Community software you own and control.
OpenGather is open community software for real groups of people. It gives a family, club, neighborhood, team, school group, or association its own place online without handing ownership to a platform.
The Hub is optional. Each OpenGather community can stand on its own. If you want to see OpenGather in use or discuss it with other people, visit dev.opengather.net.
What OpenGather actually means
It is for communities that need a shared space more than they need a platform.
The basic idea is simple: communities should own their own space, users should own their own data, self-hosting should always be possible, and leaving should be possible too.
OpenGather is not built around ads, surveillance, lock-in, or attention capture. It is built around belonging, coordination, conversation, and shared ownership.
What the Hub is for
The Hub exists to reduce friction between separate OpenGather communities.
It can help with identity and connection, but it is not the owner of every community. The community still remains its own community.
The quickest path today is ONCE.
Deploy the published OpenGather image, open your site, and finish setup.
Install ONCE
curl https://get.once.com | shDeploy OpenGather
once deploy ghcr.io/rallu/opengatherInteractive: run once, choose a custom image, and enter ghcr.io/rallu/opengather.