Free to use. Open to the Fediverse. # Social life. On your terms. Welley is where you post, chat, run groups and plan events. Join our server or run your own, and follow people on Mastodon and other Fediverse apps too. [Try welley.social](https://welley.social) [Install your own server](https://welley.com/administrators/) [See all features](https://welley.com/features/) [About Welley](https://welley.com/about/) Conversations ## Long threads and quick chats Use forum topics when a discussion runs long, and direct messages or rooms for the quick stuff. You always know who can read along. ![Riverside Garden forum topics with categories, tags, reply counts, views, participant avatars and emoji reaction chips.](https://welley.com/assets/media/forum-topics-demo-2000.8b8bf4bc.webp) For each topic, the list shows its category, tags, replies, views, participants and emoji reactions. ![The main conversation beside a Thread panel with Maya Chen’s message about the bulbs, two replies and a separate reply composer.](https://welley.com/assets/media/dm-thread-panel-1584.1af5fae2.webp) Reply in a thread without breaking into the main conversation. The thread has its own box for writing. [Direct messages](https://welley.com/messages/) [Forums and rooms](https://welley.com/groups/) Writing ## Posts, short or long Write a quick note or a whole thread. Save a draft for later, add photos or a poll, and pick who sees each post. ![New post dialog with two numbered parts, 1/2 and 2/2, about the seed exchange. Each part has its own editor and controls.](https://welley.com/assets/media/publishing-chain-form-1200.fb7f3f60.webp) A chain keeps connected posts in one form. Each part has its own text and controls, and you publish the whole chain in one step. [Posts and feeds](https://welley.com/posts/) Communities ## Groups Each group gets its own feed, forum, rooms and events. Set some rules, hand out roles, and moderate when you need to. A private group keeps everything on its own server, and people from other servers can still join. ![Riverside Garden profile with a garden header, a plant avatar, a description and the member directory, which lists Maya Chen, Sam Rivera and Alex Morgan as admins.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-about-1440.2097dd03.webp) Riverside Garden's community profile shows its description and member directory. [Groups and communities](https://welley.com/groups/) [How group privacy works](https://welley.com/groups/#group-privacy) Events ## Plan things together Set up a garden workday or a neighborhood meetup. See who's coming, talk it over in the event's discussion, and subscribe from the calendar app you already use. ![Invite-only Seed sorting evening by Sam Rivera with a cover of saved seeds, its date, time and place, the Yes, No and Maybe answers for the invited Alex Morgan, and the attendees.](https://welley.com/assets/media/event-rsvp-demo-2000.4878aae2.webp) Someone who's invited answers Yes, No or Maybe. The organizer sees who's going. [Events and calendars](https://welley.com/events/) Apps ## Built from apps Everything in Welley on the web is an app, even chess. That's why new apps can be built and shared. We're working on productivity apps that groups can install. ![A chess board from a game in the Riverside Garden group, with the board coordinates and the latest move highlighted.](https://welley.com/assets/media/chess-1120.763187b5.webp) Two members of the Riverside Garden group play a game of chess. The players and comments are next to the board. [How apps work](https://welley.com/apps/) Fediverse ## Part of the Fediverse Welley uses ActivityPub, the same standard Mastodon uses. You can follow people on other servers, and they can follow you back. Your server's admins decide which servers to connect with. - Mastodon - Lemmy - NodeBB - Mobilizon - Pixelfed - PeerTube - Misskey - Pleroma - Friendica - Discourse - Akkoma - GoToSocial - Mbin - Kbin - PieFed [What works with what](https://welley.com/federation/) [FEPs we support](https://welley.com/feps/) [Developer guide](https://welley.com/developers/) ## What we don't do - **No tracking** We don't track what you do. - **No monitoring** We don't monitor your activity. - **No ads** You won't see ads. - **No upsells** We won't nag you to pay for more. ## Look around Pick a topic, from your own profile to running a server. - [**Profiles** Your profiles, what people see, and who can find you.](https://welley.com/profiles/) - [**Settings** Notifications, language, looks, tokens and your data.](https://welley.com/settings/) - [**Posts** Drafts, threads, photos, polls and feeds.](https://welley.com/posts/) - [**Messages** A separate inbox for chats, one-on-one or in a group.](https://welley.com/messages/) - [**Groups** Private and public groups, forums, rooms and roles.](https://welley.com/groups/) - [**Events** Your own events, group events and calendars.](https://welley.com/events/) - [**Server administration** Settings, moderation, updates and day-to-day running.](https://welley.com/server-admin/) - [**Integrations** Translation, AI helpers, search and webhooks.](https://welley.com/integrations/) - [**Apps** Chess today, more apps soon.](https://welley.com/apps/) ## Who makes Welley We build social software that puts people and communities first. We care about privacy and clear choices, and we want communities to stay in control. We're a public benefit corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts. We plan to release Welley as open source in the future. No release date or license is announced yet. Get started Join our main server at welley.social. Follow the install guide to set up a server for your community. [Try welley.social](https://welley.social) [Install your own server](https://welley.com/administrators/) Explore - [All features](https://welley.com/features/) - [Apps](https://welley.com/apps/) - [Fediverse](https://welley.com/federation/) - [Developers](https://welley.com/developers/) - [Gallery](https://welley.com/gallery/) - [Roadmap](https://welley.com/roadmap/) About Welley We're a public benefit corporation in Waltham, Massachusetts. We make social software that respects your privacy, for communities and for the wider Fediverse. [Read about us](https://welley.com/about/)