Minds

Minds was founded with a mission to disrupt the dominance of centralized social media by creating a transparent, open-source, and user-owned network. Since its launch, Minds has grown into one of the largest communities in the decentralized social space, with over a billion views generated across millions of users. Unlike mainstream platforms, Minds prioritizes freedom of speech, user data ownership, and algorithmic transparency, giving communities more power over how they connect and grow.

The platform offers a wide range of features, including newsfeeds, groups, blogs, videos, chat, tips, memberships, and rewards, making it competitive with platforms like Mastodon, Threads, and Mighty Networks. However, unlike those platforms, Minds emphasizes ownership: users and organizations retain control over their communities, data, and monetization methods. The open-source code, hosted on GitLab, ensures transparency and ongoing development by its community and contributors.

Over the years, Minds has partnered with creators, independent journalists, and organizations that value decentralization and open dialogue. Its white-label solution, Minds Networks, enables brands to launch their own branded apps with integrated monetization, memberships, advertising (Boost), and member-exclusive content. With zero platform fees and direct integration with Stripe, the platform ensures creators and organizations capture the full value of their audience engagement. Minds continues to evolve as both a consumer social network and an infrastructure provider for communities seeking independence from big tech platforms.

Minds provides numerous benefits and features that make it a powerful choice in the decentralized social media landscape:

• Data Ownership: Unlike traditional platforms, Minds ensures you fully own your data, contacts, and content.
• Monetization Tools: Build revenue through memberships, tips, paywalled content, ads, and Boost promotions without losing a percentage to intermediaries.
• White-Label Apps: Launch a fully branded community app on iOS, Android, and the web under your own domain, with complete customization options.
• Interoperability: Supports ActivityPub, RSS, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Stripe, and more, connecting both Web2 and Web3 ecosystems.
• Open Source & Transparency: The platform’s codebase is open-source, ensuring transparency and long-term sustainability.
• Freedom of Speech: Built around the principle of free expression, Minds enables open dialogue without centralized censorship.
• Community Engagement: Enable real-time chat, groups, blogs, videos, and newsletters to keep members engaged and connected.

Getting started with Minds is simple and offers two main paths depending on your goals:

• Join the Minds Social Network: Sign up for free at Minds.com. Create a profile, post updates, join groups, and connect with millions of users worldwide. Available on iOS and Android.
• Launch Your Own Network: With Minds Networks, you can create a fully-branded community app in minutes. Provide your website domain, choose customization options, and Minds will handle the setup for your web and mobile apps. You can integrate with Stripe for memberships, enable Boost advertising, and configure ActivityPub to federate with the wider decentralized web.
• For Developers: Access the open-source code on GitLab. Minds offers detailed documentation and a robust developer API to integrate or self-host the platform for full independence.