How to Make Slack Look and Feel Like Discord Leave a comment

Discord is enjoyable. Slack often is not. I’m not saying Slack would not attempt to be enjoyable, because it does—all the in-app copy reads like a comedy routine, for instance—however that does not disguise that, at its core, Slack is a piece app and Discord is an app for hanging out with your mates.

It is smart, then, {that a} longtime Discord consumer compelled to use Slack for one cause or one other would possibly really feel that every little thing is greater than just a little boring. I am unable to change this core actuality, sadly, however this is a number of suggestions for making Slack really feel just a bit bit extra Discord-like.

Switch to Dark Mode

First issues first: We want to make Slack darker. Click your profile image within the high proper nook, then click on Preferences. From right here, head to Themes and choose Dark. Alternatively, for those who’re the kind of one that switches again and forth between the systemwide darkish and gentle schemes, you may choose to have Slack respect that setting.

This is not good—Slack’s darkish theme is overwhelmingly black whereas Discord’s darkish theme has shades of grey. Still, for those who’re used to Discord that is going to really feel much more snug.

Add the Discord Color Schemes

While you are setting Slack to Dark Mode, I extremely suggest you additionally edit your sidebar theme. Scroll down from the Dark Mode settings and you may discover quite a lot of themes to select from, in addition to the power to create a customized theme. I spent a while copying Discord’s precise coloration scheme. Here are the codes, which you’ll paste into Slack:

#303136,#121016,#43464d,#bababd,#3d3f45,#97989d,#5aa364,#e384ad,#303136,#97989d

I believe I acquired fairly shut: