vimstoat

A lightweight TUI Stoat client that feels like Vim.

Status: Early development — see our Documentation for features and keybinds.

What is this?

VimStoat is a terminal chat client for Stoat.chat (formerly Revolt) built in Rust with Ratatui. It uses Vim's modal editing paradigm — Normal mode for navigation, Insert mode for composing messages, Command mode for : commands — so everything is keyboard-driven and fast.

Philosophy

• Vim-native. j/k to navigate. i to compose. Esc to stop. :q to quit.
• Single binary. No runtime dependencies. cargo install and go.
• Token-based auth. Stoat recommends third-party clients use session tokens rather than handling credentials directly. You paste your token once, it's stored securely in your OS keyring.
• Minimal and fast. This is a chat client, not an Electron app.

Building

cargo build --release

Configuration

VimStoat connects to https://api.stoat.chat by default. For self-hosted instances, configure via ~/.config/vimstoat/config.toml:

[instance]
url = "https://api.your-instance.com"

License

GPL-3.0