Patched is a unified chat client that brings all your communities into one place. Instead of switching between Discord, Slack, Telegram, and other platforms, Patched lets you manage all your servers and conversations from a single app.

Key Concepts

• Servers — Community spaces with channels, roles, and members. Think of them as your home base.
• Channels — Organized spaces within a server for text, voice, streaming, forums, docs, and more.
• Groups — Visual tabs to organize channels into logical sections (like game teams, departments, etc.).
• Direct Messages — Private 1-on-1 conversations outside of servers.

What Makes Patched Different

Patched is built with cross-platform bridging at its core. Your identity, messages, and presence sync across connected platforms. A message sent on Discord shows up in Patched, and vice versa.

Getting started with Patched takes less than a minute.

How to Register

1. Go to patched.chat and click Register.
2. Choose a username — this is your identity across Patched.
3. Enter your email address and create a password.
4. Verify your email with the code sent to your inbox.
5. You're in! Start creating or joining servers.

Setting Up Your Profile

Click the gear icon next to your username at the bottom left to open User Settings. From here you can:

• Upload an avatar
• Set a custom name color
• Write a bio / custom status
• Choose your preferred theme

Servers are the foundation of Patched. They're where your community lives.

Create a Server

1. Click the + button at the bottom of the server rail (left sidebar).
2. Choose Create a Server.
3. Enter a server name and optionally upload an icon.
4. Click Create — your server is ready.

Customizing Your Server

Click the gear icon next to your server name to access Server Settings:

• Overview — Drag-and-drop dashboard with activity, events, and channel widgets.
• Appearance — Server icon, banner, and description.
• Roles — Create and manage permission roles.
• Invites — View and manage invite links.
• Groups — Create tab groups to organize channels.

Via Invite Link

1. Get an invite link from a server member (looks like patched.chat/app.html?invite=abc123).
2. Click the link — if you're logged in, you'll join automatically.
3. Or click + in the server rail, choose Join a Server, and paste the invite code.

Via Server Browser

Click the compass icon in the server rail to browse public servers. Click Join on any server that interests you.

Voice Channel Invites

If someone shares a voice channel invite and the server has Guest Voice Access enabled, you can join just that voice channel without becoming a full server member.

Layout Overview

Patched has four main areas:

• Server Rail (far left) — Your servers, DM button, and browse button. Click to switch servers.
• Channel Sidebar — Shows all channels in the current server, organized by groups and categories.
• Main Content — Chat messages, voice view, forums, docs, or server overview depending on the channel type.
• Member List (right) — Online and offline members. Toggle with the members button in the top bar.

Groups (Tabs)

If a server uses groups, you'll see tabs above the channel list. Click a tab to filter channels for that group. Each group can have its own categories and channels.

Quick Actions

• Right-click channels for rename, delete, clone, permissions, and more.
• Right-click messages for edit, delete, pin, reply, and reactions.
• Use the search button in the top bar to search messages in the current channel.

Patched offers a native desktop app built with Electron for macOS and Windows.

Download

Visit patched.chat/download to automatically detect your OS and download the right version.

Features

• Native window management with system tray icon
• Desktop notifications
• Faster performance than browser
• Auto-updates

Channels are the core of every Patched server. Each channel type serves a different purpose.

Channel Types

• Text — Standard chat channels for messaging, files, GIFs, and reactions.
• Voice — Real-time voice communication with rooms, broadcasting, and screen sharing.
• Streaming — Stream from OBS via RTMP or embed external streams (YouTube, Twitch).
• Announcement — Important messages that can be cross-posted.
• Forum — Threaded discussions with topics and replies.
• Docs — Collaborative document channels.
• Media — Image and video gallery channels.

Creating a Channel

1. Click the + button next to a category header in the sidebar.
2. Choose a channel type from the type picker.
3. Enter a name and optional description.
4. Click Create.

Managing Channels

Right-click any channel to access management options: rename, clone, archive, set permissions, move to group/category, or delete.

Patched voice chat uses peer-to-peer WebRTC for low-latency, high-quality audio.

Joining Voice

Click any voice channel in the sidebar to join. Your avatar will appear in the channel and the voice controls bar will show at the bottom of the screen.

Voice Controls

• Mute — Toggle your microphone on/off.
• Deafen — Mute all incoming audio (also mutes your mic).
• Screen Share — Share your screen with everyone in the channel.
• Disconnect — Leave the voice channel.

Voice Rooms

Voice channels can have multiple rooms (sub-channels). Rooms let you split a voice channel into separate audio spaces.

1. Right-click a voice channel and select Add Sub-Channel.
2. Name your room and it appears under the voice channel in the sidebar.
3. Click a room to join it. Use the Join button in the voice view to switch rooms.

Broadcasting

Broadcast mode lets you talk to all rooms in a voice channel simultaneously. Perfect for announcements during raids, meetings, or events.

Whisper

Hold a whisper hotkey to privately talk to a specific user without others hearing.

Streaming channels let you broadcast live content to your server.

Stream from OBS (RTMP)

1. Open a streaming channel and click Stream URL.
2. Choose Get PATCHED URL — this generates a unique RTMP URL and stream key.
3. In OBS, go to Settings → Stream → Service: Custom.
4. Paste the Server URL and Stream Key.
5. Click "Start Streaming" in OBS — your stream appears live in the channel.

Embed External Streams

Click Stream URL → Set Stream URL to paste a YouTube or Twitch embed URL. The stream will be embedded directly in the channel.

Screen Sharing

Click Go Live to share your screen directly in the streaming channel via WebRTC.

Roles define what members can do in your server. Patched uses a Guilded-style tri-state permission system.

Creating Roles

1. Open Server Settings → Roles.
2. Click Create Role and enter a name and color.
3. The role editor shows all permissions in a split layout.

Tri-State Permissions

Each permission has three states:

• ✕ Deny — Explicitly blocks the permission.
• ○ Default — Inherits from the base role.
• ✓ Allow — Explicitly grants the permission.

Permission Categories

• General — Manage server, manage channels, manage roles, kick/ban members.
• Text — Send messages, manage messages, embed links, attach files, use reactions.
• Voice — Connect, speak, mute members, deafen members.
• Advanced — Administrator (full access), manage webhooks, manage groups.

Channel Permissions

Right-click a channel → Permissions to set per-channel overrides. These take priority over server-wide role permissions.

Groups

Groups appear as tabs above the channel sidebar. They let you organize channels into high-level sections — like game teams, departments, or topics.

1. Open Server Settings → Groups → + New Group.
2. Name your group and pick a color.
3. Right-click channels → Move to Group to assign them.

Categories

Categories organize channels within a group (or ungrouped). They appear as collapsible headers in the sidebar.

1. Click Add Category at the bottom of the channel sidebar.
2. Name your category.
3. Drag channels under the category header, or right-click → Move to Category.

DMs let you have private conversations with other Patched users.

Starting a DM

• Click the DM icon (top of server rail) to open your DM list.
• Click a member's name in the member list and select Message.
• Or use the friends system to find and message users.

Features

• Typing indicators — See when the other person is typing.
• Read receipts — Know when your message has been read.
• File sharing — Send images, files, and GIFs up to 25MB.
• Message editing — Edit sent messages within 15 minutes.

Server Invites

Any server member can create invite links. Go to Server Settings → Invites → New Invite. Share the link — anyone who clicks it joins your server.

Channel-Specific Invites

Right-click a voice channel → Invite to Channel. This creates a link that targets that specific voice channel. When someone clicks it:

• If Guest Voice Access is off: They join the server and auto-navigate to the voice channel.
• If Guest Voice Access is on: They join just the voice channel without becoming a server member. They see a minimal voice-only interface.

Room-Specific Invites

Right-click a voice room → Invite to Room to create a link that targets a specific room within a voice channel.

Enabling Guest Voice Access

1. Open Server Settings → Overview.
2. Check Guest voice access.
3. Save — channel-specific invites now allow guest voice joins.

The server overview is a customizable dashboard that shows key info about your server.

Default Widgets

• Recent Activity — Latest messages across channels.
• Upcoming Events — Scheduled events from calendar channels.
• Recent Discussions — Latest forum topics.
• Channels — Quick links to all channels.

Customizing the Dashboard

Server owners and managers can click Customize to enter edit mode:

• Drag widgets to reorder them.
• Resize widgets between small, medium, and large.
• Remove widgets you don't need.
• Save your layout — it's visible to all members.

Patched comes with five built-in themes to match your style.

Available Themes

• Ghost — Dark monochrome with clean whites. The default.
• OG Mint — Classic green accent on dark background.
• Synthwave — Neon purple and pink retro vibes.
• Ember — Warm orange and red tones.
• Cryo — Cool blue and cyan ice theme.

Changing Your Theme

Click the gear icon next to your username → Appearance → select a theme. The change applies instantly across the entire app.

Sending GIFs

1. Click the GIF button next to the message input.
2. Browse trending GIFs or search by keyword.
3. Click a GIF to send it instantly.

Favorites

Hover over a GIF and click the ★ star to add it to your favorites. Access your favorites from the top of the GIF picker.

File Attachments

Click the paperclip icon to attach files (up to 25MB). Supported formats include images, videos, documents, and more. Images and videos display inline with a lightbox viewer.

Status Options

• Online (green) — You're active and available.
• Away (yellow) — You're not actively using Patched.
• Do Not Disturb (red) — Mutes notifications.
• Invisible — Appear offline to others while still being able to use the app.

Custom Status

Set a custom status message by clicking your avatar at the bottom left. Your custom text appears next to your name in member lists.

Navigation

• Ctrl/Cmd + K — Quick search
• Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M — Toggle member list
• Escape — Close dialogs, cancel editing

Messaging

• Enter — Send message
• Shift + Enter — New line
• Up Arrow — Edit your last message

Voice

• Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + D — Toggle deafen
• Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M — Toggle mute

Emoji Picker

Click the smiley face icon next to the message input to open the emoji picker. It features tabbed categories: General (standard unicode emoji), Server (custom server emotes), and My Emotes (emotes you've uploaded across servers). Use the search bar to quickly find emoji by keyword.

Custom Server Emotes

Server owners and admins can upload custom emotes via Server Settings > Emotes. Emotes must be PNG, GIF, or WebP format, under 1MB, and max 256x256 pixels. Once uploaded, anyone in the server can use them by typing :emote_name: in messages.

Reactions

React to any message by hovering over it and clicking the reaction icon, or right-clicking and selecting "React." The reaction picker also has General, Server, and My Emotes tabs with search. Click an existing reaction pill to add your vote to it.

Creating a Poll

Click the poll icon in the channel topbar to create a poll. Enter your question and add 2-10 options. You can enable multiple votes (users can select more than one option) and anonymous voting (votes aren't tied to usernames).

Voting

Polls appear inline in the message thread. Click any option to cast your vote. The results update in real-time with progress bars showing vote percentages. Your voted options are highlighted.

Poll Management

Poll creators and server moderators can delete polls. Polls persist across page reloads since they're embedded in the message history.

Subscription Tiers

Patched offers three recurring subscription tiers, all priced in USD:

• Subscriber ($5/mo) — Up to 4K 60fps screen share, no attachment cooldown, GIF avatar, animated banners, custom badge, scheduled messages, higher voice bitrate, multi-stream, cloud file vault, multi-account switching, and priority support.
• Supporter ($10/mo) — All Subscriber perks plus an exclusive Supporter badge and 1 giftable subscription per month.
• Promoter ($15/mo) — All Supporter perks plus an exclusive Promoter badge and 2 giftable subscriptions per month.

Badges & Flair

Each subscription tier comes with a unique badge that appears next to your username in messages and your profile. Hover over a badge to see the full tier name. You can hide your badge via your profile popup by clicking it.

Gifting Subscriptions

Supporter and higher tiers can gift subscriptions to other users. Gifted subs grant Subscriber status for 30 days. Use "Gift to User" or "Generate Code" in User Settings > Subscription.

Backer Tiers

Limited-seat lifetime tiers are available for users who want to support the platform long-term. Visit the Backers page for details.

What is Verification?

Verified accounts display a blue checkmark next to their username, confirming the user's identity as a content creator, business, public figure, or notable individual. This helps the community identify authentic accounts.

How to Request Verification

1. Go to User Settings > Verification.
2. Fill in your real name or organization name.
3. Select your proof type (social media, website, business, press, or government ID).
4. Provide a URL or reference to verify your identity.
5. Explain why you should be verified.
6. Submit your request.

Review Process

The Patched team reviews all verification requests. You'll see your request status (Pending, Approved, or Denied) in the Verification panel. If denied, you may resubmit with additional information.

How It Works

Patched uses AES-256-GCM encryption with ECDH P-256 key exchange to protect your messages. All encryption and decryption happens on your device — the server never sees your plaintext messages.

Encryption Indicators

• Lock icon — A small lock icon appears next to the timestamp on encrypted messages.
• E2E badge — The channel header shows an "E2E" badge when encryption is active.

Key Management

Your encryption keys are generated automatically on first login and protected by your password. Each conversation (channel or DM) has its own encryption key that's shared with all members.

Important Notes

• Encrypted messages cannot be searched by the server.
• If you reset your password, historical encrypted messages may become unreadable.
• New members joining a channel receive keys from existing members.

Moderation Tools

Right-click any member in a server to access moderation actions:

• Kick — Remove a member from the server (they can rejoin with an invite).
• Ban — Permanently ban a member from the server.
• Mute — Prevent a member from speaking in voice or text.
• Set Nickname — Change a member's display name in the server.
• Block — Block a user from sending you DMs.

Reports

Right-click a user and select "Report" to file a report. Reports include categories like harassment, spam, NSFW, hate speech, threats, and impersonation. Server moderators can review reports in Server Settings > Reports.

Audit Log

Track all administrative actions in Server Settings > Audit Log. The log records role changes, channel modifications, kicks, bans, and other moderation events.

Bans Management

View and manage banned users in Server Settings > Bans. Admins can unban users from this panel.

Custom Bots

Create bots for your server via Server Settings > Bots. Each bot gets a unique token for API access. Bots can send messages, react to events, and interact with channels programmatically.

Webhooks

Set up webhooks in Server Settings > Webhooks to receive external notifications in your channels. Each webhook provides a URL that external services can POST to, automatically delivering messages to the specified channel.

Automation Flows

Create automated workflows in Server Settings > Flows. Flows trigger on events (message sent, user joined, etc.) and perform actions like sending messages, assigning roles, or posting in channels. Use timers for recurring automated tasks.