noise suppression | ❌ | ✅ Krisp | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ DeepFilterNet3 |
+| Push-to-talk | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Voice activity | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Go live / streaming | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Stage channels | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| E2EE voice/video | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Whisper / poke | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
+
+---
+
+## 3. User System
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| User profiles | ✅ basic | ✅ rich | ✅ rich | ✅ basic | ✅ medium |
+| Avatars | ✅ Gravatar | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Custom status (text) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Status states (online/idle/dnd/offline) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Badges | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Usernames + discriminators | ✅ | ⚠️ handles | ❌ | ✅ UID | ✅ #0000 |
+| Friend requests | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Block list | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Activity / game status | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
+
+---
+
+## 4. Roles & Permissions
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Roles | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Hierarchical roles | ⚠️ basic | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Permission bitflags | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ granular | ✅ |
+| Per-channel permission overrides | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| @everyone default role | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Role colors | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Role icons | ❌ | ✅ Nitro | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Administrator bypass | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+
+### dumpsterChat Permissions (current)
+
+`VIEW_CHANNEL`, `SEND_MESSAGES`, `MANAGE_MESSAGES`, `KICK_MEMBERS`, `BAN_MEMBERS`, `MANAGE_SERVER`, `MANAGE_CHANNELS`, `ADMINISTRATOR`, `CONNECT_VOICE`, `SPEAK_VOICE`, `SHARE_SCREEN`.
+
+**Missing compared to Discord/Guilded:** `CREATE_INSTANT_INVITE`, `CHANGE_NICKNAME`, `MANAGE_NICKNAMES`, `MANAGE_ROLES`, `MANAGE_WEBHOOKS`, `EMBED_LINKS`, `ATTACH_FILES`, `ADD_REACTIONS`, `USE_EXTERNAL_EMOJIS`, `MENTION_EVERYONE`, `USE_VOICE_ACTIVITY`, `PRIORITY_SPEAKER`, `MUTE_MEMBERS`, `DEAFEN_MEMBERS`, `MOVE_MEMBERS`, `REQUEST_TO_SPEAK`, etc.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Moderation
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Kick | ⚠️ permission exists, UI? | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Ban | ⚠️ permission exists, UI? | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Mute (voice/text) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Timeout | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Slowmode | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| AutoMod | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ Flow Bots | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Audit log | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Message delete bulk | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Member screening / applications | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ recruitment | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Reports | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+
+---
+
+## 6. Server Management
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Create / delete server | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Server icon | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Channel categories | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Channel types | text, voice | 8+ | 10+ | voice + text | text, voice |
+| Channel reordering (position) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Server invites | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Vanity URLs | ❌ | ✅ Nitro | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Webhooks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Bots / API | ⚠️ slash cmds | ✅ huge | ✅ Flow Bots | ❌ plugins | 🔄 |
+| Server templates | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Server discovery | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🔄 |
+| Server analytics | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Server monetization | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Subs | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Server groups / sub-servers | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ virtual | ✅ communities |
+
+---
+
+## 7. Notifications
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Desktop notifications | ⚠️ possible via SW | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Web push notifications | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| @mention push | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Channel-wide push | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Email notifications | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Mobile apps | ❌ | ✅ iOS/Android | ✅ | ✅ | 🔄 Flutter alpha |
+| Per-channel notification settings | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Do Not Disturb schedule | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+
+---
+
+## 8. Bots & Integrations
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Bot accounts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ Flow Bots | ⚠️ plugins | 🔄 |
+| Bot tokens | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Slash commands | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Command options / JSON schema | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Bot mentions | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Third-party integrations (Twitch, YouTube, GitHub) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 🔄 |
+| Webhook-driven bots | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+
+---
+
+## 9. Unique / Differentiating Features
+
+### dumpsterChat
+- Self-hosted, lightweight Go + React stack
+- Terminal/Gruvbox aesthetic
+- WebAuthn / passkey auth
+- LiveKit voice integration
+- Built-in webhook execution for simple integrations
+
+### Discord
+- Massive network effect (200M+ MAU)
+- Nitro subscription perks (animated avatars, HD streaming, larger uploads)
+- Activities / embedded apps in voice channels
+- Server boosting tiers
+- Stage channels
+- Activities marketplace
+
+### Guilded (historical)
+- Built-in calendar with RSVP
+- Scheduling + availability system
+- Docs / forms
+- Lists (task management)
+- Tournaments
+- Server Subs monetization
+- Server Groups (sub-servers)
+
+### TeamSpeak 6
+- Self-hosted by design, free up to 32 slots
+- Granular Power/Needed Power permission system
+- Low resource client
+- Plugin ecosystem
+- Virtual servers
+- Whisper / poke / channel commander
+
+### Fluxer
+- Fully open-source AGPL-3, Docker Compose deploy
+- No paywalls / license keys
+- Planned federation
+- Multi-backend switching
+- Erlang/OTP gateway for scale
+- 34 locales
+
+---
+
+## 10. Infrastructure & Platform
+
+| Feature | dumpsterChat | Discord | Guilded | TeamSpeak 6 | Fluxer |
+|---------|:------------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----------:|:------:|
+| Self-hostable | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Open source | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ AGPL-3 |
+| PWA support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| REST API | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| WebSocket gateway | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Swagger docs | ✅ localhost | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+| Docker Compose | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+
+---
+
+## Priority Recommendations
+
+### Critical gaps (would block most Discord/Guilded users)
+
+1. **Direct Messages** — no way to message users outside servers
+2. **Ban/kick UI** — permissions exist but likely no interface
+3. **Mute/timeout UI** — no time-based moderation
+4. **Audit log** — essential for any server with more than a few members
+5. **Message search** — expected baseline feature
+6. **Mobile app** — major adoption blocker
+7. **Voice push-to-talk** — important for voice-heavy communities
+
+### High-value next features
+
+1. **Screen share** — LiveKit supports it; mostly frontend work
+2. **Video calls** — LiveKit supports it; mostly frontend work
+3. **Threads** — keeps busy channels usable
+4. **Per-channel permission overrides** — unlocks serious server organization
+5. **Rich embeds / link unfurling** — big quality-of-life improvement
+6. **Audit log** — required for moderation at scale
+7. **Custom emoji / reactions beyond unicode** — core Discord behavior
+
+### Nice-to-have differentiators
+
+1. **Calendar / events** (Guilded-style)
+2. **Forums** (Discord-style)
+3. **Stage channels**
+4. **Server discovery**
+5. **Activities / embedded games**
+6. **Federation** (Fluxer-style)