@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place
Post #2269210
2026-02-09 22:59 UTC
Stoat (née Revolt)
* Still somewhat beta
* Free
* Open Source
* Self-hostable*
* No E2E (planned)
* Calls (video planned)
* Mod tools just like discord
* Available everywhere
Stoat is the closest thing we have to a Discord killer, and is very much a discord clone, for better or worse. There's also something wonderful about seeing stuff like "femboy kingdom" among it's most popular servers, it's just so wonderfully queer coded and old-internet?
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@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-09 22:59
(stoat cont.) Unfortunately the data sovereignty isn't there - it doesn't have E2E yet, and none of the apps support connecting to self-hosted servers. I also have to advise caution - the folks making it seem to have their hearts in the right place, but have no true funding model plans outside of donations and a future thought of offering a nitro-a-like. It's GPL license will likely prevent enshitification, but without E2E or improved self-hostingcompat I won't be jumping in just yet.
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@j12i@weirder.earth 2026-02-12 16:02
boost with CN: (thread on) discord alternatives