# Discord

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Discord server, Discord channel, discord.com

A [chat app](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatbot) built around communities called [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server), with text channels, voice rooms and video. Many [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) and gaming communities run on it.

**For example:** A startup opens a Discord server where early users report [bugs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bug) and talk to the team.

Official site: <https://discord.com>

## Connects to (4)

- [User group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/user-group): A club of people who use or study the same technology and meet regularly to share what they learn.
- [Slack](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/slack): A team chat tool owned by Salesforce.
- [Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meetup): An informal, recurring gathering of people with a shared interest.
- [Social media](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/social-media): Sites and apps where people share posts, photos and videos and follow each other, such as LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/discord