Communities for free people
Chat, events, moderation, and member tools in one place — without the ads, surveillance, or shutdown risk of the big platforms. The community you build stays yours.
Why organizers switch
On the big platforms you're stuck moderating with clumsy tools, guessing at what's working, and fighting an algorithm built to sell ads, not serve your community — while your members, your history, and your access can disappear the day their rules change.
- Clumsy moderation and access controls
- A feed optimized for ads, not your members
- Little insight into what's actually happening
- Your members and history can be taken away
- Real moderation, roles, and access controls
- A space that works for your members, not advertisers
- One activity feed to see everything at a glance
- Your community is yours — no one can shut it down
So we built Flotilla
Set up your community in a few clicks — and your members join from any device, with no jargon and no accounts to wrangle.
A space is your community's home — its name, its look, its members, its rules, all set by you. Public or private, a handful of people or a whole network.
Use rooms to organize different types of activity. Switch on only what you need and lay them out however your community works.
One login gets your members into every space they join — no separate accounts, nothing to suspend, and no one who can lock them out.
Native apps for iPhone and Android, plus the web — your members join from anywhere.
For organizers
Every tool it takes to run a real community, from the first hello to the annual meetup.
Talk & connect
- Chat rooms
- Voice & video
- Threads
- Direct messages
Plan & moderate
- Event calendar
- Roles & moderation
- Access controls
- Polls & goals
Grow your community
- Activity feed
- Member directory
- Content library
- Your own branding
, so your members aren't the product. No tracking, no algorithm quietly working against you — just your community, run the way you set it up.
No lock-in
Outgrow Flotilla, or want to run things yourself one day? Your members and history come with you. There are no exports to beg for and no platform holding your community hostage — you're never stuck.
You're never locked out
Web, iOS & Android
Built on open standards
See it in action
Four minutes, start to finish.
Set up your space in minutes. Free to start.