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Stoat

Stoat is a user-first chat platform built with modern web technologies

Chat & Communication ★ 2.7k stars Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Stoat is a user-first chat platform built with modern web technologies.

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Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • Active community (2.7k GitHub stars)
  • Written in JavaScript
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Stoat secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Stoat's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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SelfHostIndex: 84 · excellent

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