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title: "Discussion on \"Why We're Building Recline: An Independent Alternative to Discord\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Why We're Building Recline: An Independent Alternative to Discord\". Discover why we're building Recline, an independent Discord alternative, using React, TypeScript, Socket.IO, WebRTC, and Tauri."
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# [Why We're Building Recline: An Independent Alternative to Discord](https://why-recline-is-built.hashnode.dev/why-we-are-building-recline-discord-alternative?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Discover why we're building Recline, an independent Discord alternative, using React, TypeScript, Socket.IO, WebRTC, and Tauri.

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Building Recline 🚀 | Real-time chat, communities & open-source development

We're building Recline, an independent communication platform for communities, messaging, and voice chat. On Hashnode, we share our development journey, engineering challenges, technical decisions, and behind-the-scenes progress. React • TypeScript • Node.js • Socket.IO • WebRTC • Tauri 🔐 Exploring privacy-focused communication and better community experiences. Explore Recline: https://recline.social Open-source client: https://github.com/recline-social/recline-client

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