An Uhmegle alternative that starts right now.

What you are probably looking for

If you typed this name into a search bar, you most likely want one thing: a random video chat with a stranger, now, without filling in a form first. No profile to build, no password to invent, no friends to import. You open a page, you see a face, and if the conversation goes nowhere you move on.

That is exactly the shape of Roulettly. It is a free video chat site that runs in the browser of your computer or your phone. For the basic chat, the only thing it asks for is permission to use your camera. There is no email address, no phone number and no profile page to fill in before you can talk to someone.

This page is for anyone who is looking for sites like Uhmegle and wants to know what Roulettly actually offers, so everything below is about Roulettly and nothing else.

Random video chat, in plain terms

The idea of meeting strangers on camera by pressing a button is not new. Omegle was shut down: its founder announced the closure on 8 November 2023, as NPR reported. The habit of wanting a quick, spontaneous conversation did not go away, and our page on random video chat alternatives goes into that history from Roulettly's side.

What people want from the format is simple: speed, a real person on the other end, and a way out when the chat is not for them. Roulettly is built around those three things. The Next button takes you to someone else at any moment, and you never have to explain yourself before leaving a conversation.

Apps like Uhmegle: what Roulettly gives you

A lot of people searching for apps like Uhmegle are on a phone. Roulettly works in the mobile browser, so there is nothing to download to try it, and an Android app is also published on Google Play if you prefer an icon on your home screen. On a laptop, you simply open the site.

The interface is available in 20 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. The matching gives priority to someone who speaks the same language as you, without turning that into a wall: if nobody is available, you are still put in front of someone.

You can also add interests, which are optional. They help place you in front of someone who shares your tastes, so a conversation has something to start from other than "hi".

No account, and what that means in practice

For the free chat, Roulettly does not ask you to sign up. You do not hand over an email address and you do not create a profile. What the other person sees is limited: your video, your sound, an optional nickname ("Your nickname"), the gender you selected and the flag of your country. Not your email, and not a profile with your life story.

Because there is nothing to fill in, the only real decision before a chat is whether to turn the camera on. That is the point of the format: it is a short, direct conversation between two people.

Safety: 18 and over, report, block

Roulettly is reserved for people aged 18 and over. Before you can start, you tick the box saying that you are 18 or older and that you accept the terms. This is a site for adults, and it is not meant for anyone younger.

On every match you can report the other person or block them. Reports are examined by our moderation team. In addition, nudity detection runs on your own device, on your own camera: if it spots explicit content, it goes straight to our moderation team, which can ban the account. It does not wait for a report to act.

If you are curious about the technical side, the page on how Roulettly works explains it step by step.

Moderation

Reporting and blocking are on every match. Reports are reviewed by our moderation team, and nudity detection runs on your own device, on your own camera: if it spots explicit content, it goes straight to our moderation team, which can ban the account.

More on how Roulettly works.

Every call goes through an encrypted relay

A signalling server introduces two strangers. After that, video and audio go from your device to our relay, then to the other person's device, for every match.

The stream stays end-to-end encrypted by WebRTC: the relay only forwards encrypted packets, and can neither read nor store them. The other person never receives your IP address, only the relay's. The conversation itself is not recorded.

Choosing who you talk to: Premium, optional

By default you talk to everyone, and that is free. If you want more control, Premium is an option: it lets you talk only to women or only to men. It requires an e-mail account, and you can take it for 1, 6 or 12 months, without commitment.

There is also Strict mode, part of Premium. It never widens the search: you leave Roulettly in the background and you are notified as soon as someone matching your choice is found. None of this is needed for the basic chat, which stays free and without an account.

Other places to start

Roulettly has several pages for people who arrive with different search habits. If you are after a different kind of site, take a look at our other pages on random video chat sites or mobile video chat apps. If you speak another language, the home page is available as French and in 18 other translations, and the main home page is where the chat itself starts.