An illustration of a steward showing a phone with the platform's icons to three community members in front of a large phone reading Built to be forgotten.
In development. Not live in any community yet.

Built to be forgotten.

The best tool for a community is one you barely notice. It works in the background. Your neighbours do the rest.

What it actually is.

A mutual-aid app for a neighbourhood. Your community gets a Node, anchored to the Resident Association or CPF you already trust. Inside it, small Cells of neighbours, each with a Cell Steward who knows who's who.

Everyone fills in a Gifts Profile: what they can offer, not just what they need. The Trade Exchange is where offers and needs meet. When a community needs something it can't supply itself, the Marketplace connects it to a verified Grounder.

Calm on purpose.

No feed. No likes.

Nothing here is built to keep you scrolling. No algorithm decides what you see. No streaks to protect.

A person delivers it.

The system can spot who's isolated, or who's carrying too much. It tells a Cell Steward, and the Steward makes the introduction. Neighbours helping neighbours.

Quiet until it matters.

Alerts are rare and honest. Urgent means urgent. The rest of the time it stays out of your way.

That's the design goal. Today the intelligence behind it is a nightly view for stewards. Introductions and notifications aren't built yet.

Six things that fail first.

When something breaks, it's usually one of these. The whole platform is organised around them.

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What's live. What's not.

Live in testing

  • Sign in with a phone number. Real SMS delivery is still being set up.
  • Gifts Profiles: what you can offer, not just what you need.
  • The Trade Exchange: post an offer or a need, see your cell's listings.
  • A Steward dashboard: a plain read on how connected a cell is.
  • The Marketplace: browse verified Grounder offerings and request them for your community.
  • Setting up nodes and cells.

Not built yet

  • Real SMS invites and notifications.
  • Introductions made by Cell Stewards.
  • Crisis Mode and a resource map.
  • Working offline, and installing on your phone.
  • Impact reports for Grounders.

Want to be first?

The platform isn't open to communities yet. If you're a Resident Association, a CPF or a CBO and you want to help shape it, tell us.

ResilientSA Podcast ยท Episode 5
The App

A walkthrough of the app itself: the Trade Exchange, the Marketplace, and the Steward view.

Listen on Spotify →