Text only · adults 18+
Text a stranger. Keep your face and voice to yourself.
Some nights you want a conversation, not a camera. Texting is the quietest way onto StrangerLine: the person on the other end gets your words and nothing else, and you decide later whether they ever hear you.
Go text-only ↗From Start to first message
- Open the start page and pick Text. No account form appears. The browser asks for nothing either, because text never touches your camera or microphone.
- Press Start. The match is a single random person. Not a room, not a group.
- A private chat window opens. Their card sits at the top: name, age, a country flag and the languages they put down.
- Type. There is no script and no icebreaker prompt. Whoever writes first sets the tone.
- Go further, or go. The window has a voice call and a video call button if the chat is going well. If it isn’t, close the window and press Start again.
How the three modes compare
| Text | Voice | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What they get from you | Your words and profile card | Your voice too | Your face and your room too |
| Browser permission | None | Microphone | Camera + microphone |
| Coins | None to match | Per minute | Per minute |
| Moving on | Close and Start again | Skip button | Skip button |
Most people never need the right-hand columns. The ones who do usually got there from a text chat that worked.
A few things texting strangers teaches you fast
A bare “hi” gets a bare “hi” back. Ask a question with a short, easy answer (what they are eating, say) and the second message almost writes itself. Long paragraphs in the first minute tend to end the chat.
Nobody checks the card. If someone says they are 25 and from Toronto, that is what they typed. Keep your own surname, workplace and handles out of the first chat, and see the safety page for what each mode gives away.
Texting questions
Can I text a stranger without signing up?
Yes. Pick Text and press Start. StrangerLine creates a guest session for you, so there is no email or phone number to enter.
Why is there no Next button in a text chat?
Text matches open as a private chat, not a call, so there is no skip control inside. For someone new, shut the window and hit Start once more.
Does texting cost anything?
Matching by text uses no coins. Coins come in only when a voice or video call connects, and they are counted by the minute.
Will they know where I live?
They see the country on your profile card and anything you choose to tell them. Text sends no camera image and no audio.
One stranger, one window, no camera.
Text a stranger now ↗Coins only matter if you call. See what is free.