In development · Made in Berlin
Community Orbits is a new app for local, trust-based communities tied to real places — the bars, studios, and buildings you revolve around. It’s being built right now.
Most social apps are flat and global. The best parts of social life are local: the place you go on Thursdays, the studio you train at, the building you live in. Community Orbits makes presence the membership signal — you prove you’re at a place, and that earns you a spot in its community.
A community is a “planet” attached to a venue. To join, you scan a printed QR code there and a quick proximity check confirms you’re actually present. Open places let you in instantly; private ones use a one-tap request a member approves.
Not everything needs a location. Lighter-weight public communities — interest-based, optionally anonymous — give people a low-barrier way in, no venue required.
Reputation comes from showing up and taking part, never from paying. Newcomers are obvious (and welcomed); regulars anchor the room. Your standing is visible to the community.
Every member orbits their community at a tier others can see — named after how tightly they’re bound to the place.
Veteran / anchor
Gives the community its gravity. A distinct icon and colour.
Regular member
In a stable orbit. The standard, trusted member.
Newcomer
Just arrived on an eccentric orbit. Obvious, and welcomed.
Small and grassroots on purpose. Here’s where things stand.
Community Orbits is in active development. We are building the core experience: proving you are present at a place, and the trust system that grows from it.
A small, hands-on launch with a handful of real communities here in Berlin — a bar, a studio, a building. Enough to prove the idea works where people actually meet.
Grow the way real communities do: one venue convincing its neighbours. Berlin first, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, then beyond.
Community Orbits is built in Berlin. If you run a venue, want to host one of the first communities, or are just curious — say hello.
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