Stoat

What is Stoat?

Group chat for friends and communities with servers, channels, voice chat and bots, formerly Revolt.

Who is Stoat best for?

Stoat is best for friend groups and online communities that want Discord-style servers without ads or data mining.

• Community servers

  Servers, channels, roles and moderation tools work the same for a few friends or thousands of members.

• Voice hangouts

  Voice channels and group DMs of up to 50 people suit quick calls.

• Bot builders

  The same public API the official apps use is open for bots and custom clients.

• Privacy-minded groups

  Stoat is built in Europe, shows no ads and says it does not sell data.

How much does Stoat cost?

Stoat is free to use on stoat.chat and free to self-host under AGPL-3.0; it lists no paid plan.

Stoat lists no paid tier. It is run by Revolt Platforms Ltd, which says it has no board to please and no ad revenue. Full pricing on stoat.chat. We checked these prices on 8 Nov 2026.

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Is Stoat open source?

Yes. Stoat's code is public under the AGPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.

What are the best Stoat alternatives?

Stoat is an open source alternative to Slack. Buzz, Rocket.Chat, Mattermost and 2 more do the same job and are open source too.

SlackFree

Team messaging with AI summaries, search and huddle notes.

BuzzOpen Source

Block's open-source team chat where people and agents share channels.

Rocket.ChatOpen Source

Team chat with channels, threads, calls and video that organisations run on their own servers.

MattermostOpen Source

Channels, calls, playbooks and AI agents for engineering, security and operations teams.

CampfireOpen Source

Group chat for companies that you install on your own server, with rooms, DMs and @mentions.

CinnyOpen Source

Matrix chat client with a clean interface, end-to-end encryption and DMs kept apart from rooms.

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