tools & software.

A curated list of best-in-class resources & tools to help you build, grow, and operate your community!

💬 — Community, Chat

These are general purpose community and/or chat platforms.

⛔ — Membership Tools

Here are a list of tools and platforms to sell subscriptions and manage recurring membership for communities.

📆 — Event Management

A list of experience and event management tools that can help you curate, manage, engage, and operate online events & experiences.

🗣 — Forums

Forum-centric software still very much powers the internet! Here are some tools to get you started.

📹 — Video / Voice

Video and voice tools to help your community feel closer.

📷 — Images

Photo and graphic resources to create, edit and publish images for your community platforms.

📚 — Books

Books that will inspire, encourage, and help you build communities that you’re super-proud of.

🎤 — Podcasts

Trusted community voices over the digital airwaves.

✉️ — Newsletters

Time-tested newsletters from Community Thought Leaders.

📈 — Social Media

Tools to manage the social media flood.

⚙️ — Creator Ops

Tools to manage your world / biz as a creator:

💸 — Creator Communities

Communities (free and paid) specifically geared towards helping creators build, grow, and manage communities:

💰 — Venture Capital

VC firms that invest in community-first / PLC startups.

📙 — Workflows, Playbooks

Playbooks for building and managing communities.