Stoat
Stoat is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Team Chat category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in JavaScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Slack and Discord and ships a Docker image. It has 2,677 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 7, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,677
- Forks
- 300
- Open issues
- 19
- Commits, last 12 months
- 33
- Last commit
- Oct 7, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.1.4Nov 24, 2025
- Created
- Sep 4, 2021
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 7, 2026, 33 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 33 |
| Latest release | v1.1.4 (Nov 24, 2025) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 19 |
| Open pull requests | 1 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Sep 4, 2021 |
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About Stoat
Stoat is a user-first chat platform built with modern web technologies.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/stoatchat/self-hosted.
Topics
- docker
- self-hosted
- self-hosting
- stoat
- stoat-chat
- stoatchat
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Is Stoat free and open source?
Yes. Stoat is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Stoat with Docker?
Yes. Stoat provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Stoat?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Stoat include Rocket.Chat, Novu and Mattermost. Stoat itself is a self-hosted alternative to Slack and Discord.
Is Stoat actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Stoat was on Oct 7, 2026 with 33 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.1.4, published Nov 24, 2025. It had 19 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.