What is Stoat?
Stoat (formerly Revolt) is an open-source community chat platform that offers servers, channels, roles, DMs, and bots — similar to Discord but built on open-source principles with a focus on privacy and user control.
Why it matters
Stoat represents a growing movement of communities choosing open-source, privacy-respecting platforms over proprietary alternatives. As Discord's monetization of its own platform increases (ads, Nitro pushes, data collection), more communities are looking for alternatives that respect both the server owner's and members' autonomy.
For community builders, Stoat offers the same core functionality as Discord — text and voice channels, role-based permissions, bot integrations, and DMs — without vendor lock-in. The platform is self-hostable, meaning communities can run their own Stoat instances with full control over data and moderation policies.
The challenge for Stoat communities has been the lack of ecosystem tools. Discord has hundreds of bots and integrations. Stoat's ecosystem is younger and smaller. Monetization, in particular, was a gap — until Arcalotl became the first subscription platform to support Stoat natively.
How Arcalotl handles this
Arcalotl is the first and only monetization tool built for Stoat. It runs as a native Stoat bot with full support for bot commands, role management, DMs, and embed messages. The integration is not a workaround or adapter — Stoat is a first-class platform alongside Discord.
Every Arcalotl feature works on Stoat: subscription plans mapped to roles, automated dunning sequences via DMs, cancel save offers with dynamic discounts, term optimization for annual upgrades, and real-time revenue analytics. If you manage communities on both Discord and Stoat, one Arcalotl dashboard covers both.
For Stoat community builders, this means you no longer have to choose between the platform you believe in and the monetization tools your community needs. Stoat gets the same subscription infrastructure that Discord communities have had for years — with revenue recovery features that most Discord tools still don't offer.