# Cinny

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Cinny and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source Matrix chat app people praise for a clean, Discord-like interface. Caveat: one reviewer disliked the web-based client, and it plays less well with Element.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, well-designed UI/UX (6 comments): "cinny is really improving in adding features plus its open source and I do feel like its UI/UX done right for the most part" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46965179)) "Cinny really fixes the UI/UX problem in my personal experience, even better than discord." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46974606)) "This client is so good that I wish that other clients and it looks really good in UI/UX" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48899113))
- Discord-like experience, often rated higher (3 comments): "Cinny really fixes the UI/UX problem in my personal experience, even better than discord." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46974606)) "I hear really good things about Cinny for folks who want a more Discord-like experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46903661)) "Cinny is really awesome, its UI/UX is better than discord imo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956820))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Facebook Messenger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-messenger.md): 36 recommend
- [Pidgin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pidgin.md): 30 recommend
- [Beeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beeper.md): 29 recommend
- [Dino XMPP client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dino.md): 21 recommend
- [Element X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/element-x.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cinny", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cinny/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).