Sloga
Sloga is a free chat app for gaming communities, with servers, channels, roles, voice calls, video, and screen sharing.
What Sloga is
Sloga is a free chat app for gaming communities, with servers, channels, roles, voice calls, video, and screen sharing. Communities can add events, threads, forums, announcement channels, and Discover listings, while built-in translation works across every channel. It supports end-to-end encrypted messages and attachments; calls are encrypted in the Windows, Linux, and Android apps. Call transcription runs on the user's device in Windows, Android, and the web, with Linux support listed as forthcoming. Communities can import a Discord server template to recreate categories, channels, roles, and permissions without linking a Discord account. Attachments can be as large as 5GB, but files over 20MB are deleted 24 hours after sending. Voice servers are listed in the United States, São Paulo, and Singapore; Sloga selects the fastest region unless a server owner pins one. Watch parties support YouTube and Jellyfin, synchronizing playback while each person plays their own copy. Sloga offers browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android apps, with iOS listed as coming soon. Its web and mobile clients, server, and shared client libraries use AGPL-3.0, while desktop encryption components remain private.
Good
- Free to use with no subscription required
- Supports messages and attachments with end-to-end encryption
- Discord server templates can be imported without account linking
- Real-time translation is built into every channel
Watch out
- iOS is listed as coming soon
- Mac calls are not yet end-to-end encrypted
- Files over 20MB are deleted after 24 hours
- Desktop encryption components remain private
Who it suits
Sloga is aimed at gaming communities looking for chat, voice, video, and shared community features. Its servers, channels, and roles may also suit friends, families, and other groups.
Verdict
Sloga combines community chat and voice features with built-in translation and several collaboration options. Consider its platform and encryption limits, along with the attachment retention rule, when deciding whether it fits your group.
Plans and prices
From Sloga's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free to use · no subscription required |
The facts
Each one read from Sloga's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attachments
- Attachments can be up to 5GB, and files larger than 20MB are deleted 24 hours after being sent.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Audience
- Sloga describes itself as a Discord alternative for gaming communities and also mentions use by friends, families, and other communities.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Community features
- Communities can use roles and permissions, events, threads, forums, announcement channels, and Discover listings.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Discord import
- Users can import a Discord server template to recreate categories, channels, roles, and permissions without linking their Discord account.checked 5 Oct 2001
- End-to-end encryption
- Sloga supports end-to-end encrypted messages and attachments, and calls are end-to-end encrypted in the Windows, Linux, and Android apps.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Open source
- The web and mobile clients, server, and shared client libraries are published under AGPL-3.0, while the desktop app's end-to-end encryption components remain private.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- Sloga says it does not track users, run ads or analytics, store IP logs, or require government ID checks.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Product
- Sloga is a free chat app for gaming communities with servers, channels, roles, low-latency voice, video, and screen sharing.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Support and updates
- The site links to Support Us, and says desktop apps update automatically while Android updates through an in-app updater.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Transcription
- Call transcription runs on the user's device and is available on Windows, Android, and the web; Linux support is listed as forthcoming.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Translation
- Automatic real-time message translation is built into every channel, without requiring third-party bots.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Video integrations
- Watch parties support YouTube videos and Jellyfin media servers, with playback synchronized while each participant plays their own copy.checked 5 Oct 2001
- Voice regions
- Sloga lists voice servers in the United States, São Paulo, and Singapore, and selects the fastest region automatically unless a server owner pins one.checked 5 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Platforms and limits
- Sloga offers browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android apps; iOS is listed as coming soon, and Mac calls are not yet end-to-end encrypted.checked 5 Oct 2001
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