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Should I use Stoat - Find your community?

Stoat is the chat app for friends and communities that finally works the way you always wished it would. - revolt.chat

· 1 month ago

Take it if you want a free, open-source Discord-style chat for friends or hobby communities and accept a young, thinly-reviewed project. Skip it for business, compliance-sensitive, or support-dependent use.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~14 public sources; formal reviews are scarce (4 Trustpilot reviewers), so most evidence is official pages and forum discussion.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo direct usability evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Friend groups
  • Hobbyist and gaming communities
  • Users avoiding Discord's ID checks
  • Self-hosting fans

Not for

  • Businesses needing compliance, SLAs, or support contracts
  • Large communities dependent on Discord's bot ecosystem
  • Teams needing guaranteed uptime and vendor accountability
  • Media-heavy servers; 20MB upload cap bites fast

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

20MB per-file upload cap; media-heavy communities will hit it quickly

medium

No published security page; vetting posture means reading the source yourself

medium

Guess: young open-source project means community-only support, no SLAs or paid support

low

is a new domain; some security scanners flag it until reputation builds

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free and open-source with libraries, bots and clients
  • Runs on Android, Windows and web
  • Servers, text channels, voice and custom emojis included
  • Gaining attention as a Discord alternative amid ID-check backlash

Cons

  • Only four Trustpilot reviews — almost no verified track record
  • No security page found on the official site
  • Missing features some users expect, per Gizmodo

Sources & method

- 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x3security x2news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Completely free and open source
  • Ease of use. No direct usability evidence found
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Servers, text, voice, emojis; lighter than Discord
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. No published security page found
  • 4 Trustpilot reviewers very small review base
  • $0 Starting price free to download, no paid tiers found
  • Yes Free tier whole product is free
  • 20MB File upload limit per-file cap

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Full chat, servers, voice and text channels
  • Custom emojis, 20MB upload limit
  • Open-source clients and self-hosting

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Most buzz is forum discussion positioning Stoat as a Discord alternative; formal user reviews are very scarce.

“Stoat.chat: alternative to Discord”
Zcash Community Forum thread title
“You can create communities, too, but there is no feature allowing users”
Gizmodo download page
Full analysis

Based on ~14 public sources; formal reviews are scarce (4 Trustpilot reviewers), so most evidence is official pages and forum discussion.

Free open-source Discord alternative for hobby communities. Too young and thin on reviews for business use.

Methodology

Based on ~14 public sources; formal reviews are scarce (4 Trustpilot reviewers), so most evidence is official pages and forum discussion.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Stoat - Find your community (official site)stoat.chat
    official
  2. Stoat on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. Stoat - Find Your Community - Google Playplay.google.com
    official
  4. AppBrain listing (free app, Revolt Platforms)appbrain.com
    review
  5. Gizmodo download pagegizmodo.com
    news
  6. Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.com
    review
  7. Zcash Community Forum threadforum.zcashcommunity.com
    review
  8. NeoGAF Discord ID-check threadneogaf.com
    news
  9. Gridinsoft domain checkgridinsoft.com
    security
  10. revolt.chat/securityrevolt.chat
    security

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