FluffyChat
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 21 of 48 messaging apps by recommenders
Free Matrix chat app people recommend as a faster, less clunky alternative to Element, with stickers and multiple logins. Caveat: image sending breaks for long periods.
Free Matrix chat app people recommend as a faster, less clunky alternative to Element, with stickers and multiple logins. Caveat: image sending breaks for long periods.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 94%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 15 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Faster and less clunky
“FluffyChat is worth a go, despite the extremely silly name; much less clunky experience.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked” “I've found FluffyChat, another matrix client, to be a lot better”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month” “fluffychat is way faster and it supports multiple logins”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked” Stickers and emojis
“Every other major client (FluffyChat, Cinny, Nehko, prolly others I'm not aware of) has sticker support, and the ones I mentioned work together seamlessly.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT” “has funny stickers and emojis”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server” Works well on mobile
“Fluffy Chat is great on iOS. My mom uses it; it respects system fonts very nicely.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT” “For mobile, you can use FluffyChat, it's another Matrix app”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder” “works reasonably well on mobile for me”
Comment from 14 Jul 2026 in “Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Image sending breaks for long periods
“major functionality like being able to send images becomes broken for long periods of time”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server”
Other messaging apps people recommend
The four most recommended other messaging apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 48 messaging apps, rankedWhat people said
15 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the main concern I have is the same with Element vs Element X vs Fluffy”
“FluffyChat if they complain too much about Element X after using it a bit”
“works reasonably well on mobile for me”
“aren't there some clients like fluffychat and others for Android though?”
“major functionality like being able to send images becomes broken for long periods of time”
“has funny stickers and emojis”
“there is a bug in fluffychat preventing it”
“For mobile, you can use FluffyChat, it's another Matrix app”
“fluffychat is way faster and it supports multiple logins”
“Every other major client (FluffyChat, Cinny, Nehko, prolly others I'm not aware of) has sticker support, and the ones I mentioned work together seamlessly.”
“FluffyChat is worth a go, despite the extremely silly name; much less clunky experience.”
“or https://fluffy.chat would work great for you”
“Fluffy Chat is great on iOS. My mom uses it; it respects system fonts very nicely.”
“I've found FluffyChat, another matrix client, to be a lot better”
“Fluffychat does and I would argue is one of the big ones.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.