Free early beta. Checking membership status…Founding places are open.Joining is by invitation.
Social, but actually yours.
RipeStream: A social feed you choose.
Most feeds are ranked to keep you scrolling. On RipeStream you pick the source — people you follow, communities you join, or everyone — and posts arrive newest first. No ads ranking them, and every post says why it's there.
Free. No password — we email you a sign-in link. Whether you get a founding place or need an invitation is decided when you join.
Free. No password and no invitation needed — we email you a sign-in link. The first 10,000 members to confirm become Founding Members.
Free. No password — we email you a sign-in link. All 10,000 founding places are taken, so you'll need an invitation code from a member.
How it works
Change the source.
See the feed change.
These are the controls in the members' app today. The posts are samples so you can try them here — in the app the same settings apply to real members' posts.
Feed settings
In the app you can also mute specific people, report posts and replies, and delete your own posts. Mutes are private — nobody is told.
Why it's different
Your feed shouldn't be someone else's decision.
You choose the source.
Following, Communities or Everyone. Switch any time. Nothing is boosted into your feed to hold your attention.
Newest first. Always.
No engagement ranking and no ads deciding the order. If you've seen the top, you're caught up.
Every post says why.
“You follow them”, “From a community you joined”, or “Everyone”. No mystery recommendations.
Honest status
What works today — and what doesn't yet.
RipeStream is an early beta built by a small team. Here's exactly where it stands.
In the beta now
- Posts with photos, replies and @mentions
- Follow people; join or start communities
- Feed source: Following, Communities or EveryoneNewest first, with a reason on every post
- Mute people and wordsPrivate — the other person isn't told
- Report posts and repliesReviewed by a person, who can remove content or suspend accounts
- Delete your posts and repliesRemoved from the database straight away
- Email alerts for replies and mentionsCan be switched off
- Members-onlyPosts aren't public on the web or indexed by search engines
Still being developed
- BlockingMuting hides someone from you; it doesn't stop them seeing your posts
- Per-post audience and reply controlsEvery post is visible to all confirmed members
- Direct messages, events and local discovery
- Native appsWeb only for now — works in a phone browser
- Self-service account deletionEmail privacy@ripestream.com and we act on it within 30 days
No AI ranks, filters or summarises your feed, and your posts aren't used to train AI models. If that ever changes, we'll say so here and in the privacy policy first.
Communities
Spaces built around what you're into.
Any member can start a community. Set your feed to Communities and you'll see only the ones you've joined. Each has a public page with its name and member count — never its posts or who's in it.
- 35mm & FilmScans, stocks, honest critique
- Home LabRacks, routers, one more Pi
- Sunday LeagueFixtures and a keeper at short notice
- Bedroom ProducersShare the loop, get honest ears
- New Parents3am questions
- Carry-on OnlyTwo weeks, one bag
Examples of the kind of community you could start — not existing groups.
Membership
How joining works.
Free. The first 10,000 members to confirm become Founding Members; after that, new members join by invitation.
Free, and open to anyone right now. Invitations only take over once all 10,000 founding places have been claimed.
Free. The 10,000 founding places are claimed, so new members now join by invitation from people already here.
- Join with your email
No password. We email you a link — opening it confirms your address and signs you in. Lost it? Ask for a new link any time.
- The first 10,000 become Founding Members
Numbered in the order people confirm. It's permanent recognition — not something you can buy, and it doesn't lapse.
- Later: by invitation
Every member gets 5 invitations a month. Each code works once and expires after 30 days.
Right now: checking whether founding places are still open…
Right now: founding places are open — no invitation needed.
Right now: all founding places are taken. Joining needs an invitation code from a member.
No invitation? Ask someone you know on RipeStream — members can create one in seconds. We announce any open-invitation rounds on Bluesky and X.
Join RipeStream.Claim your founding place.Join with an invitation.
We email you a link; opening it confirms your address.
Your place is claimed the moment you open the link we email you.
If a member has invited you, enter their code below.
- Free — no card, no password
- Your email is never shown to other members, sold or rented
- Leave any time: we delete your data on request
Questions
Privacy, safety and the small print.
Who can see what I post?
Every confirmed member. There's no per-post audience setting yet. Nothing in the app is public on the web or indexed by search engines; community public pages show only a name, description and counts.
Images are stored at long random addresses — anyone with an image's exact address can open it, so don't post images that must stay strictly private.
How do muting, reporting and moderation work?
Mute a person or a word and their posts disappear from your feed. Mutes and reports are private. Reports go to a moderation queue reviewed by a person, who can keep the content, remove it, or remove it and suspend the author.
Blocking isn't built yet.
How do I delete my account or data?
Delete any post or reply yourself and it's removed from the database straight away. To delete your whole account, email privacy@ripestream.com — we act within 30 days. Self-service deletion is on the list.
Do you use AI or sell my data?
No AI ranks or summarises your feed, and we don't sell, rent or share your email. We use cookie-free page analytics to count visits. Data is stored with Supabase in the EU (Ireland). Full details in the privacy policy.
What does Founding Member actually mean?
A permanent, numbered record that you were one of the first 10,000 to confirm. It's free and can't be bought or transferred. It doesn't unlock paid features — there aren't any.
I joined but lost my link.
Go to the member page and enter your email — we'll send a fresh sign-in link (at most one every five minutes).