How the internet was meant to be used.
What that means
Three promises, in plain terms.
Everything in one place
Most people juggle several apps to do what SocialWeb does in one: a messaging app that owns their data, a news reader that's either expensive or ad-supported, and a search experience quietly building a profile on them. SocialWeb collapses all three into a single app, a single login, and a single place your online life actually lives. That's the convenient part. It's also a cleaner one: a single honest app in place of three that watch you.
Almost nothing to pay
In a world where streaming services are nearly twenty dollars a month and most apps are either “free-with-your-soul” or expensive, SocialWeb's price is meant to be consumer-friendly first. Our business model isn't built on squeezing users. The low price makes a plain point: privacy and a healthy internet shouldn't be a luxury reserved for people who can afford a premium product.
Built for people, not profit
No ads. No algorithm curating your experience to keep you anxious and scrolling. No data profile built on your behavior. You're not a resource to be extracted from. That's rare enough in 2026 that it needs proof, so here it is: the low price, the open standards, and the fact that you can host your own server.
What SocialWeb does
Three things, done well.
Read, message, and search. Each one private by design.
Read
Direct subscriptions, chronological order, no ranking. You choose the sources, topics, and conversations you want to see, not an algorithm. Group feeds into stacks like sports, tech, or finance, or read everything in one place. Block any author and their posts disappear from your feed and stacks completely.
Message
End-to-end encrypted, RSS-based group chat where your data lives on a server you choose, yours or ours. The creator hosts the conversation; members subscribe to it. No data selling, no hidden tracking, and no platform owning your private conversations. Private by protocol, not just by policy.
Browse
Web search routed through SocialWeb's servers so search providers never see you. Same results, none of the tracking. Available on every tier.
How it works
Privacy is structural, not promised.
SocialWeb is built on open, decentralized infrastructure designed to minimize tracking at the protocol level. What you read, search, and say stays yours: feeds are fetched on your behalf, web searches are proxied so providers never see you, and no algorithm builds a profile from your behavior. Your conversations are end-to-end encrypted and live on a server you choose, your own or ours, never a corporate platform in the middle. Privacy is part of the architecture itself, not just a promise.
Pricing
About 1/15th the price of comparable services.
Privacy tools shouldn’t be a luxury.
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Premium
- Full feed reading & stacks
- Messaging & group chat
- Proxied web search (15/day)
- AI chat (280-character context)
Premium Plus
- Unlimited proxied search
- Unlimited AI context
- All Premium features
Who it’s for
For people who want everything in one place without tracking, algorithms, or data collection.
Privacy-conscious professionals
You share sensitive work online. You'd rather not fund a data broker doing it.
Attention-sensitive readers
You set the feed length. When you're done, you're done. No infinite scroll waiting to pull you back.
Data sovereignty advocates
Self-host it. Your server, your data, your terms.