Stoat Enhanced — bringing Discord-exclusive features to Stoat
Hi! I'm working on a personal project: Stoat Enhanced, a modified client for Stoat inspired by what Vencord does for Discord.
Full transparency: I'm not a coder. The entire codebase was written by Claude (Anthropic's AI), based on my ideas and direction. I'm driving the project — deciding what to build, testing everything on my end, debugging with Claude when things break — but the actual code is AI-written, not mine.
Project goal: Stoat is a great open source alternative to Discord, but it's still missing a number of features that are currently only available on Discord (rich presence, custom themes, and more to come). Rather than waiting for Stoat to build these natively or forking the entire client, this project adds a plugin injection system that enhances the official client without altering it directly — similar to what Vencord or BetterDiscord do for Discord.
Already working:
- Integrated CSS theme editor — built directly into Stoat's Settings panel, with theme importing, live editing, and the ability to revert a modified theme back to its original version
- Custom Rich Presence — a "playing..." / "listening to..." status, a feature Stoat doesn't have natively, with identity verification to prevent impersonation
In progress / planned next:
- Automatic display of other users' status (visual badges in the member list)
- More "Nitro-like" features, but free for everyone
- A community theme-sharing system, so people can create and download themes easily
Early alpha, not stable for daily use yet — this is a project I want to grow over time, not something ready for everyone right now.
Current version: v0.1.0-alpha
Repo: https://github.com/djell1l/stoat-enhanced
Open to feedback, feature ideas, or contributors if anyone's interested.