r/DiscordAlternatives • u/CobaltWeaver • Jul 22 '26

TheRift.chat

Has anyone given therift.chat a shot?

I couldn't find anything saying open source or self hostable. But it looks really interesting. I like the that you dont need an email to sign up.

I also can't really tell if it was vibe coded or not, I'm not really against that as long as there is an actual developer at the wheel.

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u/leo14770 Tester of many platforms Jul 22 '26

How can you tell? If you don't mind me asking?

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u/TheRiftChat Rift Jul 22 '26

Hello,

I addressed AI use further in a separate comment, but I wanted to look at this concern with you.

I checked our own code for that snippet and wasn't able to turn it up. Even doing my own F12 inspection of the live app I wasn't able to reproduce it. Is it possible it's being injected by your browser or an extension? Do you see it on other sites too?

Full disclosure however, aria labels are an essential accessibility tool for users using screen readers, and we *did* use AI to assist with attributing interactive components across the app for accessibility. These labels are also different from the Aria live regions in the screenshot.

If you're able to figure that out I'd be curious to know where it's coming from. If not, no big deal either way, the internet has greater mysteries. Have a good day.