dumpsterChat/FEATURE_PARITY.md

dumpsterChat Feature Parity Comparison

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

Compiled 2026-06-30. Updated after Phase 1 completion.

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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	❌	✅	✅	❌	🔄

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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	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌

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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	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

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	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

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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	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Email notifications	❌	✅	✅	❌	🔄
Mobile apps	❌	✅ iOS/Android	✅	✅	🔄 Flutter alpha
Per-channel notification settings	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
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	✅	✅	❌	❌	🔄
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 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

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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	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅

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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)