About Meeds
Meeds is a powerful open-source community management platform designed to activate contributors and reward meaningful participation. With its decentralized architecture and modular design, Meeds enables Web3 communities, DAOs, open-source projects, and mission-driven collectives to grow organically by recognizing real contributions instead of attention or vanity metrics. The platform emphasizes ownership, transparency, and flexibility—giving both community leaders and contributors the autonomy to shape how engagement works within their ecosystem.
Whether you're building a developer collective, running a DAO, or coordinating volunteers, Meeds equips community leaders with the tools they need to engage contributors meaningfully. By offering gamified actions, contributor dashboards, token integrations, and customizable hubs, Meeds supports the full lifecycle of an engaged, decentralized community. Its open infrastructure and token-enabled features, such as $MEED rewards and DEED NFT-based hub access, position it as a forward-thinking solution for organizations committed to sustainable, contribution-first community growth. Explore more at Meeds.io.
Meeds was founded to transform how communities function, especially in the decentralized and Web3 ecosystems. Traditional community platforms often rely on centralized structures that reward attention, while neglecting the deeper value of active participation. Meeds reverses this trend by providing a fully open-source protocol that tracks, rewards, and highlights actual contributions. It integrates communication, collaboration, and gamified recognition into a unified dashboard that ensures every member knows where they stand and how they’re making an impact.
With features like contributor leaderboards, live feeds, and smart contracts that automate point-to-token conversion, Meeds creates a transparent and fair recognition system. Its hub-based architecture lets communities customize how they organize members, assign access, and publish content. The platform also supports integrations with key Web3 tools like Metamask, GitHub, and popular chains such as Ethereum and Polygon. Meeds supports token and non-token reward models, ensuring flexibility for various community structures. It is used across DAOs, open-source guilds, cause-driven collectives, and by agencies managing large client communities.
Competing platforms in the community engagement and recognition space include Bonusly, Kudos, and Recognize. While these platforms offer digital kudos or peer recognition tools, they often lack the decentralized structure and open-source flexibility Meeds provides. Meeds stands out by giving full ownership to the communities, enabling them to self-host or scale through its DEED NFT system, and offering on-chain integration as an option—not a requirement.
Meeds provides numerous benefits and features that make it a standout platform for building and managing decentralized communities:
- Open-Source Architecture: Meeds is completely open-source, allowing full customization and transparency. Communities can self-host, modify, and scale their infrastructure independently.
- Decentralized Recognition System: Contributors are rewarded for actual work—tracked via quests, actions, and programs—not just for engagement metrics.
- Multi-Tier Rewards: Offers token-based ($MEED) or non-token incentives, giving community leaders complete flexibility over how they motivate contributors.
- Gamification & Badges: Members earn points, badges, and ranks through real achievements, driving motivation and long-term engagement.
- Integrated Collaboration Tools: Built-in task boards, notes, and user profiles foster productivity and help organize work within your hub.
- Dynamic Communication Features: In-app, push, and email notifications; multilingual news feeds; and branded content channels keep your community informed.
- Mobile Access & Custom Branding: Offers a branded mobile app experience with complete design customization to match your organization’s identity.
- Real-Time Dashboards: Community leaders and members can track contributions, progress, and rewards through a unified contributor dashboard.
- Web3 & DAO Integration: Seamlessly connects with Metamask, Ethereum, Polygon, and tools like GitHub, Safe, and Uniswap to extend functionality.
- Community Hub Ecosystem: Create multiple hubs with custom domains, user roles, and permissions—perfect for scaling from small groups to full ecosystems.
Meeds makes it easy to launch a fully functional contributor-driven community with decentralized reward mechanisms. Here's how to get started:
- 1. Sign Up on Meeds Hub: Go to https://www.meeds.io and start your free 14-day trial. No credit card is needed to begin.
- 2. Choose Your Plan: Select from flexible pricing tiers (Starter, Premium, Business, or Enterprise) based on the size and needs of your community. You can also run a hub by minting or renting a DEED NFT.
- 3. Set Up Your Hub: Customize your community hub with logos, themes, access permissions, and apps using the intuitive page composer and admin dashboard.
- 4. Configure Rewards: Define how contributors will earn points, set up contribution programs, create badges, and optionally enable token rewards using $MEED.
- 5. Add Members and Launch: Invite contributors, assign roles, and start engaging them through quests, recognition, tasks, and collaboration tools.
- 6. Monitor and Scale: Use analytics and real-time dashboards to monitor activity, measure growth, and continuously adapt your hub to community needs.
- 7. Prefer to Self-Host? Download and install Meeds from their GitHub repo and run it on your own server. Connect it to the World of Meeds using a DEED NFT to unlock token-based incentives.
- 8. Explore the Builders Hub: Visit the live Meeds Builders Hub to see how real contributors are using the platform daily.
Meeds FAQ
Meeds empowers communities to reward members using both on-chain token rewards and off-chain incentives like points, badges, kudos, and leaderboards. This dual system ensures that recognition remains accessible even if tokens are not available. Points can still be tracked and displayed in real-time, helping communities recognize value where it's created—whether in code, content, translations, or collaboration.
A DEED NFT is a unique digital asset that gives holders access to launch their own community hub on the Meeds protocol. Once connected, it enables you to self-host your hub, configure contributor rewards, and connect to the World of Meeds (WoM) to activate token-based incentives. You can rent or mint your own DEED NFT through the Meeds Marketplace.
Yes, Meeds supports integration with external tools like GitHub, Twitter, and more through Contribution Programs. These allow you to assign value to social posts, code contributions, translations, or community engagement, and automatically reward users within your hub. These integrations are ideal for DAOs and open-source projects wanting full visibility and traceability.
Meeds offers built-in multi-language support with automatic translation for over 80 languages. Content like news posts, tasks, and updates can be made accessible to a global audience in real-time. This ensures that members from diverse regions can fully engage without language being a barrier. It also supports localized onboarding and contributor experiences.
The Meeds Builders Hub is a real-time, structured contributor environment built directly with Meeds tools. Unlike Discord or forums, it's not just a chat—it’s a live dashboard where contributors earn points, complete tasks, and get recognized transparently. Each action counts and is tracked visibly, creating a powerful feedback loop that supports structured contribution campaigns and rewards.