Overview

Deploy Stoat on your own infrastructure! Stoat is the chat app where you are the main character. The project has 2K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

apt-get update apt-get install ca-certificates curl git micro install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

echo
“deb [arch=$(dpkg —print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu
$(. /etc/os-release && echo “$VERSION_CODENAME”) stable” |
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

apt-get update apt

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

apt, docker, docker compose, mobile app, mongodb, plugins, redis, rest api, webhooks.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

Plugin / Extension System
REST API
Webhooks

Mobile & Desktop

Mobile App

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