Omegle alternative — talk to strangers, without the camera
Omegle closed in November 2023, and the thing most people are still looking for is simple: open a page, get matched with someone you have never met, start talking. No profile, no friend list, no account. This is that — text only, no video, and with something to actually talk about from the first line.
What happened to Omegle
After 14 years, Omegle shut down in November 2023. Its founder closed it following years of pressure over what the video side of the service was being used for and lawsuits over harm to minors. Sites that still trade on the name are unrelated copies, not the original.
Which leaves a real question: if you liked meeting strangers at random, what do you use now?
What to look for in a replacement
- Is there a camera? Live video is the part nobody could moderate at speed. If a site opens with a webcam prompt, you are back in the same place.
- Does it want an account? The appeal was zero commitment. A sign-up wall is a different product.
- Is language filtered? Filtering is not censorship of a conversation — it is what stops the first message from being abuse.
- Can you leave instantly? A next button that actually gets you someone new, with nothing carried over.
- Is there anything to talk about? The unspoken failure mode of random chat is the blank window and “hi… asl?”
How this one is different
- No camera, no microphone. The app never asks for either permission. Text and slime emotes only.
- No sign-up. Enter a birth date and you are in.
- You start with a subject. Your birth date produces a Saju chart — Korea’s Four Pillars of Destiny, the same tradition as Chinese BaZi — and a reading for your day. So does theirs. That is the opening, instead of a blank box.
- A veil, not a profile. You start as a nickname and a slime character. Interests, MBTI, a one-line intro, your chart — each is revealed only if you choose it, one item at a time.
- Matched by language. You are put with someone using the same language, so the conversation can go somewhere.
- One-on-one or five. If a single stranger feels like too much pressure, a five-person room is lighter.
What it is not
It is not video roulette, and it is not trying to be. If what you specifically want is a webcam with a stranger, this will not scratch that. It is for the other half of what Omegle was: an anonymous, instant, low-stakes conversation with someone new — the part that worked.
Common questions
Is Omegle gone for good?
Omegle shut down in November 2023 after 14 years. The site now serves a farewell message from its founder instead of the chat service. Sites using the Omegle name since then are unrelated copies.
What is the closest alternative to Omegle?
It depends on what you liked about it. If it was the instant, no-account access to a stranger, a text-only random chat gets you that without the camera. If it was specifically video roulette, this is not that — and that is deliberate.
Why text only? Omegle had video.
Video is exactly where Omegle ran into trouble: it cannot be moderated at speed, and it exposed people — often minors — to things they never asked to see. Text with automatic language filtering can be moderated in a way that live video cannot. There is no camera or microphone permission in this app at all.
Do I have to sign up?
No. No account, no login, no email. You enter a birth date, get your chart and slime character, and start.
Can the other person see who I am?
Only a random nickname and a slime character. Your MBTI, interests, one-line intro and chart details sit behind a veil until you open them one at a time — and opening yours does not open theirs.
Is it free?
Yes. The reading and the chat are both free, with no account required.