Now with AI integrations and plugin ecosystem

Build Social & AI Infrastructure

Take ownership of your community data by building social and AI features into your own application. User profiles, posts, comments, real-time chat, notifications, and AI-powered moderation — all in one modular, extensible SDK that you control.

MIT Licensed
Self-hostable
TypeScript First
$npx create-socialsdev-app@latest my-social-app

OPEN SOURCE AND DEVELOPER-FOCUSED

MIT Licensed
TypeScript Native
Self-Hostable
Extensible Plugins
About the Platform

The complete framework for building social applications

Socialsdev is an open-source framework and comprehensive SDK suite that enables developers to rapidly build applications with rich social and AI features. Instead of spending months building user systems, content feeds, and real-time messaging from scratch, you can integrate production-ready modules in hours.

Our modular architecture means you only use what you need. Start with user profiles, add posts and comments later, then enable real-time chat when your community is ready. Everything is designed to scale from hundreds to millions of users.

Developer First

Built by developers, for developers

Fully Modular

Use only what you need

Ship Faster

Days instead of months

Open Source

MIT licensed, forever free

app.ts
1import { SocialSDK, UserProfile } from '@socialsdev/sdk';
2
3// Initialize the SDK
4const social = new SocialSDK({
5 apiKey: process.env.SOCIALSDEV_API_KEY,
6 appId: 'your-app-id'
7});
8
9// Create a user profile with custom fields
10const profile = await social.profiles.create({
11 userId: user.id,
12 displayName: 'Sarah Chen',
13 avatar: 'https://...',
14 bio: 'Building the future of social apps',
15 customFields: {
16 location: 'San Francisco',
17 website: 'https://sarahchen.dev',
18 verified: true
19 }
20});
21
22// Fetch profile with relationships
23const fullProfile = await social.profiles.get(userId, {
24 include: ['followers', 'following', 'posts']
25});
Core Features

Everything you need to build social apps

A comprehensive toolkit for adding user profiles, content feeds, real-time messaging, notifications, and AI-powered features to your applications.

User Profiles & Identity

Create rich user profiles with avatars, bios, custom fields, and social connections. Support for followers, following, blocking, and privacy controls built-in.

Posts, Comments & Reactions

Build engaging content feeds with posts, threaded comments, reactions, shares, and bookmarks. Support for rich media, mentions, hashtags, and content formatting.

Real-time Chat & Messaging

Add instant messaging with direct chats, group rooms, channels, and threads. Features include typing indicators, read receipts, presence, and file sharing.

Smart Notifications

Push notifications, in-app alerts, email digests, and activity feeds. AI-powered batching and prioritization to reduce notification fatigue.

Authentication & Security

Secure auth with OAuth, SSO, passwordless login, and MFA. Role-based access control, session management, and compliance-ready security features.

AI-Powered Features

Content moderation, smart recommendations, sentiment analysis, auto-tagging, and spam detection. Integrate with OpenAI, Anthropic, or your own models.

Why Social Features Matter

People spend more time on apps that connect them

Industry research consistently shows that apps with social and community features dramatically outperform standalone applications in engagement, retention, and user satisfaction.

6+
Core Modules
Pre-built modules for profiles, posts, chat, notifications, authentication, and file handling.
100%
Open Source
MIT licensed framework with full access to source code and self-hosting options.
TypeScript
First Approach
Built with TypeScript for type safety, better developer experience, and fewer runtime errors.
Multi
Platform SDKs
Native SDKs for React, React Native, iOS, Android, and other popular platforms.
Technical Excellence

Built for scale, designed for developers

Enterprise-grade infrastructure that handles millions of users while providing a delightful developer experience with comprehensive documentation and tooling.

Extensible Plugin System

Extend functionality with our plugin architecture. Connect payment processors, analytics, CRMs, and custom integrations without modifying core code.

Flexible Deployment

Self-host on your infrastructure, deploy to any cloud provider, or use our managed cloud. Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless options available.

Content Management

Built-in CMS for managing posts, media, and user-generated content. Moderation queues, content policies, and automated enforcement.

File & Media Handling

Upload, process, and serve images, videos, and documents. Automatic optimization, CDN delivery, and storage management included.

Multi-platform SDKs

Native SDKs for React, React Native, iOS, Android, Flutter, and more. Consistent APIs across all platforms with platform-specific optimizations.

Privacy & Compliance

GDPR, CCPA, and SOC 2 compliant. Data residency options, consent management, and privacy-by-design architecture.

Use Cases

Built for every type of community

From creator platforms to enterprise intranets, Socialsdev powers diverse applications across industries.

Community Platforms

Build vibrant community spaces with discussions, groups, events, and member directories.

Discussion forumsMember profilesEvent managementGroup spaces

Creator & Fan Apps

Enable creators to connect with their audience through exclusive content and interactions.

Subscription tiersExclusive contentDirect messagingTip & donations

Educational Platforms

Create collaborative learning environments with cohorts, discussions, and peer feedback.

Cohort managementStudy groupsProgress sharingPeer reviews

Enterprise & Teams

Internal social networks for companies with announcements, recognition, and collaboration.

Company feedTeam channelsRecognitionKnowledge base
Integrations

Works with your existing stack

Plug into the tools and services you already use. Our plugin system makes integration seamless.

OpenAIAI
AnthropicAI
StripePayments
FirebaseAuth
Auth0Auth
AWS S3Storage
CloudflareCDN
TwilioCommunications
SendGridEmail
SegmentAnalytics
MixpanelAnalytics
SentryMonitoring
Testimonials

Trusted by developers worldwide

Hear what founders, CTOs, and developers have to say about building with Socialsdev

"Socialsdev streamlined our development process significantly. The modular architecture allowed us to implement only the features we needed, reducing complexity while maintaining full functionality."

DTL
Development Team Lead
Software Engineering at Early Adopter

"The plugin system and extensible architecture make it easy to customize functionality for specific use cases. Integration with existing authentication systems was straightforward."

TA
Technical Architect
Platform Development at Beta Tester

"Having pre-built components for profiles, posts, and real-time messaging significantly reduced our time to market. The TypeScript-first approach improved our development workflow."

FD
Full-Stack Developer
Application Development at Community Member

"The documentation is comprehensive and the SDK follows modern development patterns. Self-hosting options give us full control over our data and infrastructure."

BE
Backend Engineer
Infrastructure at Open Source Contributor
Quick Start

Get started in minutes, not months

Our CLI tool scaffolds a complete social application with your choice of features. Choose what you need, configure your environment, and start building immediately.

1

Create your project

Run the CLI command to scaffold your app

2

Choose your features

Select profiles, posts, chat, or all of the above

3

Start building

Customize, extend, and launch your social app

Terminal
$ npx create-socialsdev-app@latest my-app
Creating a new Socialsdev app in ./my-app
? Which features would you like?
[x] User Profiles
[x] Posts & Comments
[x] Real-time Chat
[x] Notifications
[ ] AI Moderation
Installing dependencies...
Configuring database...
Success! Your social app is ready.
Run cd my-app && npm run dev to start

Ready to build with Socialsdev?

Join thousands of developers building the next generation of social and community applications. Get started for free today — no credit card required.

Free tier includes up to 1,000 monthly active users. No credit card required.