Register No. 117

Is Stoat European?

Not European

No. Stoat is controlled from the United Kingdom.

Stoat is controlled by its founder, who lives in the United Kingdom. The register counts the UK as outside Europe, so Stoat is not counted as European here, even though its data is stored mainly with cloud providers in the EU.

Latest

  1. Stoat passed one million users and introduced a new logo. stoat.chat ↗

  2. Revolt becomes Stoat. Revolt renamed itself Stoat after a cease-and-desist letter over the Revolt trademark, keeping the same team, features and service. alternativeto.net ↗

Controlled by
Pawel Makles (founder and sole director)
Control sits in
United Kingdom
Legal entity
Revolt Platforms Ltd
Company register
Companies House · 16260658
Seat
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2025
Last checked

About Stoat

Stoat is an open source chat app built as an alternative to Discord, with servers, text and voice channels and direct messages. It ran as Revolt from 2021 and was renamed in October 2025 after a trademark dispute. It passed one million users in March 2026.

stoat.chat

Ownership

Revolt Platforms Ltd, a London company incorporated in February 2025, runs Stoat, which was called Revolt until October 2025. Its only director and only person with significant control is founder Pawel Makles, who holds 75 percent or more of the shares and lives in the United Kingdom.

Evidence 5

  1. Companies House: persons with significant control (Pawel Makles, 75 percent or more, resident in the UK)find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
  2. Companies House: officers (sole director)find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
  3. Companies House: filing history (incorporation, confirmation statement)find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
  4. Stoat terms of service (operator and company number)stoat.chat ↗
  5. Stoat developer FAQ (funded through donations)developers.stoat.chat ↗

Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.

Product

Stoat

stoat.chat ↗

Open source Discord alternative

The server and clients are open source under the AGPL, and you can run your own instance. It suits communities that want a familiar Discord layout without advertising or a paid tier.

Instead of
Discord
Pricing
Free, funded by donations. There is no paid tier. Self-hosting is free.

Free plan