Tavrn - we just hit public beta
Hey,
So I got fed up with where Discord was heading and just... started building something.
That was December 2024. It's now May 2026. We went from an idea to public beta in a year and I'm genuinely shocked we got here this fast.
Here's what Tavrn actually is:
Servers, channels, voice/video calls, DMs, custom emojis, moderation tools, the whole thing. But built from the ground up with privacy actually in mind, not as a marketing line, as a genuine product decision.
No face scans. No ID uploads. No behavioral AI running in the background deciding if you're an adult. No data selling. Ever.
What makes us different:
- Free tier is fully functional and we're never changing that
- Optional premium (Tavrn Cocoa, $4.99/month) for extras like GIF avatars, HD uploads, bigger calls
- We've been in public beta since February 2026 and have shipped constantly since
- One person building this (yes really)
- Your feedback actually changes things
What we're still working on:
- Native mobile apps (PWA works great for now)
- More integrations
- Expanding bot/developer tools
I'm not gonna pretend Tavrn is perfect. Things break. But we fix them fast and we're building in public which means you can actually watch this thing grow in real time.
Over a year of active development, 30+ builds shipped, and we're just getting started.
If you're genuinely looking for a Discord alternative, come check it out.
Also feel free to check our history and fact-check me using our roadmap and blog site: blog.tavrn.top
Happy to answer literally anything in the comments, including hard questions about missing features, the roadmap, or why I thought building a chat platform alone was a good idea (it wasn't but here we are)