Circles
Meet neighbors. Make friends. Organize.
Circles is a social platform for the people around you. Find out what's happening nearby, go to local events, organize meetups, and meet the people who live down the street, in real life. It's run by a nonprofit, and your data is not for sale.
Social
Know the people around you.
Meet your neighbors
Everyone lives where you do. Learn their names and faces.
Find your people
Browse skills and interests to find the gardener, the bike mechanic, the guitar teacher.
Go to local events
See what's coming up, RSVP, and add it to your calendar. We remind you the day before.
Invite anyone
Share a link to your event. Guests RSVP with just a name and an email. No account needed.
Pitch in
Events can ask for volunteers. Pick a slot and you're in.
Stay in the know
News and events, by email or push. Small circles hear right away. Big ones get a daily digest.
Organizing
Get things done together.
Start a group
Gather around what you like, from a book club to a block cleanup. Make it private if you want.
Plan meetings
Build an agenda of topics to report, explore or decide. See who's free before you pick a time.
Post to a bulletin
Share announcements, links and files with your circle. Only members see them.
Share the work
Every circle gets a task list. Assign it, track it, check it off.
Roles
Choose a Leader, a Secretary, Facilitator, and Delegate. Name custom roles.
Decide together
Propose a change or a meeting. It goes ahead unless someone has a reasoned objection.
Circles inside circles
Your neighborhood is a circle. So is the book club down the street.
Every circle can hold other circles, and you can belong to as many as you like. A city holds its neighborhoods, and a neighborhood holds its groups, clubs and co-ops. Each circle has its own events, bulletin and tasks, seen only by its members.
Not like the others
Your data is not for sale.
Not to advertisers. Not to anyone.
No ads, no tracking
Circles doesn't sell your information, show ads, or use trackers or analytics. Its one cookie keeps you signed in.
Not used to train AI
What you share in Circles isn't used to train AI.
Private by default
Nothing is public on the web. Only signed-in members can see anything, and events and posts go only to the groups they belong to.
Real neighbors only
There's no open sign-up. You apply with your real name and a photo, and a person reviews every application. No bots, no strangers from across the world.
A nonprofit, not a business
Nobody owns Circles to profit from your attention. It exists to serve the people who use it. About the foundation.
Open source
Circles is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License. Anyone can read, run, change and share it. Read the source on GitHub.
Read the beta privacy notes for exactly what Circles keeps and who sees it.
The foundation
Circles is made by a nonprofit that answers to the people it serves.