A Discord alternative for gamers that comes fully loaded.
Voice halls, 1080p 60fps streams, 2 GB clip drops, watch parties and a mountain of custom emoji. All free, on PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck, your phone or right in your browser.
Free to join. Runs right in your browser.
Your loadout. Everything unlocked.
No boosts, no subscription and no locked tiers for the stuff that matters on game night.
Send files up to 2 GB, free
Full match recordings, mod packs, the whole art folder. Drop it in chat and it sends.
Discord20 MB free, 1 GB with Nitro at $9.99 a month.
Stream at 1080p and 60 fps
Share your game or screen in any voice hall at up to 1080p and 60 fps, from your browser or the desktop app. No upgrade.
Discord720p at 30 fps on the free plan; more takes Nitro.
Watch videos together in a Stage
Paste a YouTube, TikTok, X, Vimeo or Twitch clip link and it plays for everyone at the same second, chat right beside it.
How Stage halls work700 custom emoji and 1,000 stickers per tavern
Room for every inside joke, and you can use them in every tavern you join. No boosts.
Discord100 emoji and 5 sticker slots before paid boosts.
End-to-end encrypted calls
Voice, video and screen share in voice halls, DMs and group calls are locked with keys made on your devices, so only the people in the call can hear and see it. Tap the lock to compare a privacy code.
Discordcalls are end-to-end encrypted too.
How encrypted calls workEvery platform, no sideloading
In the App Store and on Google Play, plus free apps for Windows, Mac and Linux (it runs on the Steam Deck in Desktop Mode) and tav.gg in any browser.
Get the app
One night in your tavern.
How a normal raid night plays out, from the first ping to the last GG.
- 7:02 PM
Somebody needs two for ranked
A ping lands in #looking-for-group. Thirty seconds later the voice hall has a full lobby. No call to start, nobody to ring.
- 7:15 PM
Hop in a voice hall
Drop in, talk, drop out. Mute, deafen and push to talk are one click away, and the hall shows who is in it before you join.
- 8:40 PM
Show the clutch in 1080p 60
Share your game right in the voice hall at up to 1080p and 60 fps, so the squad sees every frame of that 1v4.
Stream at 1080p and 60 fps - 10:05 PM
Drop the whole VOD
The full match recording goes straight into chat. Files up to 2 GB send, so nobody has to upload it somewhere else first.
Send files up to 2 GB, free - 11:30 PM
Watch party in a Stage
Paste a YouTube video or a Twitch clip in the Stage hall and everyone watches it at the same second, roasting it in chat.
Watch videos together in a Stage - 1:12 AM
Post the GG
React with the tavern’s own emoji and stickers. With room for 700 emoji and 1,000 stickers, every inside joke gets one.
700 custom emoji and 1,000 stickers per tavern
Built for guilds, leagues and squads.
Whatever your group plays, give every kind of conversation the right room.
MMO guilds and raid teams
Raid nights, roles and loot drama, all in one place.
- Events with RSVPs and reminders for raid night
- Roles and private halls for officers
- Forums for guides, builds and applications
Gaming leagues and tournaments
Run the season without losing the schedule in chat.
- Announcement halls for fixtures and results
- A private text and voice hall for every team
- Forum posts for match reports and disputes
- Polls for map votes and rule changes
Competitive teams and scrims
Practice, review, repeat.
- Private voice halls for comms
- 1080p 60fps screen share for VOD review
- 2 GB uploads for full scrim recordings
Friend groups
A small, cozy home for whatever you are playing this week.
- Drop-in voice, no scheduling
- Watch parties for the stream you all missed
- Your own emoji for every running joke
Heads up: Taverns does not run brackets or seeding for you. Most leagues keep the bracket on their tournament site and post the link in an announcement hall.
Play on PC. Chat from anywhere.
Free apps for Windows, Mac and Linux (it runs on the Steam Deck in Desktop Mode), plus iPhone, iPad and Android, and tav.gg in any browser. One account everywhere.
Phone apps from the App Store and Google Play. Desktop apps straight from tav.gg. Nothing to sideload.
- WindowsWindows 10 and 11
- MacmacOS 13 and later
- LinuxAppImage or apt
- Steam DeckDesktop Mode
- iPhone and iPadApp Store
- AndroidGoogle Play
- Any browsertav.gg
Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, Mac, macOS and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC.
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Steam and Steam Deck are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Valve Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Taverns is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve.
Bring your server. Keep your Discord.
Our free Discord migration tool copies your server’s channels, categories, roles, emoji and stickers into a new tavern. Your Discord server is not changed, and members and messages stay there, so you can invite people over at your own pace.
Questions, answered.
Why is Taverns a good Discord alternative for gamers?
It keeps what gaming groups already use, text and voice halls, roles, forums and events, and adds the things that usually cost extra: 1080p 60fps screen share, 2 GB uploads, Stage watch parties and 700 custom emoji per tavern, all free, with end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls.
Is Taverns free?
Yes. Making an account, creating a tavern, voice, screen share, file uploads, Stage halls and the apps are free. Optional extras are bought with Prisma, the in-app currency.
Does Taverns work on the Steam Deck?
Yes. Taverns for Linux runs on the Steam Deck in Desktop Mode, and you can also open tav.gg in the Deck’s browser.
Can a gaming league or MMO guild use Taverns?
Yes. Announcement halls, events with RSVPs, roles, private halls, forums and polls cover schedules, teams, match reports and votes. Taverns does not run brackets itself, so keep your bracket on a tournament site and link it in an announcement hall.
Can I bring my Discord server to Taverns?
Yes. The free Discord migration tool imports your server’s channels, categories, roles, permissions, emoji and supported stickers into a preview, and creates the tavern only after you confirm. Members and message history are not copied, and your Discord server is not changed.
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