How to Make Slack Look and Feel Like Discord

Discord is enjoyable. Slack often is not. I’m not saying Slack does not strive to be enjoyable, as a result of it does—the entire 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 folks.

It is sensible, then, {that a} longtime Discord person pressured to use Slack for one purpose or one other may really feel that every thing is greater than a bit boring. I can not change this core actuality, sadly, however this is just a few 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 prime proper nook, then click on Preferences. From right here, head to Themes and choose Dark. Alternatively, in the event you’re the type of one who switches again and forth between the systemwide darkish and mild schemes, you possibly can decide to have Slack respect that setting.

This is not excellent—Slack’s darkish theme is overwhelmingly black whereas Discord’s darkish theme has shades of grey. Still, in the event you’re used to Discord that is going to really feel much more comfy.

Add the Discord Color Schemes

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

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

I feel I obtained fairly shut: