Love what Revolt stands for but tired of the downtime, missing features, and rough edges? Mutiny brings the same privacy-first values with the reliability and polish your crew deserves.
Revolt was built on the right principles — open-source, privacy-first, no corporate nonsense. But good principles don't always equal a smooth experience. If you've been dealing with Revolt's reliability issues, missing features, or rough mobile experience, you're not alone in looking for something more polished.
Mutiny runs on production-grade infrastructure with proper monitoring and redundancy. Your crew won't get kicked from a voice channel mid-session or find the app down on a Friday night.
Revolt's voice support has been inconsistent. Mutiny's voice is built on LiveKit — the same infrastructure used by major real-time communication platforms. Crystal clear, ultra-low latency.
You don't need to run your own server to get privacy-first communication. Mutiny handles the infrastructure so you can focus on your crew, not your homelab.
Native macOS and Windows apps, a web app that works everywhere, and iOS coming soon. Revolt's mobile experience has been a known pain point — Mutiny is built to work smoothly on every platform.
Like Revolt, Mutiny doesn't monetize your conversations. Your data isn't the product. No ads, no tracking, no selling your behavior to third parties.
All features included. Voice, screen sharing, custom emoji, themes — no premium tier required to unlock what should just be basic functionality.
| Feature | Mutiny | Revolt |
|---|---|---|
| Voice channels | ✓ LiveKit, rock solid | Available, inconsistent |
| Screen sharing | ✓ Smooth, all resolutions | Limited/unstable |
| Uptime reliability | ✓ Production SLA | Community reports outages |
| Mobile app | ✓ Web + native coming | Available, rough edges |
| Self-hosting required | ✓ No — managed for you | Optional, encouraged |
| Open source | Partial | ✓ Fully open source |
| Ads | ✓ None | ✓ None |
| Data selling | ✓ Never | ✓ Never |
| Cost | ✓ Free forever | ✓ Free |
Open source matters — and we respect what Revolt is building. This comparison is about practical day-to-day experience for non-technical crews.
Mutiny is partially open source — some components are public. Unlike Revolt, Mutiny isn't fully self-hostable, which is a trade-off. The upside is you get a managed, reliable service without needing technical infrastructure. If full open-source self-hosting is your priority, Revolt is still the better fit. If you want privacy-first communication that just works, Mutiny is worth trying.
You can recreate your server structure on Mutiny — channels, roles, permissions — and invite your crew via a new invite link. Chat history doesn't transfer, but your community can move over in minutes.
Bot support is on the roadmap. Right now Mutiny is focused on core communication — voice, chat, screen sharing — done reliably. Bots and integrations are coming.
Revolt remains the best choice if self-hosting is a hard requirement. Mutiny is the better choice if you want privacy-first communication without the infrastructure overhead. Both are free and ad-free — it comes down to your priorities.
Create a server, invite your crew, start talking. Free forever.