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Stars
3,324
Primary language
Rust
License
Not determined
Repository last updated
Sep 15, 2026

Overview

A self-hostable Rust chat backend that separates REST/WebSocket, files, push, and RTC infrastructure for Stoat.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Key characteristics

A self-hostable Rust chat backend that separates REST/WebSocket, files, push, and RTC infrastructure for Stoat.

Sources: [1]

Good fit for

A comparison candidate for Self-hosted, Social Networking, API, Distributed systems, Docker, Rust use cases. Check the official README and installation instructions for exact fit and requirements.

Check before adopting

The registered primary language is Rust and the license is NOASSERTION. Verify version-specific runtime requirements, breaking changes, and additional dependencies in the official README and latest release notes.

Sources: [1]

Official sources

  1. [1]stoatchat/stoatchat — GitHub(2026-09-15)
Supplemental curator note

We selected Stoat Backend for its service-oriented approach to operating a Discord-style community platform across REST, realtime events, files, push, and RTC. Its flexibility comes with meaningful multi-service operations, secret-recovery, client-support, and security-update responsibilities.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd stoatchat
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

Growth

Growth trends · Last 30 days

3,324 Stars

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Development activity

Last 90 days · weekly

Commits (last 30 days)
24
Open PRs
29

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GitHub Topics

  • revolt
  • rust
  • api
  • mongodb
  • redis
  • stoat
  • stoatchat
  • revolt-chat
  • revoltchat
  • stoat-chat
Stars
3,324
Forks
386
Watchers
16
Open issues
109
Primary language
Rust
License
Not determined
Repository last updated
Sep 15, 2026
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