Everything your community needs, on your own server.
Chat, voice, video and screen share are free on every server. Paid tiers add the fun extras (soundboard, music bot, custom emoji, GIFs, voice effects and the in-game overlay) and raise the user limits.
Legend: Free included on every server, including the free Community tier. Paid tiers Gamer, Pro, Business and Enterprise. Desktop app needs the Windows desktop app. New in 11.5 ships with the upcoming 11.5 release.
đŦ Chat & messaging
Text channels that feel like the chat app your members already know.
Channels & categories Free
Text and voice channels grouped into categories inside each Space, with unread badges and @mention signals.
Discord-style markdown Free New in 11.5
Bold, italics, strikethrough, inline code, fenced code blocks and click-to-reveal spoilers, written the way your members already type.
Link previews Free New in 11.5
Pasted links unfurl into a preview card with the title, description and image.
File attachments + drag-and-drop Free New in 11.5
Drop files straight onto the chat to upload them. Uploads are type- and size-checked on the server.
Message grouping & edited marker Free New in 11.5
Consecutive messages from one person group together, and edited messages are marked as edited.
New-messages divider Free New in 11.5
A divider shows where you left off, so you can catch up on a busy channel without scrolling blind.
Replies, reactions, pins & search Free
Reply to a specific message, react with emoji, pin the important stuff and search message history.
Direct messages Free
Private one-on-one messages with read receipts, file sharing and typing indicators. The server checks membership on every request.
Self-destructing messages Free
Send a message that deletes itself after 1 hour, 24 hours or 7 days.
GIF search Paid tiers
Search and send GIFs from the message box (powered by Giphy; the server owner adds an API key).
Custom emoji Paid tiers
Upload your own static or animated emoji to a Space and use them in every channel there.
đī¸ Voice, video & screen share
Voice runs on a LiveKit media server (SFU) inside your own install.
Persistent voice rooms Free
Rooms stay open, so people drop in and out whenever they like. Speaking indicators show who is talking.
Noise suppression Free
Turn on your browser's built-in noise suppression to cut keyboard, fan and room noise.
HD video calls Free
Camera rooms with a full video grid and picture-in-picture, so the call keeps going while you browse other channels.
Screen share with codec choice Free
Pick H264, VP9 or AV1, and set the resolution and frame rate yourself.
Push-to-talk Free
Push-to-talk in the browser. The desktop app adds a global hotkey that works while a game has focus.
Soundboard Paid tiers
Upload clips to a Space and play them into the voice room with one tap.
Music bot Paid tiers
A built-in bot that streams music into a voice channel, with a queue, pause, skip and volume.
Voice changer Paid tiers
Live voice effects: pitch, reverb and presets like robot, deep and chipmunk.
Spatial 3D audio Paid tiers
Positional audio that places each member left, right, near or far in the room.
đĒ Windows desktop app
Optional. Every feature also works in the browser, but the app does what a browser can't.
Hardware-accelerated 4K screen share Free Desktop app
Native GPU capture (DXGI) with NVENC H264 encoding, for 4K/60 streams that barely touch your CPU.
In-game overlay Paid tiers Desktop app
See who's talking and control voice without leaving your game. Toggle it with Alt+B.
System-audio sharing Free Desktop app
Share your game or video audio along with your screen.
Native notifications Free Desktop app
Windows notifications and a taskbar unread badge. Message content stays off the lock screen.
Auto-update Free Desktop app
The app updates itself in the background.
LAN discovery Free Desktop app
Finds BROARchat servers on your local network, so nobody has to type an IP address.
đĄī¸ Communities & moderation
Run one server for many groups, with the tools to keep each one civil.
Spaces Free
Each Space is its own community, with its own channels, roles, members, emoji and wallpaper. You can make it public in discovery or keep it invite-only.
Invite links Free
Discord-style shareable invite links for bringing members in.
Roles & permissions Free
Roles with per-channel permission overrides.
Role-hierarchy protections Free New in 11.5
Moderators can't act on anyone at or above their own role, and nobody can grant powers they don't have themselves.
Kick, ban & timeout Free New in 11.5
Kick a member, ban them (timed bans with a reason are supported), or time them out for a cooling-off period.
Voice moderation Free New in 11.5
Server-mute, server-deafen, move or disconnect members in voice channels.
Slow mode Free New in 11.5
Per-channel slow mode for when a channel gets too busy.
Audit log Free
A record of moderation and admin actions, so you always know who changed what.
đ¨ Personalization & navigation
17 built-in themes Free
Violet by default, with Blurple Classic and fifteen more. Your theme follows your account to every device.
Space wallpapers Free
Per-Space wallpapers with blur and opacity controls.
Animated avatars Paid tiers
GIF avatars for members.
Ctrl+K quick switcher Free New in 11.5
Press Ctrl+K and type to jump to any channel, Space or DM.
Keyboard shortcuts Free New in 11.5
Shortcuts for the actions you use most, so you can move around without the mouse.
Installable web app Free
On iOS and Android, add the web app to your home screen and get voice, video and chat in the browser, no app store needed.
𧰠Self-hosting, admin & security
Native Windows installer Free
One installer sets everything up as Windows services, with no Docker or WSL. It works on your LAN without a domain name.
Linux / Docker Compose Free
A guided setup.sh generates secrets, sets up TLS (self-signed or Let's Encrypt) and starts the stack.
Admin panel Free
Registration controls, email (SMTP), voice settings, your license key and more, all from inside the app.
Backups Free
On Linux, backup.sh and restore.sh dump the databases and media and run fine from cron. See the guide.
Hardened by default Free
Session tokens, server-side checks on every DM, Space and voice room, rate-limited password resets, upload checks, and "log out everywhere".
Security hardening pass Free New in 11.5
A large hardening pass across the gateway and web app, which closes privilege-escalation paths and tightens authorization checks.
What each tier unlocks
Pro and Business unlock the same features as Gamer. What they add is more room: more users, more Spaces and more servers. Prices are per server, not per user.
| Feature | Community Free | Gamer | Pro | Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Users | 5 | 25 | 100 | 500 |
| Spaces | 5 | 20 | 50 | Unlimited |
| Servers per license | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Text chat, DMs, voice, video, screen share | â | â | â | â |
| Roles, invites, moderation, audit log, themes | â | â | â | â |
| Soundboard & music bot | â | â | â | â |
| Custom emoji & GIF search | â | â | â | â |
| Voice changer & spatial 3D audio | â | â | â | â |
| Animated avatars | â | â | â | â |
| In-game overlay (desktop app) | â | â | â | â |
| Support | Community | Priority | Dedicated |
Need SSO, custom branding or unlimited scale? Enterprise plans are quoted per deployment. Contact us.
Try it free on your own hardware
Community mode needs no license key and no credit card. Upgrade whenever your squad outgrows it.