dumpsterChat/FEATURE_PARITY.md

dumpsterChat Feature Parity Comparison

vs Discord, Guilded (historical), TeamSpeak 6, Fluxer

Compiled 2026-06-30. Status refreshed 2026-07-15 (not a full re-audit of every row).

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Legend

Icon	Meaning
✅	Implemented
❌	Not implemented
🔄	In progress / planned
⚠️	Partial / buggy

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1. Text Chat

Feature	dumpsterChat	Discord	Guilded	TeamSpeak 6	Fluxer
Text channels	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Direct messages	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Markdown support	✅	✅ 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	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔄
@everyone / @channel	✅ (perm gated)	✅	✅	❌	✅

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2. Voice & Video

Feature	dumpsterChat	Discord	Guilded	TeamSpeak 6	Fluxer
Voice channels	✅ LiveKit	✅	✅	✅	✅ LiveKit
Video calls	✅ LiveKit	✅	✅	✅	✅
Screen share	❌	✅	✅	✅ beta	🔄 canary
Noise suppression	✅ RNNoise	✅ Krisp	✅	❌	✅ DeepFilterNet3
Push-to-talk	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Voice activity	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Go live / streaming	❌	✅	✅	❌	🔄
Stage channels	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
E2EE voice/video	❌	✅	❌	❌	🔄
Whisper / poke	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌

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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	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌

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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	⚠️ DB ready	✅	✅	❌	✅
Role icons	❌	✅ Nitro	❌	❌	❌
Administrator bypass	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Client-side permission gates	✅ (user roles + @everyone)	✅	✅	✅	✅

dumpsterChat Permissions (current)

VIEW_CHANNEL, SEND_MESSAGES, MANAGE_MESSAGES, KICK_MEMBERS, BAN_MEMBERS, MANAGE_SERVER, MANAGE_CHANNELS, ADMINISTRATOR, CONNECT_VOICE, SPEAK_VOICE, SHARE_SCREEN, MUTE_MEMBERS, CREATE_INSTANT_INVITE, CHANGE_NICKNAME, MANAGE_NICKNAMES, MANAGE_ROLES, MANAGE_WEBHOOKS, EMBED_LINKS, ATTACH_FILES, ADD_REACTIONS, USE_EXTERNAL_EMOJIS, MENTION_EVERYONE.

Missing compared to Discord/Guilded: USE_VOICE_ACTIVITY, PRIORITY_SPEAKER, DEAFEN_MEMBERS, MOVE_MEMBERS, REQUEST_TO_SPEAK, etc.

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5. Moderation

Feature	dumpsterChat	Discord	Guilded	TeamSpeak 6	Fluxer
Kick	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Ban	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Mute (voice/text)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Timeout	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Slowmode	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
AutoMod	❌	✅	✅ Flow Bots	❌	🔄
Audit log	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Message delete bulk	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Member screening / applications	❌	❌	✅ recruitment	❌	❌
Reports	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅

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6. Server Management

Feature	dumpsterChat	Discord	Guilded	TeamSpeak 6	Fluxer
Create / delete server	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Server icon	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Channel categories	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Channel types	text, voice, forum, calendar, docs, list	8+	10+	voice + text	text, voice
Channel reordering (position)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Server invites	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Vanity URLs	❌	✅ Nitro	❌	❌	❌
Webhooks	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Bots / API	⚠️ store + runner	✅ huge	✅ Flow Bots	❌ plugins	🔄
Server templates	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Server discovery	❌	✅	✅	✅	🔄
Server analytics	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌
Server monetization	❌	❌	✅ Subs	❌	❌
Server groups / sub-servers	❌	❌	✅	✅ virtual	✅ communities

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7. Notifications

Feature	dumpsterChat	Discord	Guilded	TeamSpeak 6	Fluxer
Desktop notifications	⚠️ possible via SW	✅	✅	✅	✅
Web push notifications	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
@mention push	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Channel-wide push (@everyone/@channel)	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Email notifications	❌	✅	✅	❌	🔄
Mobile apps	❌ (PWA is target)	✅ iOS/Android	✅	✅	🔄 Flutter alpha
Per-channel notification settings	⚠️ partial	✅	✅	✅	✅
Do Not Disturb schedule	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌

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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	✅	✅	❌	❌	🔄
Built-in bot runner (anonConfess, leaderboard, steamfree)	✅	❌	⚠️	❌	❌
Third-party integrations (Twitch, YouTube, GitHub)	❌	✅	✅	❌	🔄
Webhook-driven bots	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅

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9. Unique / Differentiating Features

dumpsterChat

• Self-hosted, lightweight Go + React stack
• Terminal/Gruvbox aesthetic
• WebAuthn / passkey auth
• LiveKit voice integration
• Built-in bot store + managed runner
• PWA-first mobile (no native app planned)

Discord / Guilded / TeamSpeak / Fluxer

See historical notes in git history if needed. Not the product roadmap.

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10. Infrastructure & Platform

Feature	dumpsterChat	Discord	Guilded	TeamSpeak 6	Fluxer
Self-hostable	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Open source	⚠️ private self-host	❌	❌	❌	✅ AGPL-3
PWA support	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
REST API	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
WebSocket gateway	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Swagger docs	✅ /docs	✅	✅	❌	✅
Docker Compose	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅

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Priority Recommendations (updated)

Do not treat this table as a todo list. For a ~12 person friend server, parity rows are optional.

Actual next polish (product)

1. Mobile PWA pain (input, notifs, safe areas)
2. Role color UI / hierarchy polish
3. Voice PTT / screen share only if voice is used
4. Small slash toys (/roll, /choose) if wanted

Real tech debt

1. More tests on hot paths (permissions DB checker, bot auth)
2. Keep client permission cache in sync after role edits (partially done)
3. Deploy docs must name the real unit: dumpster.service

Explicitly not critical

• Friend requests (DMs already exist among members)
• Native mobile apps
• Discord bot ecosystem compatibility
• Server discovery / monetization / federation
• AutoMod / Flow Bots

Stale claims removed

• "Direct Messages missing" — DMs exist
• "Mobile app is the only path" — PWA is the target client